out its distinctive character from G. plicatus, and which Mr. 
Baker has confirmed. Mr. Elwes collected the specimens 
here figured on the mountains near Smyrna in 1874 and 
cultivated them in his garden at Miserdine, which bids fair 
soon to contain perhaps the largest and best private collection 
of well-named bulbous plants in the kingdom ; it flowered in 
February and is quite hardy. . 
Descr. Bulb globose, three-quarters of an inch in diameter ; 
tunics thick, fleshy. Sheath membranous, mouth oblique 
and cieft on one side. eaves two, six or eight inches long 
by three-quarters of an inch broad, obtuse, flat except towards 
the base, where they are keeled, “not-plaited, but always 
twisted” (Hlwes), very glaucous, sheathing the base of 
the flowering scape. Scape six inches high, oblong on a 
transverse section. Spathe one to two inches long, con- 
volute, border membranous. Ovary obovoid, one-half inch 
long. Perianth one and a half inches in diameter, or more 
when spread out, outer segments white, broadly obovate 
obtuse concave; inner oblong-cuneate, constricted somewhat 
above the middle, 2-lobed at the tip, the lobes obliquely 
truncate and spreading ; green, with a white wrinkled border 
and a broad white horizontal band above the middle; outer 
surface smooth, inner deeply ribbed. SF i/aments very short ; 
anther-cells short, broad, with long prolongations and subu- 
late recurved tips.—J. D. H. 
_ Fig. 1, Tip of ovary, style, and stamen; 2, back, and 3, front views of 
inner perianth segment :—all magnified. 
