each one to three-flowered, the peduncle not rising above the 
surface of the soil; spathe one and a half inch long, formed 
of one or two lanceolate, membranous valves; pedicels very 
short. Perianth rotate, one and a half to one and three- 
quarters of an inch long, with a greenish cylindrical tube 
twice as long as the oblong, spreading segments, which are 
pure white on the face, but marked with a distinct green 
keel down the back. Stamens obscurely biseriate, inserted 
near the throat of the tube; filaments flattened, greenish, 
a quarter of an inch long; anthers small, oblong, yellow, ° 
versatile. Ovary oblong, sessile, with very numerous hori- 
zontal ovules in each cell; style filiform) reaching to the 
throat of the tube; stigma obscurely tricuspidate. Capsule 
oblong, membranous, half an inch long. Seeds black, sub- 
globese.— J. G. Baker. 
