to a long point. Scapes several to a tuft, erect, terete, 
two or three feet long. Flowers fifty or more, arranged 
in a lax globose umbel three or four inches in diameter ; 
pedicels reaching a_length of one and a half or two inches; 
spathe-valves two or rarely three, ovate with a short cusp, 
shorter than the pedicels, remaining till the flowers are 
well developed. Perianth nearly half an inch long, re- 
maining permanently campanulate, bright mauve-purple; 
segments oblong, obtuse, the three outer ones touching by 
their margins when the flower is at its fullest expansion. 
Stamens rarely protruded beyond the tip of the perianth- 
segments; anthers oblong, minute; filaments all similar 
and subcylindrical. Ovary globose; style finally half an_ 
inch Jong ; stigma capitate.—J. G. Baker. 
_ Fig. 1, The whole plant—much reduced ; 2, rootstock —life size; 3, the pistil ; 
4, front view of anther; 5, back view of anther; 6, stamens and pistil :—all four 
more or less enlarged. 
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