acutely keeled on the back, with edges breaking up into 
fine fibres. Scape slender, four or five feet long. In- 
florescence a lax, subspicate, subsecund panicle a foot long ; 
bracts ovate, ctispidate, very small; peduncles and pedicels 
very short and stout. Perianth bright yellow, two inches 
long; tube funnel-shaped, longer than the oblong lobes. 
Stamens scarcely exserted beyond the perianth-lobes, in- 
serted above the middle of the tube. Capsule oblong, 
coriaceous, half an inch long.—J. G. Baker. 
1, Portion of raceme and flower with perianth laid open; 2, anther; 
3, top of style and stigma :—all enlarged ; 4, whole plant greatly reduced. 
