a broad petiole; nerves trabeculate. Scape about a foot — 
high, stout, compressed. Umbel many-fild.; outer spathes 
eight to ten, one to two inches long, linear-lanceolate, | 
obtuse; inner as long, narrower ; flowers sessile. Perianth- 
tube two to two and a half inches long, green; segments 
rather longer, loriform, white. Staminal crown infundi- 
bular, half an inch long, six-fid or -partite, edentate; — 
cele slender; anthers linear. Stigma capitellate.— 
ei. Te 
Fig. 1, staminal crown; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, top of style and stigma :—a 
enlarged ; 5, reduced view of whole plant. 
