the perianth greenish outside, and the filaments pilose 
towards the base. 
_ Deser.—A glabrous herb. Bulh globose; tunic thin, 
beset with brown hairs inside at the apex. Stem three to 
four inches high. Leaves cauline, about seven, linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, the longest seven inches long and 
six lines wide, the upper gradually smaller. Peduncle one- 
flowered, two to four inches and a half long, glabrous. 
Flowers ‘pale yellow. Perianth-segments slightly unequal ; 
outer oblong-ovate, acute, an inch and a half long; inner 
broadly obovate, as long as, but less acute than the outer. 
Filaments three lines “long, glabrous; anthers -yellow. 
Stigma slightly wider than the ovary. =O. Hi Wright. 
Figs. 1 and 2, anthers; 3, pistil:—al/ enlarged. 
