Peduncle slender, terete, as long as the leaves. Raceme 
lax, few-flowered, three or four inches long; flowers 
drooping when expanded, pale lemon-yellow ; pedicels 
short, articulated at the apex; bracts lanceolate, scariose, 
as long as the pedicels. Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped, 
under an inch long; lobes short, ovate, obtuse. Stamens 
and style finally distinctly exserted ; anthers small, oblong. 
—J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, Section of leaf; 2,a single flower; 3, front view of anther; 4, back 
view of anther; 5, pistil; 6, apex of style :—all enlarged; 7, whole plant :— 
much reduced. 
