leathery or somewhat fleshy, oblong-lanceolate, 2-8 in. 
long, obtuse, margins recurved, minutely toothed or entire, 
narrowed downwards into a sheathing petiole. Scape 6 in. 
to a foot high, terete. Bracts of the involucre small, 
shorter than the pedicels, thickened and connate at the 
base. Umbels dense, 10—20-flowered, 24-3 in. in diameter ; 
pedicels short. Flowers 1-14 in. in diameter, ciear 
yellow, agreeably fragrant, Calye thick, campanulate. 
Corolla salver-shaped, puberulous; tube scarcely longer 
than the calyx, constricted near the top and below the 
middle, where the stamens are attached; mouth narrow, 
crenulated ; limb orbicular, rotate, flat, with almost orbi- 
cular, slightly overlapping, entire, minutely ciliated lobes. — 
Stamens attached below the middle of the corolla-tube; 
filaments very short. Style included, but overtopping the 
stamens. Capsule not seen.—W. Borrinc Hemstry. 
Fig. 1, part of calyx and pistil; 2, part of corolla laid open and three of the 
stamens :—both enlarged. 
