the plate) prolonged above into loose bristle-like fibres. Leaves 
about seven, produced after the flowers (half their length in the 
plate). Perianth without an involucre ; tube slender, pale ; 
throat pale yellow; limb three and a half inches in diameter, 
segments elliptic rather acute white with reddish-purple 
streaks. Anthers shorter than the filaments. S¢zgma saffron 
coloured, divided into numerous segments— IV. 7. 7. D. 
Fig. 1, Reticulated coat of the corm; 2, stigmas :—both magnified. 
