Descr. Bulb twelve to eighteen inches long, narrow ovoid 
contracted into a long neck. eaves twelve to eighteen 
inches long by four broad, very numerous, erecto-patent, ensi- 
form, with obtuse herbaceous tips, closely striated with strong 
nerves, deep bright green. Scape taller than the leaves, as 
thick as the thumb, green. Swathes six inches long, oblong- 
lanceolate, subacute, concave, herbaceous, reflexed. Flowers 
six to eight in a head, sessile or very shortly pedicelled. 
Ovary one inch long. Perianth-tube three inches long; limb 
four inches in diameter, very broadly campanulate, bright 
rose-red ; segments spreading nearly from the base, broadly 
elliptic, with a callous green obtuse tip. Stamen one and a 
half inch long; anthers half an inch long, yellow.—J/. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Reduced figure of whole plant, 
