Descr. Roots truly fibrous, the fibres moderately slender, 
branched. Stem six to eight or ten inches high, simple, 
erect, compressed ; bearing, chiefly below, three or four 
leaves, which are erect, sheathing and shorter than the 
stem. Spatha terminal, of two unequal leaves, pale and 
membranous at the margin, two-flowered, though I find one 
flower only expanded at a time. Peduncle nearly as long 
as the spatha, slender, curved, as if from the weight of the 
flower, which thus droops. Perianth of six oblong slightly 
concave, obtuse, bright purple, moderately spreading sepals, 
faintly striated externally. Stamens three. Filaments erect, 
about as long as the sepals, white, broad and purplish below, 
quite distinet (except at the contracted base) eventually 
spreading. Anthers oblong, yellow. Germen, inferior, 
pyriform, obtusely trigonal. Style filiform, longer than the 
stamens. Stigmas three. 
Fig. 1. Pistil and Stamens. 2. Interior view of a Stamen magnified. 
