in our wild specimens, sending down several large, thick, fleshy 
radicles. Leaves mainly from the root, from a broad, sheathing 
base, linear-subulate, carinate, spreading, outer ones the longest. 
Stem (or leafy scape) about a foot high, bearing distant, small, 
lanceolate, erect and appressed leaves, gradually becoming bracteas, 
among the flowers. Raceme terminal ; bracteas three at the base 
of each flower or pair of flowers, one longer than the pedicel, the 
other shorter. Pedicels single-flowered, solitary below, geminate 
in the upper part of the inflorescence. /owers rich orange-red, 
quite drooping. Perianth about an inch and a quarter long, 
much curved downwards, between tubular and infundibuliform, 
a little swelling at the base, where it is adherent with the ovary, 
the limb very short, spreading, of six rounded, acute lobes. Sta- 
mens six, included, inserted near the base of the perianth. Anthers 
linear. Ovary oval. Style longer than the perianth, a good 
deal protruded. Stigma three-lobed. 
Fig. 1. Flower laid open. 2. Transverse section of an ovary :—magnified. 
