a thin shining membrane. Zadical leaf sheathing at the base ; 
sheath slender ; d/ade four to six inches long, very narrow-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, one-fourth to one-third of an inch broad, 
with many slender nerves, margin revolute. Stem or scape five 
to eight inches high, slender, few-leaved, one or more flowered. 
Flowers on slender peduncles, one and a half inches in diameter, 
pinkish white. Sepa/s narrow oblong, acuminate, one-third 
shorter than the petals, externally veined with pale crimson. 
Petals spreading, obovate-cuneate, membranous, obscurely 
erose, faintly streaked with pink on the back, hairy towards 
the base inside, with a transverse nectariferous scale, anda few 
purple spots. Stamens spreading ; filaments subulate ; anthers 
linear-oblong, obtuse, bluish. Ovary triquetrous ; style short, 
stigmas short obtuse spreading purple.—/. D. Hi. 
Fig. 1, Flower with perianth removed; fig. 2, sepal; fig. 3, petal ; fig. 4, 
ovary ; fig. 5, the same cut transversely :—all magnijied. 
