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leaves, coming from the bulb, are long and narrow, but much 

 shorter than the flower stalk. The flower cluster is a loose raceme 

 from three to eight inches long, usually bearing many flowers. 

 Each individual flower is borne on a short slender stem about one 

 half inch long, which is clasped by a slender leafy bract at its base. 

 The pale blue or nearly white perianth is divided into six equal, 

 narrowly oblong segments, each about one half inch long and 

 distinctly three- or five-veined. Six slender stamens are attached 

 each to the base of a perianth-segment. The ovary is three-celled, 

 each cavity containing numerous ovules. The fruit is an oval 

 capsule, distinctly three-angled; each corner splits longitudinally 

 when ripe, thus releasing numerous shining black seeds. 



C. C. Glover. 



Explanation op Plate. Fig. 1. — Summit of scape, with inflorescence. 

 Fig. 2. — Leaf. Fig. 3. — Gynoecium, X 3. 



