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THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. CVoi. xxvin. No. 32,, 



I. 2 (1902), p. 11, tab. 6-8. 



Perennial, about 15-20 decim. high ; bulb large, depressed- 

 ovoid, about 12cm. or more across; scales yellow, ample, 

 deltoid, thick, incurved, imbricated ; roots under the bulb 

 and those of the base of the stem numerous, fibrous, thickly 

 filiform. Stem robust, erect, straight, terete, foliose, pale 

 green, glabrous, smooth, about 2-3 cm. across near the 

 base. Leaves numerous (about 50-70 in number), shortly 

 petiolate, sparse, spreading, rather dense, lanceolate or ob- 

 long, shortly acuminate, not thin, firm in texture, green 

 and shining above, light green beneath, about 15-22 cm. 

 long, 3tj-6^ cm. broad ; main nerves 7, prominent beneath, 

 with a weak nerve between main nerves ; petiole compressed, 

 erect-patent, 1-2 cm. long. Raceme short and broad, erect, 

 rather approximately about 5-20-flo\vered ; rachis flexuous, 

 with leafy bracts ; bract similar to leaves in form, alternate ; 

 peduncle in each axil of bracts, alternate, patulous, rather rigid, 

 single-flowered, furnished with a leafy bracteole above, about 

 7-12 cm. long ; bracteole lanceolate, attenuated towards the 

 base, petiolate, petiole about 3-5 J cm. long. Flower large, 

 white, somewhat nodding, strongly w^ell-scented, about 18-24 

 cm. across. Perianth wide-campanulate, patent and then 

 reflexed above, about 15-17 cm. or more long; segments 6, 

 entire and more or less crispate on margin, attenuated on both 

 ends, light yellow in middle portion, but deeper yellow in centre, 

 dispersed with elevated spots inside (spots yellow in those of 

 the central portion but white in those of the side portion ; spots 

 in the lower portion gradually stouter and strongly papillose 

 near the centre, irregularly truncate at the apex, usually brown- 

 ish-yellow), nectariferous inside below (nectary narrow, yellow- 

 ish-green, secreting honey), with a longitudinal prominent ridge 

 dorsally (apex of the ridge projecting into a small beak); 3 outer 

 segments (sepals) oblong-lanceolate ; 3 inner segments (petals) 

 broader, elliptical, about 7 cm. or more broad. Stamens 6, 

 approximate below, equal in length ; filament slender, subu- 

 late, glabrous, smooth, light green, about 9-10 cm. long ; 

 anther linear, about 5-5 J cm. long, versatile, with copious 



