Scape terete, a foot or more long. Raceme three to four 
inches long, the upper flowers crowded ; those of the 
lower half laxer, many of the uppermost abortive ; pedicels 
very short; bracts abortive. Perianth white, a quarter of an inch 
long; segments oblong, obtuse, slightly cucullate at the tip, the 
three inner ones permanently connivent. Filaments shorter 
than the perianth, lanceolate, uniform. Ovary globose ; style 
as long as the ovary ; stigma capitate. — G. B. 
Fig. 1, Flower j 2, stamens ; 3, pistil ; 4, tranverse section of ovary : — all 
magnified . 
