apice secus nervum medianura intus minute pube- 
rula utrinque alba, extus flavo-vittata, exteriora apice 
saturatius roseo-liiacina demum reflexa. Stamina flava, 
3 alterne longiora, dimidium perianthium æquantia; 
antheræ virgineæ late lineares apiculatæ filamentis 
sesquibreviores, post dehiscentiam et in sicco 3—4plo 
breviores valde retractæ ovato-subrotundæ; filamenta 
applanata lanceolato-subulata uninervia, tertio infe- 
riore dilatata sericeo-barbata, ima base glabra. Pollen 
luteum, in sicco late ellipticum vel irregulariter po- 
lyedricum, sub aqua rotundato-ovatum, granulis per- 
fecte globosis paucis, abortivis nullis. Ovarium gracile 
ampiillæforme phyllis plus duplo brevius, basi bre- 
vitei angustatum, tertio vel quarto superiore in ros- 
trum conicum ovario plus duplo angustius sensim 
attenuatum; stigrnata minuta capitata, margine pube- 
rulo-papillosa, ovarii rostro paulo latiora. Capsula 
(fere matura) ovato-subrotunda, 18 mm. alta 14 lata, 
apiculo brevi (vix millim. longo) coronata; semina... 
Caulis humilis (6-17 cm. altus) flexuosus glaber ple- 
rumque uniflorus, interdum de medio biflorus pe- 
dunculo laterali breviore, parte subterranea attenuata 
oblique descendente 2—6 cm. longa. Folia 2 (rarius 
3) ad imum pedunculum vel ejus bifurcationem prope 
terram confertaerecto-patula vel patentissimaarcuato- 
deflexa, canaliculata, margine crebre ciliata, ima late 
linearia lanceolata apice cucullata ad 12 cm. longa 
2 lata, summum (in individuis trifoliatis) anguste 
lineare acutum. Bulbi parvi elongato-ovati tunicæ 
castaneæ intus glabræ, apice adpresse fulvo-pilosæ. 
Bulbus novellus.. . 
Hab. In omnibus montibus excelsis Cretæ (Sieber, 
Heldr.); nuperrime pulchre lecta a Reverchon (« YAkro- 
