We sliould scarcely have thought it necessary to observe 
that the specific name had been suggested by a fancied 
resemblance in the front appearance of the corolla to a 
star of some of the orders of knighthood; had we not 
known that a very different version of the same has been 
given in another place. 
Leaves about four, lanceolately lorate, equal to or rather 
shorter than the scape, from one inch to an inch and half 
broad. Scape from one to two feet high, columnar, glau- 
cous, hollow. Spathe lanceolate, upright, equal to the 
peduncles. Peduncles upright, round, about 3 inches long. 
Flowers without scent, of various shades of vermilion, some- 
times inclining to a pink, sometimes to an orange hue 
especially in the smaller sort. Tube deflectent, from an inch 
to an inch and half long, of the thickness of a common pen: 
or of twice that thickness; faux spreading, marked with a 
large whitish six-pointed star. Limb deflectent, obliquely 
ingents upper lip reflectent. Stamens fasciculate, de- 
clined. 
Both varieties require to be kept in the hothouse, where 
they flower freely. , 
