bulb ovoid, 1–1 1/2 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 2–6, contemporary with the flower, linear, green, suberect, straight, 9–12 in. long, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad; peduncle about a foot long, subterete, slightly glaucous, red-brown towards the base; flowers 4–10 in an umbel, pure white; pedicels slender, erect, 1/2–1 in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth suberect, 2 in. long; tube slightly curved, dilated gradually from the base to a throat 1/6 in. diam.; segments oblong, ascending, 1/4– 1/3 in. long; stamens distinctly biseriate; filaments very short; anthers minute, oblong, the 3 upper placed opposite the throat of the tube, the 3 lower a little below it; ovary oblong, 1/8– 1/6 in. diam.; style exserted from the perianth-tube; stigma tricuspidate. null
