bulb ovoid, 3–4 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 10–12, erect-falcate, produced after the flowers, distichous, lorate, obtuse, 1 1/2–2 ft. long, 1–2 in. broad, twisted, glaucous, with a smooth reddish margin; peduncle subterete, mottled, 1–2 ft. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. diam.; flowers 6–12 in an umbel, very drooping, inodorous; pedicels 1/2–1 in. long; spathe-valves 4, lanceolate, reflexing; perianth curved, 2–3 in. long, yellow at the base, bright red upwards tipped with green; tube twice as long as the segments, dilated gradually to a throat 1/3– 1/2 in. diam.; segments oblong, much imbricated, 3/4–1 in. long, 1/3– 1/2 in. broad; stamens biseriate, inserted low down in the perianth-tube; filaments 3/4–1 in. long; anthers small, oblong, reaching about half-way up the segments; ovary green, oblong, 1/4 in. diam.; style reaching to the tip of the segments; stigma capitate; capsule oblong-triquetrous, an inch long. null
