bulb ovoid, 1 1/2 in. diam.; leaves 2–3, produced after the flowers, linear, several times spirally twisted, weak in texture, glaucous green, 6–9 in. long, 1/4– 1/3 in. broad at the middle; peduncle slender, reddish, terete, glaucous, 9–12 in. long; flowers 4–6 in an umbel, inodorous; pedicels slender, ascending, 1/2–1 in. long; spathe-valves 2, greenish, lanceolate, an inch long; perianth bright crimson-red, 1 1/2–2 in. long, tube curved, dilated from a subcylindrical base to a throat 1/6 in. diam.; segments oblong, patent, 1/3– 1/2 in. long; stamens a little exserted from the perianth-tube; filaments 1/4– 1/3 in. long; anthers oblong, yellow; ovary oblong, under 1/12 in. diam.; style overtopping the stamens; stigma tricuspidate. null
