Corm large, globose. Produced leaves 4–5, rigid, glabrous, ensiform, with thickened stramineous ribs and edges, the longest 2–2 1/2 ft. long, 1–1 1/4 in. broad. Peduncle stout, terete, 2–3 ft. long, with 1–2 reduced leaves. Spike very lax, simple, 1 ft. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, the lowest 2 in. long. Perianth yellow, minutely spotted with brown, 3–3 1/2 in. long; tube 1 1/2 in. long, narrowly funnel-shaped, curved at the apex; upper segments oblong, subacute, conspicuously cucullate, 1 1/2–2 in. long, 1 in. broad; lower oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, deflexed. Stamens shorter than the upper segments of the perianth; anthers linear, above 1/2 in. long.
