corm globose, 1/2 in. diam., with hard, black, cancellate tunics; produced leaf one, subbasal, narrow linear, twice as long as the stem, firm in texture, strongly ribbed; stem a foot long, with 2–3 clusters, the side ones on short, erect peduncles; spathes cylindrical, 1 1/2–2 in. long, the valves firm in texture, closely ribbed, with long, scariose cusps; perianth-limb fugacious, pale yellow, 3/4–1 in. long, the segments unspotted, subequal, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse; stamens half as long as the perianth, the linear anthers as long as the tube of filaments; ovary clavate, under 1/2 in. long; capsule much smaller than in H. collina. null
