corm globose, 1/2– 3/4 in. diam., with fleshy root-fibres, and finely-reticulated, white, membranous tunics; stems erect, terete, simple or forked, 1/2–1 1/2 ft. long, with 2–3 reduced sheathing leaves low down, often bearing bulbillæ in their axils; leaves of the basal rosette about 4, lanceolate or linear, 1/2–1 ft. long, moderately firm in texture, the outer spreading; flowers few to a spike, sometimes solitary, typically yellow; spathes 1/2 in. long, membranous, whitish, with copious brown dots and lines, wrapped tightly round the ovary and tube, deeply laciniated at the top, the processes brown and whip-like; perianth-tube 1/2 in. long, dilated into a funnel in the upper half; segments oblong, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; anthers 1/4 in. long, protruded from the perianth-tube; style-branches overtopping the anthers. null
