stemless, thinly pubescent; leaflets oblong, obtuse, the medial oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at base, the lateral oblique at base; petiole semi-terete, compressed; scape as long as the leaves or shorter, bi-bracteolate; corolla yellow, 5–6 times longer than the acute sepals. Somewhat glaucous, drying to a dull green, at length glabrescent. Bulb ovate, black. Stipe subterranean, none or 1–2 inch long. Leaves numerous. Petioles 1–3 inch long, one line wide, hairy. Medial leaflets 1 1/2–2 inch long, 1/2– 3/4 inch wide, longer than the lateral, all obtuse or very shortly emarginate, pubescent or subglabrous, ciliate, marked with reddish dots and striæ. Peduncles bi-bracteolate in the middle, deflexed after flowering, pubescent like the calyx. Flowers large, yellow. Var. β. is known by lanceolate leaflets twice as narrow, the medial 1 1/2–2 1/2 inches long, 3–4 lines wide, the lateral shorter but equally broad, and flowers a little smaller.
