bulb subglobose, 6–8 in. diam., with many hundreds of tunics, the outer brown and firm in texture; leaves 8–16, ensiform, distichous, erect, coriaceous, glaucous, closely ribbed, narrowed gradually to the point, finally 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 1–1 1/4 in. broad, hairy on the margin, not ciliated, often much undulated; peduncle stout, ancipitous, glaucous, 1/2–1 ft. long; flowers very numerous, bright red, arranged in a dense umbel; pedicels 2–4 in. long; spathe-valves deltoid, 2–3 in. long; perianth-tube infundibuliform or subcylindrical, 1/4– 1/2 in. long; segments of the limb linear, 3/4–1 in. long; stamens equalling or a little exceeding the perianth-segments; anthers yellow, oblong, 1/12– 1/8 in. long; ovary turbinate, green, 1/6 in. diam.; style red, rather curved, slightly exceeding the stamens; capsule turbinate, 3/4 in. long, 1/2 in. diam. null
