corm small, globose; tunics membranous; stem simple, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, with several reduced leaves with short, free, linear points; produced leaves about 4, linear, moderately firm in texture, 1/2–1 ft. long; flowers 4–6, bright red, arranged in a very lax spike; spathe-valves herbaceous, green, lanceolate, 3/4 in. long; perianth-tube an inch long, faintly saccate at the base of the cylindrical upper half; upper segment spoon-shaped, 1 1/2 in. long; lateral much shorter, obovate, adnate to the upper segment halfway up; basal very small and inserted lower down; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment; capsule oblong, membranous, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; seeds discoid, with a broad wing. null