Crossyne guttata (L.) D.Müll.-doblies & U.Müll.-doblies

Bulb globose, 3-4 in diam.; tunics brown, truncate at the top; leaves 4-6, spreading, lingulate, rigidly coriaceous, 0.5-1 ft long, 2-4 in broad, closely ribbed, spotted with red beneath, densely ciliated with persistent, ascending, brown or stramineous flattened bristles 1/8-1/3 in lon; peduncle solid, ancipitous, 4-6 in long, 0.5 in diam.; flowers 50-100 in an umbel; pedicels rigid, triquetrous, 3-4 in long; spathe-valves deltoid, much shorter than the pedicels; perianth with a small campanulate tube; segments lanceolate, spreading or reflexing, dull purple, 1/4-1/3 in long; stamens shorter than the perianth segments; anthers minute, oblong; ovary turbinate, 1/8 in diam., style slightly declinate; capsule turbinate, triquetrous, 1/4-1/3 in diam.