Japan Flora: Plants odoriferous; bulbs subglobose, white, about 15 mm. in diameter, the outer coat thinly membranous, entire; leaves few, nearly 3-angled in cross section, shorter than the scape, shallowly grooved on upper side, 2-3 mm. wide, smooth; scapes erect, rather firm, terete, 40-60 cm. long, the spathe long beaked at apex; inflorescence pale pinkish, 4-6 mm. long, the flowers usually partially or almost wholly re­placed by sessile bulbils, tlie pedicels slender, about 15 mm. long, the tepals narrowly ovate-oblong, subobtuse, the midrib tinged red-purple on back; filaments exserted, not toothed; style elongate. May-June. Lowland meadows to mountain foothills.

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyus.