Japan Flora: Bulbs ovoid-globose, 2-3 cm. long; leaves linear, usually 2, 15-25 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, rather thick, smooth, soft, concave above, abruptly acuminate, the apex obtuse; scapes erect, 20-40 cm. long; ra­cemes many-flowered, 7-12 cm. long, rather dense, the bracts narrowly lanceolate, thinly membranous, 1-2 mm. long, the pedicels ascending, 5-12 mm, long, flowers rose-purple, the tepals barely spreading, narrowly oblong, about 4 mm. long; filaments filiform, the lower half broadened, the margin soft- pubescent; style 1.5-2 mm. long; ovary short pubescent on the angles; capsules obovoid-globose, about 5 mm. long; seeds broadly lanceolate, about 4 mm. long.        Aug.-Sept. Hills and lowlands.

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; com­mon. Korea, China, Formosa, Ryukyus, Manchuria, and Ussuri.