Japan Flora: Bulbs gregarious, narrowly oblong, 5-7 mm. in di­ameter, about 2 cm. long, the outer coat membranous, pale rose; leaves 3-5, spreading, linear, dark green, densely white- puncticulate, 10-20 cm. long, 1 mm. wide, solid; scapes erect, 8-22 cm. long, slender, about 0.8 mm. in diameter, terete, striate; spathe whitish, membranous, broadly ovoid, about 5 mm. long, acuminate; flowers 2-12, rose, about 5.5 mm. long, the pedicels 12-15 mm. long; tepals broadly ovate, 3-4 mm. wide, obtuse; filaments about 6 mm. long, the inner ones with an acute tooth on each side at base; style long-exsertcd; cap­sules about 4 mm. long, 5 mm. wide.

Kyushu (Hirato Isl. in Hizen).