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Bessera elegans, Schult. f. Fig. 545. Bulb globular, 1 in. thick, tunicated: Lvs. 2-3, about 10-12 in., or even 2 ft., long: scape 1-2 ft. long, hollow, fragile; umbels 4-10- fld.; pedicels 1-1½ in. long; perianth 9-10 lines long, keeled on the back, variously marked with white within, but usually with vermilion margins and center-band; fls. borne through two months of late summer and early autumn. G.F. 4:125 (adapted in Fig. 545). Gn. 25:42. B.R. 1546 (as Pharium fistulosum); 25:34. F.S. 4:424 (as B. miniatum).—Strong bulbs sometimes throw up 6-10 scapes, with 12-20-fld. umbels. 
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