Cur. A succulent, herbaceous plant, growing luxuriantly in 
the open air during the summer and autumn. Its singular 
flowers are small and make no show; it is, therefore, chiefly 
interesting to the botanist, or as a plant for the gardens of the 
curious. Being easily affected by frost, it is necessary to take 
up the tubers about the end of October, and keep them in store 
till April: they should then be planted in the open air. It 
requires no particular treatment, growing as freely in the shade 
as when fully exposed to the sun. J. S. 
Fig. 1. Root with tubers :—vatural size. 2. Flowers and bracteas on a portion 
of the raceme. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil :-—magnified. 
