It requires the same treatment as 0. enneaphylla, and 
will no doubt prove equally suited to cultivation in the 
rockery. For the present the precaution is taken of 
wintering it in a cold frame. 
Descr.—An acaulescent herb. Bulb one to one and a 
half inches across, composed externally of linear-lanceolate 
glabrous scales, and internally of the persistent bases of 
the petioles bearing long bristles. Leaves glabrous, with 
twelve to twenty-two subsessile, obcordate leaflets, at- 
tenuate at the base; lobes slightly fleshy, and glaucous; _ 
petiole two to five inches long; petiolule short, thickened, — 
slightly hairy, and of a deep violet colour. Peduneles two- _ 
to three-flowered, bearing two bracteoles, of the same 
length as the petioles. Flowers heterostyled, one and a 
half to two inches across. Sepals lanceolate, subacute, 
ciliate, nearly three lines long. Petals obovate-obcordate, 
spreading, deep rose-coloured, with a purple base, about 
one inch long. Stamens ten, alternately long and short, 
erect. Stigmas capitate. Capsule oblong.—L. Farmar. 
Fig. 1, leaflet and petiolules ; 2, flower with petals removed ; 3, stamens and 
pistil; 4, pistil :—all enlarged. 
