bulbs should be planted in April, when intended as a border 

 flower, and taken up in November. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope, and nearly related 

 to Anomatheca juncea, of the same country, from which it 

 differs chiefly in the longer tube of its flower, in the greater 

 irregularity of the limb, in the deeper crimson colour, and 

 in the form of the sanguine spots at the base of the three 



anterior segments. 



J. L. 



