One bulb (fig.l) after five years cultivation in a pot has 
become a compacted mass 5 inches across, and. 3 inches in 
greatest depth, composed of 8 divisions or « crowns. » 
Last year it bore 22 flower stems, and over 200 flowers. 
The central division (fig. 1, c) is 2\ inches in diameter 
and has produced only two vegetative centres, while on 
opposite sides of it are two sunk and compressed divisions 
(hg. 1 .11) having five and eight respectively. The remaining 
five divisions have respectively 2, 2, 2, 1, and 3 centres. 
When first received and potted it was a simple undivided 
bulb (fig. 2). 
A drawing of A. setosa , Bot. Mag., t. 1481, shows an 
analogous condition of the old bulb in that species. 
The two strongest of a number of bulbs planted out in 
the open air, and protected only in winter, had respectively 
inflorescences 22f inches in height, with 27 flowers, and 
18 inches with 28 flowers. The single bulb (figs. 2, 3) is 
composed of few thick tunics, and is quite green where 
exposed to the light. The bulbs grow rapidly when raised 
from seed, and flower under pot culture the following year. 
They are very easily cultivated and withstand vicissitudes 
of no ordinary kind. 
The leaves are convex, long and spreading, the texture 
is rather rough and the colour dull. Their length is some¬ 
times over 25 inches. There are usually six leaves on a bulb 
when it first flowers. The flower-stem is terete. 
The flowers are erect and corymbose (fig. 4). The inflores¬ 
cence continues to lengthen much in the course of flower¬ 
ing. The outer segments of the perianth (fig. 5, o) when 
the flower is open lie in general at an angle of 40° with 
the floral axis. They are yellow, with bright green median 
bands. The apex is thickened on the inner side. They close 
