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CRINUM cruentum. 
Mr. Herbert's Crinum. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. Nancisst, Jussieu gen. 54. . Dio. II. Germen ine 
erum, H 
AMARYLLIDEE. Brown prod. 996. Sect. I. Radix 
bulbosa, Flores spathacei, umbellati, raró solitarii. 
CRINUM. Supra vol. Y. fol. 52." - “> 
C. cruentum, bulbo stolonifero ; foliis amplê loratis, acuminatis, mare 
gine glabro; spatha herbacea elongato-oblonga apice rotundata: lacie 
niis limbi plus duplo brevioribus tubo. 
Bulbus extern? livido-purpurascens, stolonifero-repens. Folia atrovi- 
gentia, coriaceo-crassa multifaria, infrà convoluto-vaginantia, suprà recum- 
bentia longiora guadripedalia, 4 uncias cum dimidio lata, margine leevíssimo. 
Scapus (nunc bini successivi) compressus v. anceps aciebus rotundatis, viridis, 
Spatha foliaceo-virens erecta, valud majore semipedali, Umbella inclinata, 
sessilis, multi-(7-) flora, bracteaceo-distincta. Flores ad emarcescentiam usque 
excrescentes in longitudinem, ut denud uncias undenas extendi possint, stricti, 
exbódorati, roseo-purpurei, senescentes maculis albis interrupt, Germ. vi- 
vens, subcylindric? oblongum, obsoleté trigonum, glaberrimum, estriatum, 
ezsulcum viz tubo continuo crassius. Tubus strictus, septemuncialis in longi- 
pribus, calamum crassus, pallido-virens, trigono-cylindricus angulis. obtusis, 
exsulcus, estriatus: limbus recurvo-stellatus, laciniis elongato-lanceolatig 
subtriuncialibus latitudine & partis uncia, exterioribus dorso medio viridiuse 
culis, interioribus sublatioribus. Fil. sanguinea, und quartá parte breviora 
limbo v, circitêr, gracilia, divaricata : anth. in lunulam curvande, vibrater, 
Jineares. Stylus vir robustior filamentis, equalis, fori, intens? puniceus, tri- 
guetro-filiformis; stigma punctum atrosanguincum parüm dilatatum, 
We did not expect so soon the appearance of one of the 
same genus, that should vie with the magnificent amabile, 
introduced two or three years ago by Sir Abraham Hume, 
But in beauty of the corolla the present is at least equal to 
that, if it yields the points of fragrance and copiousness of 
blossom. ‘It appears to be an unrecorded member of the 
nus; and has now first flowered in Mr. Herbert's hot- 
ouse at Spofford, near Wetherby, in Yorkshire, And our 
thanks are due to that gentleman for the entire inflores- 
cence and some of the foliage, which were sent to Mr, 
Edwards by his direction, along with the principal part of 
the subjoined account of the plant. We do not find it 
mentioned in Dr. Roxburgh's manuscript enumeration of 
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