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CRINUM sumatranum. 
Sumatra Crinum. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDEZ. 
CRINUM. Supra, vol. 1. fol. 52. 
C. sumatranum; bulbo ovali non caudescente, foliis lato-loratis lineari- 
lanceolatis rectis canaliculatis margine albo cartilagineo scabris rigidis, 
umbella multiflora subsessili. Ker in journ. of science. and art, 1817. 
No. 7. 
C. sumatranum. Roxb. Carey, hort. Beng. 23. 
C. sumatranum; bulbo ovali, foliis rigidis erectis margine cartilagineo 
asperis, umbella multiflora, tubo limbum sequante, stylo staminibus 
breviore, capsula grandi. Sprengel, syst. 2. 54. 
Bulbus leviter caudescens, brevissimus. Folia rigida, rectiuscula, lorato- 
lanceolata, margine cartilaginea, aspera, apice obtusiuscula, Agaven simulan- 
tia, atro-viridia, opaca. Flores plurimi, majusculi, albi, subsessiles, odorati. 
Tubus cylindraceus, ut et ovarium rubescens, 4-uncialis. Lacinise lineares, 
tres lineas lata, tubi longitudine, rotato-patentes, demèm pendule. Fila- 
menta ascendentia, punicea, limbo multd breviora. Stylus filamentis brevior. 
For our specimens of this remarkable plant we are 
obliged to the Earl of Caernarvon, by whose permission 
it was sent us, with some valuable notes, by James Robert 
Gowen, Esq: In inflorescence it bears a close resemblance 
to Crinum asiaticum, (toxicarium of Roxburgh); but the 
habit of the plant is wholly different; the rigid, erect, fleshy 
leaves giving it the aspect of an Agave. 
Two bulbs of this species exist in the rich collection at 
Highclere, both of which were sent to the Earl of Caernarvon 
by Dr. Wallich, together with many other valuable plants. 
Several more were sent to the same nobleman, from 
Sumatra, by the late lamented Sir Thomas Stamford 
Raffles; but they unfortunately perished in their voyage. 
