CRINUM GIGAXTEUJL 



Nat. Ubdek— AMARYLLIHK.t; -LlNDLKY. 



Jtat. Mwi. 033. 



Tins plant, the Crirnuti IVtiolahmi of My. HhititKUT, is also v in^idci ed us a 

 Crimim in the systematic Index to ihc Botanical 3 fagazinc publishediu IS2^, 

 although described in the work a* a variety of Amaryllis Ornata, and specifically 

 syaonimous %v i 1 1 1 Xe^lnuicu ami others, whose differences have since been well 

 pointed out, in the Itolanical Register^ roL 1, iVo. »>?0, Tin' figure ia the 

 •llftffttzitif* differs a ISltli* in Ihe .shape of the petals, Iimhi llir specimen here 

 represented, ami which was uhli^ht^Iy presented hy Cituui> Hoif*i.w.i*, Ks<j* 

 of ESvcrton, after it had obtained a prize, at the meeting uf the Liverpool 

 Horticultural Society, 30th April 1880- 



The toll owing description Iraitshilrd from Dr. IV.iimion's synopsis plantation 

 answers exactly to the present plant " Leaves llim-id and undulated; llowers 

 siUhiiT. lormin** an umbel; petals white, concave ; native of Africa." 1 



The limh is rnneh expanded, and llntlened, at tin- time the (lower is in 

 perfection, and ihe stamens anul pintil arc Suddenly bent down, almost in a 

 ritfht ungh 1 , close UTcr Hie mouth of llu- tube.-* Style, bright given, and far 

 slenderer than llu? filament*, which arc while; anthers yellow, hul quickly 

 turning brown when the |Hitlen is slu-d, and the petals also, then soon look 

 dusky, and Wither, even before the llower droops its head. The leaves are of 

 a very dark yreeu, and sheathe alternately in the manner of Scabrum ; the scape 

 springs rrom the bulb- Mr. Shkpiibbd has a very line plant of this species, 

 which he purchased in April, 1802. under the name of Amaryllis Glga& 



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