C R I X V M O R X A T U M . 



Nat- Oedrr— AMARYLLISES— Lindw\ 



ItoL May. 135a 



Fuwivit-vrKM springing from Ihe side of the leaves, us in Crinum Scabrum, 

 which it appeal* ti> resemble closely in it* bulb, leaves, and habit of growth : hut 

 the petals are more pointed, ami curling nl the extremities, us Ihe flowers 

 expand, which however llioy never do very widely. Flowcn? nodding, from 

 6vo to seven, all turning one way; npathc bright green; leaver yellowish grcco, 

 scarcely nl all glaucous bul slightly scaly, and margined. It belongs lo 

 Air. Herbert's sub-division of Crinum "Ihe itnutt/r" in which In* enumerates 

 ten species. Hie* names to which seem tu have been »o differently Deigned in 

 various botanical work*, a* to render them very difficult to distinguish. There 

 is ii teller on the treatment and varieties of smnu of these Criumiis from l lie 

 Hon. and Rev. \W IIkjuikkt to the Secretary of the Hortitultunil Society, 

 in the 3d. vol. of the Horticultural Transactions, partj *± page ISO: where 

 several interesting experiments are recorded. 



This Drawing fa from a plant that bloomed in Afr< It. Hvumsovv Hothouse, 

 September, 182**. 



