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Mr. Hkuiikrt and Professor Ltndlky both refer to tin* Botanical !Uftffashw t 

 1171, lor tliis phmt. It is thora ailed "Amaryllis Ornata" hut is well 

 describe! in Martynx Millors Dictionary, where it is stated thai Hit* name 

 of f 'ritiiim Zevlmiinim was originally assigned to il l>y Ijinnki> ( and sub- 

 nequently continued by M. L'IIkhitikk (the first propagator of the Linntean 

 system in France, aiid one of Hit* earliest and most zealous members of the 

 National Institute). CrinumSScylanicum forms the sixth spociosofMr. Hi:hi»:»tV 

 QrttaUe ; the whole of tin* stem mul spatho are of a rirh royal purple, ilio same 

 colour extends along the tufa* of Iho flower and Hie keel on the outside of each 

 |»etnL In the Botanical Hv;fisU'r y tin* following distinctions from Criniiin 

 Ornatutn art* pointed out : ■•the leave* are conspicuously undulate, smooth at tin- 

 edge*, narrower, shorter, willi a Ihiekor mid-rib; (lowers much redder, anthers 

 durk brown, bull i elongated into a neck" It is a native of the East ladies. 



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