282 CLII. AMARYLLIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Crinum. 
6. C. pusillum, Herb. Amaryllid. 255, t. 32, f. 3; leaves few Jj 
than 12 in. long 1-i in. broad erect, iinear acute, umbels few-fld., pedicels 
upwards of 1 in., perianth-tube 3 in., lobes nearly as long an inch longer 
than the stamens. : Baker Handb. of Amaryllid. 77. 
NICOBAR ISLANDS. . like C 
A very little-known plant, assumed by Herbert to be stoloniferous, like t^ 
deficum, The bulb is described as 4 by 2 in., columnar, cylindric. 
Sect. II. Puatyaster. Perianth erect, salver-shaped, lobes lanceolate. 
Stamens very long, spreading. 
7. C. humile, Herb. in But. Mag. t. 2636; Amaryllid. 256 ; leaves 
about 12 in. linear pitted on the surface, margin smooth, scape abont e 
long subcylindric, umbels 6-9-fld., spathes 2-3 in. lanceolate, pedicels sho * 
perianth-tube 3 in., lobes linear-lanceolate rather longer than the stamens. 
Kunth Enum. v. 563; Baker Handb. of Amaryllid. 81. 
TROPICAL ASIA. anth- 
Bulb globose, green, neck short, Leaves spreading, nearly flat, acute. Peria a 
tube green, lobes narrow white acute; filaments very slender, purplish, anthers pe 
long.—The Bot. Mag. plate and description are the only authority for this mo > 
which may not be Indian. It was brought from the East by a Capt. Cragie ted be 
Milne, of Fulham Nursery. Baker doubtfully refers to it a plant collected 9j 
Stocks, which is C. brachynema, Herb. 
8. C. amoenum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 23; Fl. Ind. ii. 127; "sinl 
14-2 ft. by 1-14 in. suberect ensiform acuminate margin gubsca m m. 
scape 1-2 ft. rather slender subcy lindrie, umbels 6-12-fld., spathes . ear- 
lanceolate, flowers subsessile, perianth-tube 3—4 in., lobes 9-9 in. r 2. 
lanceolate rather longer than the red filaments. Kunth Enum. 7 Cat 
Herb. Amaryllid, 255; Baker Handb. of Amaryllid. 81; Wall. 
8971. +, Sikkim. 
TROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 6000 ft. in > 
The Knasta HILLS, SILHET and Burma, Roxburgh, Ee, cumi- 
Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 10-12, tapering from the base to the ac cells 
nate tip, bright green. Perianth white, tube green; anthers 4 in. Ovary 
4-5-ovuled.—Herbert describes 2 vars. ; namely caudicea, from Ceylon, wit 
margins of the leaves and a cylindric neck of the bulb; and verecunda, 
Rangoon, with more obtuse humifuse lacunose leaves, 
9. C. Stracheyi, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 72; Handb d 
Amaryllid. 81; leaves 2 ft. by 11-2 in. lorate thin acute margin 80 ech 
culate, scape 13-2 ft. stout, umbels 12-15-fld., spathes lanceolate, pe 
. : the 
3-1 in., perianth-tube 3-33 in., lobes 2-24 in. hardly longer than 
filaments. 
Kumaon, in gardens, Strachey and Winterbottom. 
Known imperfectly, and only as a garden plant. . 
-9 m. 
1 
10. C. pratense, Herb. Amaryllid. 256; leaves 13-3 ft. by ad gang 
linear channelled margins entire, scape 12 in. or more decumben pd 
pressed, umbels 6-12-fld., spathes 2-3 in. deltoid-lanceolate, age the 
sessile, perianth-tube 3-4 in., lobes about as long rather longer t 22 C 
stamens. Kunth Enum. v. 563; Baker Handb. of Amaryllid. Quart. 
longifolium, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 23; Fl. Ind. ii. 130; Ker-Qawl. m 
Journ. Ke. & Arts, iii. (1817) 107. 
Plains of INDIA and Burma, 
p oF 
Bulb 4-5 in. diam., ovoid or spherical, neck 2-23 in. Leaves 6-8, suberec 
