Crinum. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). 393 
9. CRINUM, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 726. 
Perianth hypocrateriform or funnel-shaped; tube long, subcylindrieal, 
straight or curved ; segments linear or lanceolate, spreading, or oblong 
and permanently ascending. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the 
perianth-tube ; filaments long, filiform ; anthers linear, versatile. Ovary 
3-celled ` ovules few in a cell, sometimes only two; style long, filiform, 
more or less declinate ; stigma minute, capitate. Fruit irregular in shape, 
finally bursting. Seeds large, bulbiform, with very thick albumen.— 
Rootstock a large bulb with membranous tunics. Peduncle solid. 
Flowers few or many in an umbel, white or tinged or keeled with red ; 
outer spathe-valves 2, large, deltoid. 
Species 80-90. Tropical and warmer regions of both hemispheres. 
“STENASTER. Perianth- tube cylindrical; segments 
linear or lanceolate, spreading. 
Segments half as long as the tube. 
Segments linear. 
Perianth-tube 23-3 in. long. 
Pedicels short R 1. C. Bainesii. 
Pedicels 2—1 in. long 2. C. Thruppit. 
Pedicels 1-2 in. long 3. C. tinneanun, 
Perianth-tube 3—4 in. long. 
Flowers nearly sessile 4. C. Pogget. 
Pedicels 3—1 in. long C. Lastii. 
Perianth-tube 4—5 in. long. 
Peduncle moderately stout 6. C. longitubum. 
Peduncle very stout 7. C. Menyharthi, 
Segments lanceolate. 
Perianth-tube 4-5 in. long. 
Flowers erect . : S : S : . 8. C. belkianum, 
Flowers subcernuous A : k : . 9. C. subcernuum, 
Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long. 
Leaves suberect i : : : 2 . 10. C. purpurascens. 
Leaves floating $ Š : : . 11. C. natans. 
Segments 3-2 the length of the tube. 
Perianth-tube 2 in. long : : : S . 12. C. angolense. 
Perianth-tube 3 in. long. 
Anthers 4 in. long . : - : . 13. C, leucophyllum. 
Anthers Ł in. Jong . : : : . . 14, C. rhodanthum, 
Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long. i 
Leaves 1 in. broad i i a . : . 15. C. ammocharoides, 
Leaves 2-24 in. broad ; ; S ; : 26. ©. buphanoides. 
Segments as long as the tube : : i : . 17. C. Welwitschii. 
**CODONOCRINUM. Perianth-tube curved; limb bell- 
shaped. 
Segments with a distinct keel of red. 
Pedicels long. 
Pedicels 1-14 in. long. EC 
Leaves 1-2 in. broad e ; : : . 18. C. longifolium, 
Leaves 4-5 in, broad i : S ; . 19. C. massaianum, 
Pedicels 2 in. long. : : 5 > .. 20. C. pedicellatum. 
