Tas. 6783. 
CRINUM tevcornyiivum. 
Native of Damara-land. 
Nat. Ord. AmMarYLLIpEx.—Tribe AMARYLLER. 
Genus Crinum, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p- 726.) 
Crinum (Stenaster) leucophyllum; bulbo magno ovoideo tunicis membranaceis 
brunneis imbricatis, foliis productis 12-14 distichis lanceolatis squarrosis albo- 
viridibus semipedalibus vel bipedalibus margine denticulatis, scapo laterali 
pedali crasso valde ancipiti, umbellis 30-40-floris, spathe valvis lanceolato- 
deltoideis, bracteolis membranaceis lineari-subulatis, pedicellis productis, floribus 
rubellis suaveolentibus tubo cylindrico tripollicari, limbi segmentis patulis 
linearibus tubo brevioribus, genitalibus segmentis brevioribus, antheris parvis. 
This is a very curious new Crinum of the asiaticum 
group. As Central Africa gets gradually explored, it 
proves to be the great head-quarters of the genus. ‘The 
bulb of the present plant was brought from Damara-land 
in 1880 by a Danish sea captain of the name of Thuré 
Gustave Hin. It was purchased for the Kew collection, 
and flowered for the first time in August, 188], when the 
accompanying plate was drawn. It is peculiar for its very 
large bulb, very stout short flattened peduncle, numerous 
whitish -green distichously arranged leaves, and very 
numerous fragrant pink flowers. Its nearest allies are 
C. Tinneanum, from Kordofan, and C. Bainesii from | 
Koobie, neither of which has been brought into cultiva- 
tion, and a new species sent home alive lately by Sir John 
Kirk from the Kassine Mountains, a hundred miles inland 
from Zanzibar, which will be described shortly under the 
name of Crinum Lastii, after the gentleman by whom the 
bulbs were procured. | ee 
Descr. Bulb ovoid, nearly half a foot in diameter, with 
many brown membranous tunics truncate at the top. Pro- 
duced leaves twelve or fourteen, arranged in a distichous 
column a foot long, lanceolate, one and a half to two feet 
long, five or six inches broad, squarrose, whitish-green, 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1884. 
