| Cg 
Cyrrantuus ANncusTIFOLIUS. NARROW- 
| Lreavep CyrTANTHUS, 
Ae epreddbneinekeek 
Clafs and Order. — 
HEexanpriAa Monoeynia,- 
Generic Charaéer. 
P, 
A - 
Cor. tubulofa, clavata, curva, 6-fida, lacinie ovato-oblongz. 
Filamenta tubo inferta, apice conniventia. Linn, Fil. 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
CYRTANTHUS angu/tifolius foliis obtufe carinatis re&tis, flo- 
: ribus cernuis, Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. v. — 
| A. p. 414. , 
CRINUM angufiifolium foliis linearibus obtufis, corollis cylin: 
: - dricis: laciniis alternis interglandulofis. . Linn. 
Suppl. 195. | : 
silly, 
CyrtTantuus is a genus which takes its name fromthe 
curvature of its flower, was eftablifhed by the younger L1n- 
N#Us, and adopted:by Mr. Arron in the Hortus Kewenfis. 
The prefent: fpecies is a native of the Cape, and was added 
to the royal colle&ion at Kew, by Mr. Masson, in the year 
' 1774. The plant from whence our drawing was made flow- 
ered the preceding May with Mr. Wart ey, Nurferyman, 
Old Brompton, who recéived it from Holland, and who has 
been fo fortunate as to obtain young plants of it from feed.. 
It flowers in May and June ; requires the fame treatment 
Ps — Cape bulbs, and may be increafed by offsets and — 
eeds. 3 : : 
At the extremity of each alternate fegment of the corolla 
there is a kind of {mall glandular hook, deferving of notice. 
