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Crinum scaBrum. Roven-epcep Orinum. 
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Class and Order. 
Mexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Tubus cylindricus, limbo subequalis longiorve, emarees- 
cente limbo persistens. Stigma trigonum vix divisum. Ger- 
men 3-loculare. Capsula dissepimentorum destructione }- 
2-locularis. ‘Sem, magna, sepius difformia, carnosa, viridia. 
Vide supra, No. 2121. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Crinum scabrum ; scapo multifloro, floribus sessilibus, foliis 
longissimis arcuatis lato-loratis margine cartilagineo sca- 
__-‘bris basi undulatis. , 
Crinum scaberrimum. Hort. Soc. transact. 3. p. 195. Supra 
“mn. 2121. p. 6. | 
-Descr. Bulb four inches in diameter, purplish brown ; 
bleeds when wounded. Stem crimson at the lower part. 
Leaves bright green, broad-thong-like, channelled, undulate 
towards the base: margin very rough, cartilaginous, two 
inches and a half broad at the widest part, tapering, five feet 
long, at first erect, then arched over till the points fall to 
the ground. Scape rising outside the stem, bright green, 
flattened like a stick of sealing wax, thirteen inches high. 
Spathe from one and a half inch to two inches high, green, 
fading to a yellowish brown. Germen sessile, oval, green 
with a purplish tinge. Tube of the corolla bright green, 
from four to five inches long. Limb glossy, generally cup- 
) , but in hot weather expanding very wide, pure white 
with a bright crimson streak along the middle of each lacinia : 
the three outer lacinie terminated with a green hook. Sta- 
mens and style declined, white, tinged with red, the latter 
longer, 
