[ 1605 A. & B. ] 



Crinum amabile. Sir Abraham Hume's 



Crinum. 



Clqfs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monocynia. 



Generic QjaraCler. Amaryllidis fpecies. Juff. B u l b i n e . Gtertn. 



Umbel la ramentis bra&eaceis interftincla,^//^?;/ generalem, 

 bivalvem exceclente. Cal. o. Cor. fupera, regularis, tubulofo-fex- 

 fida, tubo ftriclo, limbo fexpartito,radiato, fubaequali. Slam, tubum 

 decurrentia, inde divergentia ; anih. lineares, vibratae. Stylus re- 

 clinatus. Cap/, membranacea, oblato-fphEerica, pulvinatim 3- 

 loba, 3-loc. ; /em. numerofa, horizontalia, ferie duplici congefta, 

 fepti margini interiori utrinque annexa, angulofo campreffa, vel 

 nunc in loculo quem replet precociufve dirumpit unum aut et 

 alterum emollefcente albumine tuberofo-laxatum. G. 



Obs. ^Amaryllidibus hngitts tubukjis /ola reguhritate corcllit 

 dlverfum ; a Pa NCR AT IO de/eclu membrana jlaminilegte. HjIMANTHO 

 peraffine. Bui bus nunc humo infidet inftar caudicis vcl Jiipitis prolongatus. 

 Folia fafciculatQ-divergentia t obhngo-loratove-lanceolatay canaliculato-cxpli- 

 canda. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



CRINUM amabile; foliis numerofis, recumbentibus, lorato- 

 lanceolatis, glauciufculis, margine integerrimo ; umbella 

 numerofa, laxa ; pcdicellis tereti-trigonis, germine lon- 

 gioribus, tubo floris pluries brevioribus; germine ovali, 

 rotundato, exfulco, lasvi ; corollae tubo laciniis ligulato- 

 lanceolatis fubbreviore ; filamentis limbo ferme duplo 

 brevioribus ; antheris obliquo-vibratis, longitudine dimidii 

 filamenti; ftylolongiori, inclufo; fligmate obtufo, fubaperto, 

 puberulo. G. 



CRINUM amabile. Bonn Hort. Cant. ed. 6. 83. 



Desc. Leaves four feet or more in length, nearly four indhes 

 broad; umbel in our fpecimen twenty -four flowered; flowers 



exceedingly 



