( 2208 ) 

 Crinum defixum. Deep-rooted Crinum. 



C7<m *md Order. 

 Hexandria Monogvnia. 



Generic Character. 



Tubus cylindricus, genuine directe continuatus eoque 

 gracilior, limbo saepe longior, emarcescente limbo plerumque 

 magna parte persistens. Limbus ante expansionem nutans vel 

 inclinatus. Lacinice alternae aequales, caeteris saepe dispares. 

 Filamenta, vix extra faucem tubi, corollas pariter inserta. 

 Stigma trigonum, plerumque vix divisum, aliquatido trilo- 

 batum. Gertnen media parte crassius, 3-locular;, loculis 

 1 — 31-spermis, sessile vel pedunculo directe coniinuatum. 

 Capsula difformis, dissepimentorum destructione 1-2 iocularis. 

 Semina carnosa, viridia, saepius magna et difformia. 



Folia plerumque multiforia. W. H. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Crinum defixum; bulbooblongo. foliis rigentererectismarginc 

 glabriusculis scapo longionbus, laciniis lineari-Ioratis tubo 

 brevioribus, germinie subsessili. 



Crinum defixum, supra N. 2121. p. 5. Ker in Journ. Sc. and 

 Arts. v. S. p. 105. 



Crinum asiaticum. Hort. Bengal, p. 23. Roxburg M. S. 



Belutta-pola-taly. Rheede Hort. Malab. 11. 75. t. 38. 



Descr. Bulb stoloniferous, oblong-spherical, about two 

 inches diameter above ground, when cultivated bright green : 

 growing naturally in the deep mud of water-courses in 

 Bengal, in which situation the neck of the bulb is necessarily 

 prolonged till it reaches the surface in a cylindrical form. 

 Leaves shining, from two to three feet long, with a tapering 

 blunt point, about an inch wide, the lower part deeply chan- 

 nelled like a half cylinder, the margin bristled with a few 

 minute points. Scape generally shorter than the leaves, 

 coloured on one side. Germen without peduncle : cells ori- 

 ginally one or two seeded. Tube from three and a half to 

 perhaps six inches long, tinged with red. Limb nodding 

 before its expansion and faintly coloured on the outside. 

 Lacinice a little more than a quarter of an inch wide^ more or 



