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Crinum Speciosum. Specious-flowered 



Crinum. 



Class and Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Tubus cylindricus, germine directe continuatus eoque gra- 

 cilior, limbo saepe longior, emarcescente limbo plerumque 

 magna parte persistens. Limbus ante expansionem nutans 

 vel inclinatus. Lacinice alternae sequales, caeteris saepe dis- 

 pares. Filamenta, vix extra faucem tubi, corolla? pariter 

 inserta. Stigma trigonum vel trilobatum. Germen media 

 parte crassius, 3-locu!are, loculis 1 — 31-spermis, sessile vel 

 pedunculo directe continuatum. Capsula saepe diflbrmis, 

 dissepimentorum destructione 1 — 2-locularis. Semina car- 

 nosa, viridia, saepius magna et difformia. Folia plerumque 

 multifaria. Vide supra No. 2121. W. H. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Crinum speciosum ; bulbo sphaerico, foliis Ioratis undulatis 

 margine scabris apice obliquo acutis gcapo subterete 

 multifloro longioribus, germine sessili : loculis mono- 

 spermis. 



Crinum speciosissimum. Supra No. 2121, p. 6. 



Descr. Bulb large, sphaerical, reddish. Leaves multi- 

 farious, undulate, thong-like with a sharp oblique point, 2 or 

 3 feet long, 2 inches wide, deep green, with a rough margin. 

 Scape roundish, 2 feet high or more, green, reddish towards 

 the base. Spathe short, withering early. Umbel 7 — 20 

 flowered, interspersed with bractes. Flowers fragrant. Tube 

 w «th obsolete angles, 3 — 4 inches long, green, minutely 

 'narked with red, withering with the limb. Limb wide- 

 fun n el -.shaped, 



