an inch and a half wide at the base, margin a little rough. 

 Scape eight inches high, flat on one side and convex on the 

 other, reddish purple. Spat/ic membranaceous, two-leaved, 

 erect, obtuse, striate, flesh-coloured. Floicers in our spe- 

 cimen four, sometimes six, large, shewy. Germen sessile, 

 green, unequally three-cornered : tube striate, flesh- 

 coloured, equal in length to the limb, which is funnel-shaped : 

 the laciniae striate, flesh-coloured in the middle, with 

 white margins, somewhat recurved at the point . Stamens 

 and style declined, equal, shorter than the laeiniae. 



The plant from which our drawing was taken flowered 

 early in September at the Earl of Carnarvon's, High 

 Clere, Berks ; and as we were informed by Mr. Gouen, his 

 Lordship's Secretary, the bulb was received from Dr. 

 Carey, of Serampore. 



' Mr. Herbert considers this species as very nearly allied 

 to C. speciosum, respecting which and some other species 

 of t^RiNUM he has requested us to insert the following ob- 

 servations : — 



* The Ceylon bulb figured in the Bot. Reg, 579, under 

 the name of Amaryllis insignis, or Roxburgh's Amaryllis, 

 is the plant mentioned Appendix p. 27, as being ' in ap- 

 pearance much like the Bengal Crinum Speciosum, and 

 probably of that species.' The inflorescence, as repre- 

 sented, is only distinguishable from that of C speciosum by ' 

 the superior size of the flower and a shorter style, which 

 however does not appear as if it had grown out to its full 

 length. It is singular that although the Editor has men- 

 tioned four Crinums as nearly allied to it, he has taken no 

 notice of C. speciosum supra 2217, from which it yet 

 remains to be shewn that it is a distinct species. Neither 

 the Bengal speciosum nor this Ceylon species or variety 

 appear to have been knoWn to Dr. Roxburgh, and it is 

 certainly not his C. latifolium, as quoted in the Bot. Reg. 

 There is a bulb of latifolium in the Spofforth collection, 

 sent by Dr Carey, who had it from Dr. Roxburgh, closely 

 allied to Zeylanicum, having the same strong scent to the 

 coats of the bulb, the same habit and appearance, leaves 

 very similar but more undulated, with a rougher margin 

 and not tipped with red. L'lleritier's description of a 

 pedunculated C. latifolium is probably erroneous ; because 

 all the known species of the subdivision Ornate have the 

 germen sessile. We take this opportunity of mentioning 

 that, amongst the Longifolle, which are all extra-tropical 

 and pedunculated, faeculum as well as fongiflorum has the 

 ti laments knobbed . C, longifforum is a hardy species." ff r M. 



