( 2352 ) 

 Crinum aquaticum. Aquatic Crinum. 



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Class and Order. 



IIexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. — Vide No. 2292. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Sect, II, Semipatentes. Suhdiv. 2. Longifoliae 

 vel inclinatce. 



Crinum aquaticum, bulbo ovato ; foliis 4-pedalibus, cana- 

 liculars, tortuosis, viridibus, margine scabro ; spatha 

 rubra, uncial!, ima parte integra, apice diviso; pedun- 

 culis sub-uncialibus ; loculis 8-spermis ; tubo triim- 

 ciali ; limbo 2-unciali, albo striato, serins rebescente ; 

 stylo ternere vel incurvato vel declinato ; filamentis 

 divaricatis apieibus conniventibus (an semper?), basi 

 sub-gibbosa, rnembrana crassa, conspicua, faucem tubi 

 exsuperante, laciniisque adluerente connexis, cxterio- 

 ribus unciam, interioribus f stylo brevioribus; stig- 

 mate crasso, rotundate trigono, viridesconte ; floribus 

 successivis, odoratis. 



Crinum aquaticum, Nobis in appcndicc, p. 22, 



Crinum campanulatum. In spec. enum. supra 2121. 



Crinum aquaticum. Burchell catalogus geographicus plan- 

 tarum Africa australis extra-tropicce, No. 3785. inedit. 



Descr. Bulb ovate ; leaves four feet long, green, deeply 

 channelled so as to appear cylindrical, tortuous, pointed, 

 an inch and half wide near the base, with a rough margin ; 

 scape green, about fourteen inches long : spathe red, one 

 inch long, the lower half undivided, the upper 2-cleft ; 

 umbel about 4-flowered, with slender bractes ; peduncles 

 an inch or less in length, green; germen short, green; 

 cells eight seeded ; tube slender, a little curved, about 



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