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Crinum Aucustum. Sratrety Crinum. 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character —Vide Supra No. 2292. 
Sectio 1. Patentes. Subd. 1. Nutanics. 
Specifie Character and Synonyms. 
‘Crinum augustum; bulbo. columnari purpureo, foliis lance- 
olatis margine levi, umbella 20—30-flora pedunculata, 
floribus suaveolentibus extis roseo-rubescentibus, in- 
tis striatis, tubo saturatissimé colorato, filamentis ‘as- 
__ Surgenter curvatis, stylo filamentis breviore. ' 
‘Crinum augustum. Roxb. Mser. ee a 
[pene augustum. Ker Journ. Sc. et A. saan: 
CRINUM augustum. Nobis in Appendice. p. 22 et 47. 
Ckivum amabile, @. augustum. Bot. Reg. 679. — 
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Descr. Bulb columnar, oblong-ovate, seven inches high, 
r wide, reddish purple. Leaves above three feet long, 
‘1a smooth margin, channelled, four inches wide, less 
ute than those of C. amabile, ending in a red point. 
ape flattened, above an inch wide, two feet six inches 
1, $reen stained with purple. Spathe divided, about 
“lnches long, green stained with purple. -Peduneles an 
eS" ormore long, at first deep red, becoming greener. 
Germen oblong, at first very deep red, becoming greener. 
: ube curved, eep red, about three and half inches long. 
Limb four and half or five inches long, without, lake colour- 
“0, the margins of the petals fading to white; within, white 
“ttiped with pink: the widest petals an inch wide. Filaments 
"ved upwards, red ; the longest at least one and half inch 
than the limb. Style deeper red, like the tube in 
Pur, shorter than the filaments. Stigma minute, deep 
_ Anthers and pollen yellow. Bractes numerous, white, 
Ped with red. Ovules indistinct ; often but one perfect, 
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