This splendid plant is supposed to be a native of Mau- 
ritius, from whence it was sent to Dr. Roxgure at Calcutta; 
but it may be doubted whether it is indigenous in that 
island, as no bulbs of it have since been received from 
thence. It is,very closely allied to.C. amabile ; nor. does 
there appear to be any decided botanical distinction between 
the two species; excepting that the style, which in C. ama- 
bile is much longer than the filaments, appears to be inva- 
riably shorter than the filaments in C. augustum. C. au- 
gustum is of humbler growth; its flowers shorter, but ofa 
brighter colour ; their fragrance very different from that of — 
amabile, and less powerful ; the points of its leaves less 
acute; its filaments of a paler red, differing from the colour 
of the style. Our specimen had sixteen flowers. Roxpuré 
describes the scape to be of a blackish purple, bearing from 
twenty to thirty flowers, ten or eleven inches long. 
augustum, though a little inferior in size, is by mo means 
inferior to C. amabile in beauty. W. H. 
_P.S._ Since this article was prepared for the press, 2 — 
figure of C. augustum has been published in the Bot. Reg. 
under the title of C. amabile, @ augustum. We have re- 
tained Dr. Roxsure’s name, because, although the affinity 
is great, it is separated from C. amabile by precisely the 
same features as C. speciosum from C. insigne, whieh has 
been erected into a distinct species, under the name of 
AmaryLLis insignis, in the Bot. Reg. We have already 
stated (see Appendix, p. 47), that in a revision of the gens 
C. augustum might. properly be considered. a variety of 
amabile, brevifolium of toxicarium, canaliculatum and @& 
altatum of pedunculatum, longifolium of lorifoliwm, et 
sifolium of defixum, and insigne of speciosum. It ® 
erroneously stated in the Bot. Reg. that augustum bs 
yellow and amabile purple pollen. -'The pollen of both 
orange; the anthers bemg purple before their invers!o! 
We suspect that no species of Crinum will be | 
dark-coloured pollen. W. H. 
CORRIGENDUM. 
‘In the Specierum enumeratio (vide No. 2121, p. 6, /. ult.) — 
. Crinum Yucceeides, read Crinum Broussoneti var. Yuccwides- Up 
examination of the inflorescence of this plant, we have no hesitation i# 
greener; oe amass merely — ty of C. Broussoneti ; bulb zs — 
ore deli paler green; flower shorter; ipes stronger; "# 
me delicate ; preferring less water. WW, Seg sae stripes 
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