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Crinum. ] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 199 
long, filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit a globose capsule, bursting 
irregularly. Seeds few, large, bulbiform. 
Bulb large, tunicated; leaves few or many, linear or lorate, persistent; 
flowers umbellate, white or tinged, or striped with red; spathe of two large 
deltoid valves, 
DistRr1B. Species about 60, spread through the tropical and warm-temperate 
regions of both the Old and New worlds. ; 
Perianth-tube short : 
Perianth-segments acute : ; 
Leaf linear ws tas a ae ... (1) lineare. 
Leaf lorate, acuminate .., os eee .. (2) variabile, 
Perianth-segments obtuse .., Kes pe ... (3) campanulatum, 
Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long : 
Perianth-segments obtuse... : A es imbricatum. 
Perianth-segments subacute... 5) Moorei. 
Perianth-segments acute : 
Perianth-segments white, with a distinct keel 
of red: é 
Leaves ciliated 5 ave er ... (6) forbesianum. 
Leaves scabrous on the margin... .. (7) longifolium. 
Perianth-segments pink, without a distinct keel 
ofred ... os od - ont (8) Macowani. 
1. C. lineare (Linn. fil, Suppl. 195); bulb small, ovoid; leaves 
linear, 13-2 ft. long, about 3 in. broad, glaucous green, weak in 
texture, channelled down the face, glabrous and entire on the 
margin; scape slender, subterete, about a foot long ; flowers 5-6 in 
an umbel; pedicels 3-2 in. long; spathe-valves small, lanceolate- 
deltoid; perianth-tube curved, slender, 13-23 in. long ; segments 
2-3 in. long, oblanceolate-oblong, acute, about } in. broad, tinged 
with red in the centre; stamens much shorter than the perianth- 
segments ; anthers } in, long; ovary oblong, } in. long; style nearly 
straight, reaching to the top of the perianth-segments. Thunb. 
Prodr.59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 801; Kunth, Enum, v.582; Baker, 
Handb. Amaryllid. 92. C. revolutum, Herb. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 
2121; Amaryllid. 267. Amaryllis revoluta, L’Herit. Sert. Angl. 
t.14; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 915. A. revoluta var. gracilior, Bot. 
fa: t.623. Crinum algoense, Herb. Amaryllid. 272; Kunth, Enum. 
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Coast Reaion : Uitenhage Div. ; between Van Stadens River and Zwartkops 
River, Thunberg ! 
2. ©. variabile (Herb. Amaryllid. 268, t. 44, fig. 23); bulb 
ovoid, 3-4 in. diam., without any distinct neck ; leaves 10-12 to a 
bulb, linear, green, weak in texture, glabrous, entire on the margin, 
the outer reaching a length of 2 feet and more, and a breadth of 
2 inches ; scape erect, compressed, 1-1} ft. long, } in. thick at the 
base; flowers 10-12 to an umbel; pedicels }-1 in. long; spathe- 
valves deltoid, 2-3 in. long; perianth with a curved greenish tube 
about 14 in, long; segments oblong, acute, 2}-3) in. long, 3 in. 
broad, tinged with red down the keel ; filaments red, an inch shorter 
than the perianth-segments ; anthers } in. long; ovary oblong, 3 in. 
