Crinum. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 127 
Sec. Ist. FLowrERs REGULAR. 
1. C. amoenum. R. 
Bulbs spherical. Leaves linearly tapering, smooth, 
margined, length of the inflorescence ; umbels from fourte———_ 
six-flowered, regular, sessile, 
An elegant small species ; a native of Silhet where it 
‘is called Gocinda by the natives. It flowers in April 
and May, as well as now and then during the rains. 
Bulbs small, and nearly round. Stemless. Leaves from 
six to twelve from each bulb, sparse, linear, toward the 
apex tapering, straight, more or less channelled, particu- 
larly toward the base ; margins slightly scabrous ; from 
one to two feet long and about an inch and a half broad. 
Scape from the axills of the old leaves, solitary, about a 
foot long, round, and smooth. Umbels from four to six- 
flowered with some filamentaceous bodies mixed amongst 
them. Spathe two leaved. Flowers large, white, sessile, 
Tube of the corol from three to four inches long, three- 
comered ; border of six equal, regularly disposed, linear- 
iekbpcias: recurved segments, which are about as long as 
the tube ; apices acute, and alternately uncinate. Fila- 
ments nearly as long as the border of the corol, ascend- 
ing,red. Anthers linear. Germ inferior, sessile, oblong, 
polished, seemingly three-celled ; ovula many, attached 
to the two margins of the three-receptacles, which are 
substantially attached to the walls of the ovarium and 
Only meet in the centre; for on drying a transverse sec- 
tion, they separate spontaneously from the margins to the 
Centre, and again each of the three has a fissure from the 
inner angle toward the insertion. Style above the tube, 
incurved, coloured like the filaments, and rather longer 
| than they. Stigma three-lobed. : 
2. C. asiaticum. Willd. 2. 45. : a 
Root an oblong bulb with a fusiform crown. : Stemies. sf: = 
