1S6 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Crinum. 



long as the nectary, spreading. Anthers first yellow, 

 afterwards brown. Style longer than the stamens. Stig- 

 ma three-lobed. 



4. P. triflorum. R. 



Spathes three-flowered. Leaves linear acute ; Segments 

 of the corol shorter than the tube ; fissures of the nectary 

 alternately deeper, in which the incurvate stamens are 

 inserted. 



Beng. Sada-kanoor. 



An elegant species, with large fragrant flowers. 

 Since writing the above, I have seen in the 'Und. Vol, 

 of the Linncean Society's Transactions, Mr. Salisburij's des- 

 cription of P. verecundum, which he thinks is P. maritimum 

 of LinncBus, and from his acurate figures and description, 

 find that my plant differs from his in the following res- 

 pects. 



1st. Here the leaves are more numerous, acute-point- 

 ed and not bifarious. 



2nd. Here there are only from two to four flowers in the 

 fascicle as also the ten divisions of the mouth of the nec- 

 tary, are longer, waved, much more pointed than in his, 

 and the filaments are at least two or three times longer 

 than those divisions, whereas in his they are about the 

 same length ; so that I conceive this must be another 

 species. 



CRINUM. Schreh. gen. n. 553. 



Calyx ; Involucre spathaceous. Corol infundibuliform, 

 six-parted. Filaments inserted on the mouth of the tube. 

 Germ inferior three-celled ; ovula few ; attachment lateral. 

 Berry inferior, somewhat fleshy, evalvular, containing 

 two or three bulbiform seeds. 



