AMARYLLIDEAE brown. (Crinum.) 561 



C. Commelyni forte varietas est C. Dietrichii; foliis lineari- 

 bus, cartilagineo-dcnticiilatis ; spatha polyphylla; floribus sessili- 

 bus, subquaternis; tubo limbo longiore. Schult. Obs. p. 65. se 

 monenle. (Syst.7. 876. adti.) Roem. Am. 81. — Patria ? — Folia 

 canaliculata. Perigonii laciniac albac, introrsum incurvae. Sta- 

 mina purpurea, adsccndentia. Crino erubescente multo majus. 

 Ex Schult. 



5) Bulbus elongatus, stolonifer. Folia erecta. Umbella 6-flora. 

 Asiatica. Hcrb. 



19. C. DEFIXUM Gawl. in Journ. of sc. 3. 105. Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 362. Herb. in Bot. Mag. t. 2208. el fol. 2121. p. 5. 

 Schult. Syst. 7. 870. Herb. Amar. 255. Roem. Am. 72. Bulbo 

 oblongo ; foliis rigentcr erectis, margiuc glabriusculis, scapo 

 longioribus ; laciniis lineari-loratis, tubo brevioribus; gcrmine sub- 

 scssili. Herb. in Bot Mag. Crinum asiaticum Hort. Beng. 23, 

 Boxb. Flor. Ind. 2. 127. (Jide synon. Bheed.) Belutta-pola-taly 

 Bheed. Mal. 11. 75. /. 38. Amaryllis vivipara Lam. Encycl. 1. 

 123. (excl. syn. Burm.) — In Iiuliac orientalis litnosis ct palu- 

 dosis, ad fluviorum ripas. (Malabaria : Rheed., Bengalia : Herb.) 

 2\. — Bnlbus stolonifer, oblongo-sphaericus, supra terram dia- 

 mctro subbipollicari, lactc viritlis ; rhizomate fusiformi, humo 

 alte tlefixo ; collo cylintlricc usque ad superficiem canalium, in 

 quibus crescit, elongato. Folia lucitla, 2-3-petlalia, circiter pol- 

 licem lata, apicc attcnuato, obtuso, infcrne semicylintlraceo-ca- 

 naliculata, margine cuspidibus paucis minutis instructa. Scapus 

 plerumque foliis brevior, hinc coloratus. Umbella 6-10-flora; 

 flores noctu fragrantes. Ovarium sessile; loculis 1-2-spermis. 

 Tubus 3| -6 -uncialis, rubro tinctus ; limbus antc expansionem 

 nutans, extcrne leviter coloratus ; laciniac | poll. latae, subtri- 

 pollicares, albae. Filamenta in canaliculis laciniarum apicibus 

 suis introrsum curvatis patentia. Antherae fuscac, vcrsatilcs ; 

 pollinc aurantiaco. Columua stylina tlccliuala, ut filamcuta su- 

 pcrne rubra , limbo pollicc brevior. Stigma: punctum albidum, 

 fimbriatum, ininute trilobum. Scmina planiora quam in pluri- 

 mis aliis. Herb. in Bot. Mag. verb. mut. Additur cx Roxburgh: 

 Folia aequaliter undiquc disposita, lincaria, concava (nec cari- 

 nata), margine laevia, 1-3-pedalia, | poll. lata. Scapus foliis 

 brcvior, compressus, glaber, saepe coloratus. Umbella 6-16- 

 flora. Spatha diphylla. Flores magni, albi, subsessiles, noctu 

 fragrantes, bracteis filiformibus intermixti. Perigoni tubus cy- 

 lindricus, 4-6-polIicaris, coloratus vel pallide viritlis, glabcr; la- 

 ciniae litnbi aequaliter dispositae, Iineari -lanceolatae, margine 

 undulatae, apicc recurvato. Filamenta aequalitcr disposita, ad- 

 sccndentia, apicc colorata. Columna stylina longitudinc stami- 

 num, dcclinata. Stigma simplcx. Baccac brcviter pcdicellatac, 

 subglobosae, 1-2-spermae. Semina rugosa, bulbiformia. 

 Kunth. Synops. V. [ 36 ] 



