AMARYLLIDEAE brown. (Crinum.) 581 



subtripollicaris, ruber, viridi-striaius ; limbus subbipollicaris, lu- 

 cide allnis, cum stria rubra ad basim cujusque laciniae, mox 

 saturate roseus et variegatus colore roseo intus evadens, cam- 

 panulatus, apicibua reflexis ; laciniis interioribus fere pollicem 

 latis, obtusis; exterioribus angustioribus, uncinatis. Filamenta 

 basi subgibbosa, pallide rubra, divergentia, apicibus connivcnti- 

 bus, cxteriora pollicem, interiora | columna stylina breviora, 

 basi membrana lucide viridi carnosa basi limbi adhaercnte con- 

 nexa. Ovarium breve, viride; loculis 8-ovulatis. Columna sty- 

 lina pallide rubra, irregulariter incurvata vel declinata, limbo 

 paulo brevior. Stigma magnum, triangulari-rotundatum, flavido- 

 viride. Herb. in Bot. Mag. 2352. verb. mut. Affine C. crassi- 

 folio. Herb. 



Species dubiae. 



46. C. BRACHYNEMA Herb. in Bot. Reg. 1842. misc. no. 

 28. Bulbo ovato ; foliis glabris, viridibus; umbella 17-flora, 

 odorata ; pedunculis semuncialibus ; germine tenui; tubo l|-unc, 

 gracili, viridi ; limbo subbiunciali, albo; laciniis circiter semun- 

 ciam latis ; filamentis brevibus (i-|-unc.) , albis ; stylo purpu- 

 rascente, tubo multum (an semper?) breviore; stigmate breviter 

 lobato, albo. Herb. — Bombey. 



47. C. COCHINCHINENSE Roem. Am. 71. Crinum asiaticum 

 Lour. Cochinch. 244., nec Linn. — In humidis Cochinchinae. 2\. 

 — Bulbus solidus, turbinatus ; radiculis longis, ramosis. Caulis 

 brevis, crassus, tunicatus, albus, cepaeformis, perennis, simpli- 

 cissimus. Folia tripedalia, 3 poll. lata, subulato-linearia, erecta, 

 carinata, striata, crassa, imbricata. Scapi axillares, nudi, tere- 

 tes, foliis aequales. Flos albus, magnus ; umbella simplici, plana. 

 Involucrum commune umbellae oblongum. Corollae tubus lon- 

 gus, tenuis; limbus sexpartitus ; laciniis subulato-lincaribus, 

 longis, rcflexis, aequalibus, nec uncinatis. Filamenta 6, basi de- 

 clinata, superius erecto-curvum, filiformia, corollac aequalia. An- 

 therae acutac, incumbentes. Capsula infera, subrotunda, in- 

 compte lobata, 3-locnlaris, polyspcrma. Stamina distantia.Lour. 

 Differt a C. asiatico inter alia capsula polysperma. 



48. C. LoUREIRI Roem. Am. 85. Crinum zeylanicum Lour. 

 CocAtnc^. 245., nec Linn. — In arenosis Cochinchinae et Chinae. 

 2\. — Bulbus magnus, subrotundus, tunicatus, albus. Folia lan- 

 ceolato-linearia, pedalia, subincurva, reflexa, crassa, glabra, nec 

 dentata. Scapus multiflorus, brevis, compressus, umbella termi- 

 natus. Flos albus ; involucro universali bivalvi ; spatha partiali 

 1-flora, simplici, lineari. Corollae tubus cylindricus, longus ; 

 limbus 6-partitus, reflexus ; laciniis lanceolatis, nec uncinatis. 

 Filamenta rubra, filiformia, distantia, corollac aequalia. Anthe- 

 rae lineares, nutantes. Stylus staminibus longior. Stigma sim- 

 plex. Lour. 



