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m high. Flowers fragrant, waxy-white, in pairs, 5 to 6 cm long, the seg- 
ments oblong-lanceolate, 1 to 1.5 em long. 
Cultivated, fl. Mar.-May; a native of Mexico, now cultivated in most 
warm countries. 
3. ZEPHYRANTHES Herbert 
Stemless herbs from tunicated bulbs. Leaves basal, glabrous, the blades 
few; linear, flat. Scape 1-flowered. Perianth pink to purple, the tube 
funnel-shaped, the lobes 6, somewhat spreading. Stamens 6; filaments 
adnate to the throat of the perianth-tube. Ovary 3-celled; style filiform, 
the stigma subcapitate or 3-lobed. Capsule subglobose or depressed, 3- 
valved. (Greek “wind” and “flower.’’) 
Species about 30, eastern United States to Mexico and South America, 
1 introduced in the Philippines. 
“1. Z. ROSEA Lindl. 
Bulbs ovoid, about 2 cm in diameter.. Leaves all basal, fleshy, glabrous, 
shining, linear, up to 35 cm long, 4 to 6 mm wide. Scapes solitary, erect, 
green, slightly compressed, equaling or slightly longer than the leaves, 
1-flowered, the spathe subtending the pedicel membranaceous, about 2 
cm long, 2-cleft, the pedicel 3 to 4 cm long. Perianth light-purple, some- 
what funnel-shaped, about 4 em long, the lobes oblong-ovate, 1 to 1.5 cm 
wide, the inner 3 somewhat narrower than the outer ones. Anthers yellow, 
included. Style longer than the stamens, trifid. (Fl. Filip. pl. 271, Habran- 
thus versicolor.) 
Commonly cultivated as a border-plant, fl. June-Sept., and probably 
in other months. A native of tropical America. 
4, CRINUM Linnaeus 
Rootstocks bulb-like, usually large. Leaves numerous, usually broad. 
Peduncle solid. Flowers umbellate, white to red or purplish. Perianth-tube 
long, cylindric, straight or curved, the segments linear to oblong. Stamens 
on the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments long, slender; anthers ver- 
satile. Ovary 3-celled; ovules few in each cell; style long; stigma capitate. 
Fruit usually subglobose, at length dehiscent, the seeds few, large. (Greek 
“lily.”) 
Species about 80 in the tropics of both hemispheres, 2 or 3 in the Phil- 
ippines. 
1. Corolla salver-shaped; perianth-lobes spreading, less than 1 cm broad. 
1. C. asiaticum 
1. Corolla funnel-shaped, perianth-lobes 2 to 3 cm wide. 
D>. Peemannitla peels 1 as oo a henner nena 2. C. zeylanicum 
2. Perianth white, flushed with pale-purple........................ 3. C. latifolium 
1. C. asiaticum L. Bacon (Tag.). 
Trunk short, stout, 10 to 15 em in diameter, the leaves crowded at its 
apex, lanceolate, up to 1.2 m long, and 15 cm wide, acuminate. Scape erect, 
stout, solid, green, 1 m high or less, 2 to 3 cm in diameter. Spathe 
subtending the flowers about 15 cm long, membranaceous, split to the base. 
Flowers fragrant, 20 to 40, each subtended by a thin, narrow bracteole. 
Perianth-tube greenish, about 10 cm long, the lobes spreading, 8 cm long, 
about 8 mm wide, white. Filaments purplish above. Fruit subglobose, 
about 5 cm in diameter. (FI. Filip. pl. 168.) 
