.Cyinnlll^, Auiivyllidecs. 271 



Bulb 2-3 or more in. diam., narrowed into a neck a foot 

 high, which is clothed with old 1. sheaths; 1. ^^^-^ ft. by 5-8 in., 

 linear-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, flat, narrowed into the 

 sheathing base, coriaceous, bright green, margins smooth ; 

 scape from the axils of the old leaves, 1A-3 ft., up to i in. 

 diam., compressed; bracts 2, spathiform, 3-4 in. long, oblong, 

 acute, papery, bracteoles filiform ; umbel 10-50 fld.; somewhat 

 bipartite, with a tuft of bracteoles in the sinus; pedicels \-i 

 in.; per.-tube 3-4 in., cylindric, slender, segm. rather shorter, 

 linear, recurved, or revolute; fil. very slender, shorter than the 

 per.-segm., anth. reddish, i-f in. ; fr. rarely produced, sub- 

 globose, 1-2 in. diam., i- rarely 2-seeded, beaked by the 

 fleshy base of the perianth, dehiscing irregularly. 



Sandy seacoast, chiefly in the moist region ; very common. Fl. Feb.- 

 May; white, sweet-scented. 



Throughout India. 



Linnaeus probably included C. defixum under this. When not in 

 floAer, the leaves much resemble that of an Ai^ave. 



2. C. defizum, Ker in Quart. Joitrn. Sii. and Arts., iii. 105 (1817). 

 Kin-tolabo, 5. 



C. asiaticum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 127; Moon, Cat. 34. Thw. Enum. 

 324. C. P. 2338. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 281. Rheede, Hort. Mai. xi. t. 38. Bot. Mag. t. 2208. 



Bulb globose or oblong, 3-4 in. diam., base stolon iferous, 

 neck stout, 2-6 in. long ; 1. few or many, 2-3 ft. by \-\\ in., 

 linear, obtuse or acute, concave, thick, dark green, margins 

 slightly rough ; scape from the axils of the lowest 1., i i- 2i ft., 

 erect, cylindric, bracts 2, i|-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 

 bracteoles filiform ; umbel 6-15-fld., pedicels very short; tube 

 of perianth 2^-5 in., slender, cylindric, segm. nearly as long, 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate, subacute, reflexed or drooping; 

 fil. shorter than the per.-s^^gm., spreading, bright red, anth. \ in. ; 

 style declinate, stigma simple ; fr. subglobose, i in. diam., 

 shortly pedicelled, beaked by the per.-tube, i -celled, i- or more- 

 seeded, pericarp membranous ; seeds rugose. 



In streams and wet places in the low country ; rather common. By 

 Mahaweli, near Peradeniya, abundant ; Badamua, S. Prov.; Heneratgoda; 

 Batticaloa (Gardner); Trincomalie (Glenie). Fl. March-July; white, 

 filaments and style purple. 



Throughout India. 



Criniim st7-icium. Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2635, said to be from Ceylon, 

 may be C. defixum. 



3. C. latifolium, Linn. Sp. PL 291 (1753). Tolabo, S. Vislia- 

 mung*!!, T. 



Baker, Handb. Amaryll. 87. Trim, in J. Bot. xxii. 167. C. ornatiim^ 

 Thw. Enum. 324. C. P, 3734. 



