CXXIX. AMAETLLIDACBiE. 749 



Stamens 6, on the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments free, filiform ; 

 anthers linear, dorsifixed. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules few or many m a 

 cell ; style filiform ; stigma minute, subcapitate. Capsule irregularly 

 subglobose, membranous or coriaceous, bursting irregularly. Seeds few, 

 large, rounded ; testa thick ; albumen copious, fleshy. — Disteib. 

 Q'ropical Asia, Africa, Australia, and America ; species about 75. 



Perianth erect, salver-slmped ; lobes stellately patent ; stamens 

 very long, spreading. 

 Perianth-lobes linear. 



Leaves 5-7 in. wide ; umbels 15-20-flowered ; perianth- 

 tube 3-4 in. long 1. C.asiaticum. 



Leaves |-1 in. wide ; umbels 6-12-flowered ; perianth- 

 tube 2f-3 in. long 2. C. defixum. 



Periantli-lobes lanceolate. 



Leaves 1-2 in. wide ; flowers subsessile ; bracts 2-3 in. 



long 3. C. pratense. 



Leaves 3-4 in. wide ; pedicels 1 in. long ; bracts less 



than 2 in. long 4. C. Woodrowi. 



Perianth funnel-shaped ; tube curved ; lobes obloug or lanceo- 

 late ; stamens very long, declinate ; style longer than the 



filaments 5. C. laiifolium. 



Perianth nodding, funnel-shaped ; stamens very short ; fila- 

 ments I in. long ; style shorter than the filaments, included 

 in the tube 6. C. h-achynema. 



1. Crinum asiaticum, Linn. Sj^. PI. (1753) p. 292. Bulb 2-4 in. 

 in diam., narrowed into a neck 6-12 in. long, which is clothed with old 

 leaf-sheatbs. Leaves 20-30, thin, 3-5 ft. by 5-7 in., linear-lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, flat, narrow, with a sheathing base, bright-green with 

 smooth margins. Scape l|-3 ft., reaching 1 in. in diam. i'lowers white, 

 fragrant at night, 15-50 in an umbel ; bracts 3-4 in. long ; pedicels 

 |-1 in. long. Perianth-tube greenish-white, 3-4 in. long, cylindric, 

 slender ; lobes nearly as long as the tube, linear, recurved or revolute. 

 Stamens reddish ; filaments slender, shorter than the lobes of the 

 perianth ; anthers |-| in. long. Fruit subglobose, 1-2 in. in diam., 

 1 (rarely 2) -seeded, beaked by the fleshy base of tlie perianth, dehiscing 

 irregularly. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 280 ; Grab. Cat. p. 215 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 275; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. (1888) p. 75; Bot. Mag. t. 1073; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 270 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 522 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1060. Crinum asiaticum var. toxicaria, 

 "Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 589. Crinum toxicarium, Eoxb. PI. Ind. 

 v. 2 (1832) p. 134; Wight, Icon. tt. 2021-2; Grab. Cat. p. 216.— 

 Veen. Nagdaun. 



Often cultivated in gardens, but rather doubtfully indigenous. Konkan : N. & S. 

 Konkan, Graham, Dcdzell <S[ Gibson. 



2. Crinum defixum^ Ker-Gaivl, in Journ. Sci. 4' -^rts, v. 3 (1817) 

 p. 105. Bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. in diam., with a fusiform stoloniferous 

 base ; neck 2-6 in. long, cylindric. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, 2-3 ft. by 

 |-1 in., linear, deeply channelled down the face, obtuse or acute, con- 

 cave, thick, dark-green, with slightly rough margins. Scapes from the 

 axils of the lowest leaves, 1^-2| ft. long, erect, cylindric; bracts 2, 

 oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 1^-^ in. long; bracteoles filiform. Flowers 

 white, fragrant at night, in 6-12-flowered umbels ; pedicels very short. 

 Perianth-tube 2^-3 in. long, slender, cylindric ; lobes nearly as long as 



