750 CXXIX. AMAIIYLLIUACE.^. 



the tube, narrowly linear. Filaments shorter than the lobes of the 

 perianth, spreading, bright-red ; anthers k in. long. Style declinate ; 

 stigma simple. Fruit subglobose, 1-1.| in. in diam., shortly pedicellate, 

 beaked by the perianth-tube, 1-celled, 1- or more-seeded. Seeds rugose. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 281 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2208 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 27J ; 

 Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. (1888) p. 76 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1060 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Eeon. Prod. v. 2, p. 590. Crinum Boxhiirghii, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bo. Fl. (1801) p. 275. G. ensifoUum, Eoxb. tlort. Beng. (1814) p. 2:3 ; 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 281 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 522. 

 C. asiaticum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2 (1832) p. 127 {not of Linn.). — 

 Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Eitchie, 1444, without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan: N. & S. Koiikan, Law\ 

 S. M. Country : Belgaum, i^iiJcA??, 724 ! Kanaka: Kala naddi, ii'/^cA/e, 7-4 ! 



3. Crinum pratense, Herbert, Amarijllid. (1837) p. 256. Bulb 

 ovoid, 4-5 in. in diam. ; neck 2-2| in. long. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, l|-2 ft. 

 by 1-2 in., narrowed towards the obtuse or subacute apex, linear, sub- 

 erect, channelled down the face, the margins entire or ciliolate. Scape 

 lateral, compressed, 12 in. or more long and about | in. in diam. 

 Flowers fragrant, 6-12 in an umbel, subsessile ; bracts large, 2-3 in. 

 long, ovate-deltoid, acute. Perianth-tube greenish, 3-4 in. long, at 

 first curved; lobes lanceolate, white, about as long as the tube, h in. 

 broad. Filaments bright-red, rather shorter than the perianth-lobes. 

 Ovules 3-4 in each cell Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 282 ; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 

 (1888) p. 82 ; Prain, Beug. PI. p. 1060 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 590. Crinum longifoUum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 23. 



Balzell without locality in Herb. Kew.! S. M. Country: Belgauin, on banks of 

 nulas, Ritchie, 1445! — Distrib. Plains of India and Biriua. 



4. Crinum Woodrowi, Balder, in Bot. M'kj. (1898) t. 7597. 

 Bulb globose, 4 in. iu diam., without any produced neck; outer tunics 

 brown, membranous. Leaves 1 ft. by 3-4 in., few, contemporary with 

 the flowers, linear, obtuse, glabrous, bright-green, not ciliate on the 

 margin. Scape arising from the bulb outside the tuft of leaves, stout, 

 compressed, 1 ft. long. Umbels 6-7-flowered ; pedicels about 1 in. 

 long ; bracts 1|-1| in. long, ovate, acute. Perianth-tube 3-3| in. long, 

 cylindric, greenish ; lobes white, as long as the tube, lanceolate, spreading 

 equally. Filaments bright-red, shorter than the perianth-lobes ; antliers 

 linear, \ in. long, yellow. Style overtop])iiig the stamens. Woodr. iu 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 522.— Flowers : May-June. 



Dbccan : Maliableshwar, Woodrow. 



The bulbs of tli is plant were sent to Kew by Mr. G. iSf. Woodrow, wluj obtained 

 them from Mahableshwar, supposing them to be the bulbs of Crinum hrachynona. 

 The bulbs flowered at Kew and the plant proved to bo a new species. The above 

 description is that of Mr. Biiker made from tlio Kew-grown specimens. 



5. Crinum latifolium, TAnn. Sp. P/. (1753) p. 291. Bulb large, 

 subglobose, i^'>-^\ iti. in diam.; neck short, stout. Leaves numerous, 

 2-3 ft. by 3-5 in., lorate, acuminate, bright-green, the margins slightly 

 scabrous. Scape inserted on the neck of the bulb, about as long as the 

 leaves, stout, tinged with purple. Flowers fragraTit, white, streaked or 

 tinged with purple down tlu^ middle, in 10-2()-tlowerod umbels ; ])odicels 

 very short ; bracts 3-4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate. Porianth-tube 



