CXXIX. AMARYLLIDACE^. 751 



3-6 in, long, curved, cylindric ; lobes 3-4 by 1 in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, much longer than the atainens. Stamens declinate, much shorter 

 than the perianth-lobes ; filaments 2|-3 in. long ; anthers |-| in. long, 

 grey. Style longer than the stamens. Ovary with 5-6 superposed 

 ovules in each cell. Fruit subglobose, 11-2 in. in diam. Fl. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 283; Grab. Cat. p. 216; Wight, Icon. tt. 2019-20 ; Trim. FI. Ceyl. 

 v. 4, p. 271 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 522 ; Praiu, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1060 ; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. (1888) p. 87. Crinum 

 zeylanicum, Linn. Syst. ed. 12 (1767) p. 236 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. 

 V. 2, p. 591. G. ornatum, Herbert, Amar3dlid. (1837) p. 262 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1171. C. ornatvm var, latifolium and Herbertianum, Herbert, 

 Amaryllid. p. 263. — Flowers : May-June. 



KoNKAN : Eitchie I ; N. & S. Konkan, rare, Nimmo ex Graham. Deccan : Lanoli, 

 Woodrow ; Panchgani, Woodrow. Kanaka : banks of the Kala naddi, Eitchie ! — 

 DisTiiiB. Throughout India, Bu-ma, and Ceylon, wild or cultiyated. 



Vab. zeylanica, Herbert, Amaryllid. (1837) p. 262. Bulb 6-8 in. in 

 diam. ; leaves fewer, narrower, lg-2 in. wide, shorter, with smooth 

 undulate margins ; flowei's pinkish; anthers brown. Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1061. 0. zeylanicum (sp.), Linn. Syst. ed. 12, v. 2 (1767) p. 236; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 21*6. — Flowers : July. 



Wild in both Konkan s, Graham. 



6. Crinum brachynema, Herbert., in Bot. Reg. (1842) Misc. p. 36. 

 Bulb ovoid, 2|-3 in. in diam., without a distinct neck. Leaves not 

 developed till after the flowers, 1^-2 ft. by 3-4 in., lorate, bright-green, 

 moderately firm, with entire margins. Scape about 1 ft. high, sub- 

 terete. Flowers pedicellate, 15-20 in an umbel, fragrant ; bracts 

 lanceolate, l|-2 in. long, greenish. Perianth-tube not much curved, 

 greenish, l|-2 in. long ; lobes 2 by f in., pure white, oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, cuspidate. Filaments ^ in. long ; anthers |— |- in. long, oblong, 

 yellow. Style shorter than the filaments, included in the tube. Easily 

 distinguished by the short stamens and style. Fl, B, I. v. 6, p. 284 ; 

 Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. (1888) p. 88 ; Bot. Mag, t. 5937 ; Woodr. in 

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



Stocks without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cool-e !, Woodroic, 

 Lady Eeay. 



Very common in the open jungle on the Mahableshwar Hills, where the naked 

 scapes appear in May as soon as the mists come on the hills before the rains. It is 

 very abundant on the hills, and the bulbs with their flowej's are hawked about for sale 

 by the hill coolies. The plant has been grown at Kew from a bulb sent to England by 

 Lady Reay (wife of a former Governor of Bombay) in December 1888. It is worthy cf 

 a place in conservatories, and the sujiply of bulbs from Mahableshwar would be 

 practically inexhaustible. 



cniNUM AUGUSTUM, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 275. Bulb columnar, mostly 

 above ground. Leaves lanceolate, channelled, linearly tapering, 3-5 ft. long and 

 3-4 in. broad; scapes lateral, from the axils of the outermost leaves and nearly as 

 long; umbels composed of 30-40 pedicellate flowers, white or rosy, fragrant; tube of 

 corolla 2^-5 in. long. On the banks of the Gatpraba and Malpurba rivers. 



The above is Dalzell & Gibson's description, from which I fail to identify the 

 plant. There are no specimens in Dalzell's Herbarium in Herb. Kew. 



Crinum auyustum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 23, is a native of Mauritius and the 

 Seychelles, and C. canaliculatum, which Dalzell & Gibson cite as a synonym, is 

 C. pedunculatum, Br., a native of Eastern Australia. 



