149. AMARYLLIDAGE.E. [3. Crinum. 



Frequent in gardens, though not, I believe, growai for its fibre. 



Drummond and Prain state tliat there is a doubt about the name, and had not 

 seen the flowers. F. gigantea according to Baker has a bro\vn pungent point to 

 the leaves, whereas in our plant it is green and scarcely pungent. The leaf of 

 Baker's plant is described also as only Jth in. thick in the middle as against -5- -To" 

 thick in our plant. 



Scape with panicle 10-15 ft. high. Flowers pendent on slender pedicels and 

 about 2" long. Hypanthium -7- -8" long, rather slender, slightly pulvinate on 

 the pedicel. Outer tepals narrowly elliptic 1 • 2" long by • 4" broad, obtuse, inner 

 elliptic subequal in length, -6" broad, all white and free to the base. Stamens 

 appressed to but not adnate to the stylar column, ••4-'5" long, flattened throughout, 

 oblong at base, then much dilated in middle and finally acuminate, bearing a 

 stout oblong versatile anther ■ 12" long. Stylar column stout deeply 3-lobed for 

 • 3", each lobe with a 2-lobulate cornice above which the column has a tapering 

 beak 4" long bearing a sub-simple obscurely 3-lobed stigma perforate at the apex. 



Polianthes tuberosa, L. The Tuberose. 



A very beautiful plant, the scapes leafy below and 2—1 ft. high from a rhizome, 

 with bulbous swellings. L. linear. Flowers white, very fragrant, funnel-shaped, 

 the tube being expanded above and bearing suberect segments. Inflorescence 

 racemose with two fls. in the axil of each bract. 



Very common in gardens and verandahs. 



Sprekelia formosissima, L. Jacobaea Lily. 



A bulbous plant with a hollow scape bearing vertically on the top a single large 

 crimson flower about i-Q" across. Tepals unequal, iimer clawed, one broader than 

 the others, wiiich are recurved. Native of Mexico. 



Zephyranthes spp. Zephyr-flower. 



Beautiful crocus-like plants with narrow grass- like leaves usually appearing 

 after the first flowers, but the flowering commencing in the h.s. also continues 

 after the appearance of the leaves. Perianth more or less funnel-shaped, white, 

 rose or yellow. Very commonly cultivated. The species are probably carinata 

 and rosea with rose-'colomed flowers, Candida (or tubispatha ?) with white and 

 fluia with yellow flowers. 



Hippeastrum spp. Knight's Star-lily (sometimes called Amaryllis). 



Beautiful flowering bulbs usually producing (as known in our area) the scapes 

 in the h.s. before the leaves appear. Flowers large funnel-shaped 1-5 sheathed 

 by 2 membranous bracts, inclined horizontally or downwards, somewhat zygo- 

 morphic with declinate stamens, briUiantly coloured. Stamens shorter than the 

 perianth. L. linear. Frt. capsular, seeds many flat. 



Very common in gardens. Natives of tropical America. The garden varieties 

 are mostly hybrids. In its native state the genus has usually a number of flowers 

 in the umbel. 



3. CRINUM, L. 



Stout bulbous herbs, sometimes with a considerable aerial stem. 

 Leaves fleshy, elongate, lorate, ensiform or somewhat lanceolate. 

 Flowers large in umbels subtended by 2 spathaceous bracts and with 

 linear bracts to the flowers. Perianth funnel- or salver-shaped, 

 straight or upcurved, with linear to oblong lobes and no corona. 

 Stamens on the throat, erect spreading or declinate : anthers linear, 

 dorsifixed, introrse, often curved. Ovary 3 -celled with filiform style 

 and minute stigma. Ovules few or many. Fruit large, subglobose, 

 membranous or coriaceous, irregularly breaking up. Seeds few large 

 rounded with thick testa and very copious albumen. 



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