CllINUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



CRINUM 



C. Johnstoni. — A native of Britisli 

 Central Africa, having large white 

 flowers tinted with pink, like those 

 of C. hitlfolinm, and leaves 5 to 6 ft. 

 long, and 2 to 2i ins. broad in the 

 middle {Bot. Man", t. 7812). This fine 

 species has proved to be quite hardy 

 in Sir Trevor Lawrence's garden at 

 Dorking, Surrey. It is therefore a 

 great acquisition to the hardy flower- 

 border, and ought to become very 

 popular. 



C. Kirki. — A native of Zanzibar, 

 with roundish bulbs 6 to 8 ins. in 

 diameter, and neck about G ins. long. 

 The bright green strap-shaped leaves 

 are 3j to 4 ft. long, 4 ins. or more 

 broad, and with roughish edges. The 

 stout compressed peduncles are 1 to 

 \h ft. high, two or three sometimes 

 springing from one bulb, and bearing 

 a dozen or more white flowers, broadly 

 keeled with bright red. {Bot. Mwj. 

 t. 6512.) Brunsviyia Massaiana, 

 flgured in the Illustration llorticole, 

 1887, t. 55, seems to be identical with 

 C. Kirki, but has a longer flower- 

 tube. 



C. Lasti. — A native of the Kongone 

 Mountains, about 100 miles inLand 

 from Zanzibar, whence it was intro- 

 duced in 1887. The short-necked 

 bulbs are 4 to 5 ins. in diameter, the 

 distichous, sword-shaped leaves being 

 about 1 ft. long. Several pinkish 

 flowers, 4 to 6 ins deep, and with 

 narrow segments, are borne on the 

 stout and much compressed peduncle. 



C. latifolium (C. Linnchi). — A 

 si)ecies widely distributed in Tropical 

 Asia, having short-necked, roundish 

 bulbs 6 to 8 ins. in diameter, and 

 numerous thin, bright-green, strap- 

 shaped leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, 3 to 4 

 ins. broad, and somewhat roughish 

 on the margins. From ten to twenty 

 flowers are borne on a peduncle 1 to 

 2 ft. high. The curved perianth- 

 tube is greenish, 3 to 4 ins. long, 



while the oblong lance-shaped seg- 

 ments are washed with pink. {Bot. 

 lieij. t. 1297; Wight, Ic. tt. 2019- 

 2020.) 



Forms of C latifolium are 6'. 

 longistylum, C. moluccamim {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2292), C. speciosum, {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2217), and C insigne or 

 Ajnaryllis insignis {Bot. Reg. t. 597), 

 according to Mr Baker. 



0. leucophyllum. — A native of 

 Damaraland, with ovoid bulbs 5 to 6 

 ins. in diameter, and thick, fleshy, 

 whitish-green, strap-shaped leaves 

 H to 2 ft. long, 5 to 6 ins. broad, 

 arranged in two rows, and with 

 denticulate margins. From thirty 

 to forty pale pink flowers about 6 ins. 

 deep, and with linear spreading 

 segments, are produced in a dense 

 umbel on a stout, much compressed 

 peduncle a foot high. {Jiot. Mag. t. 

 6783.) 



O. lineare (C. revolutum ; C, 

 algoense ; Amaryllis revoluta ; A. r. 

 gracilior). — This species was culti- 

 vated at Kew in 1779, having been 

 introduced from S. Africa. It has 

 small ovoid bulbs, and grey-green 

 leaves H to 2 ft. long, about h in. 

 broad, and channelled down the face. 

 About half a dozen flowers are borne 

 on a slender roundish scape about 1 ft. 

 high. The white oblanceolate-acute 

 segments are tinted with red on the 

 outside, the filaments being bright 

 red. {Bot. Mag. tt. 623, 915.) 



C. longifolium (C. capense ; C. 

 rijxtriuvi ; Amaryllis longifolia ; A. 

 cajjensis; A. bullis2^erma). — This fine 

 species is spread throughout the 

 whole of S. Africa, and has been in 

 cultivation since 1752. It has ovoid 

 bulbs 3 to 4 ins. in diameter, and 

 gradually narrowed into a long 

 cylindrical neck. The grey-green 

 strap-shaped leaves are 2 to 3 ft. 

 long, 2 to 3 ins. broad, and roughish 

 on the margins ; from six to twelve 



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