ClUNUM 



long, 1 to li ins. broad, tapering to a 

 long point, and much crisped at the 

 denticulate margin. From three to 

 six stalkless flowers are borne on a 

 peduncle 1 ft. high, the white seg- 

 ments being keeled with bright red. 



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ClUNUM 



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Fig. 104. — Crinum Sandcriarium. (^). 



C. scabriiin. — This species is widely- 

 spread in Tropical Africa from Guinea 

 across to Abyssinia and Kordofan. 

 It has large, ovoid, purple-brown, 

 short-necked bulbs, and bright green 

 strap-shaped leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, 1^ 

 to 2 ins. broad, and rough on the edges. 

 The stout peduncles are 1 to 2 ft. 

 high, and carry an umbel of four to 

 eight flowers, the oblong-acute seg- 

 ments of which are keeled with bright 

 red. C. Ruppeliamim, seems to be a 

 variety. {Bot. Mag. t. 2180.) 



C. Schimperi. — An Abyssinian 

 species with elongated bulbs, and 

 strap - shaped grey - green leaves 

 slightly roughish on the edges. 

 About half a dozen white stalkless 



flowers are borne on the peduncle. 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 7417; Gartenfl. 1889, t. 

 1309.) 



C. Van Tubergeni.— Under this 

 name a stately Crinum has been 

 described by ]\Ir K. J. Lynch, and 

 figured in the Gardeners' Chronide 

 for August 12, 1899, p. 133. It is a 

 very distinct-looking plant about 3 

 ft. high, having leaves about 5 ft. 

 long and 5 to 6 ins. wide. The white 

 bell-shaped flowers are borne in a 

 dense truss a foot or more in diameter, 

 This plant has been grown for many 

 years in Holland, but its history has 

 been lost. It is thought to be a form 

 of C. kmgifolivm, but is quite distinct 

 from that species horticulturally 



C. Vassei, from Mozambique, has 

 ovoid bulbs 4 ins thick, narrow strap- 

 shaped leaves up to 2 ft. long, and 

 white flowers, having a red stripe 

 down the centre of the narrow seg- 

 ments {Eev. llort. 1908, 132, f.). 



C. Winbushl.— This is closely re- 

 lated to C. Samuel!., but has smooth- 

 edged leaves and slightly fragrant but 

 more fleeting flowers {Gard. Chron. 

 1902, xxxii. 303). 



C. yemense. — A species closely re- 

 lated to C. ahymnicimi, from which 

 it is distinguished by its larger 

 and more numei'ous flowers, having 

 broader segments. Many plants 

 called yeinense are only forms of 

 G. latifoliuvi. 



C. y uccaeflorum (C yuccoioides ; C. 

 Broiissoneti ; Amaryllis Broussoneti ; 

 A spectahilis ; A. ornata, Alton). — A 

 native of Sierra Leone, whence it 

 appears to have been introduced by 

 Lord Petre in 1 740, and was grown at 

 Kew in 1785. It has small, round, 

 ])urplish Inilbs without any distinct 

 neck, and linear leaves 1 to H ft. 

 long and about an inch broad. The 

 slender peduncle about 1 ft. high 

 bears one or two white flowers, with 

 a greenish, curved perianth-tube, 



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