CRINUM. 83 



85. C. BRACHYANDRUM Herb. Amaryll. 249. — Bulb 3 in. diam. ; 

 neck short. Leaves about 20 to a bulb, suberect, ensiform, 3-5 ft. 

 long, 2 in. broad, deep green, not tapering much to the point. 

 Peduncle 2 ft. long. Flowers above 10-30 to an umbel, not perfectly 

 erect; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube greenish, nnder 3 in. 

 long; segments lanceolate, i in. broad, rather longer than the 

 tube. Filaments scarcely an inch long. Style an inch long. 

 Seeds 2 in a cell. 



Hab. North Australia, introduced to the Calcutta Garden by Dr. Carey, and 

 sent by him to Dean Herbert about 1820. I have not seen any specimen, nor 

 has it been figured. In its short stamens and style it agrees with C. venosum 

 R.Br. 



86. C. VENOSUM E. Br. Prodr. 297. — Bulb and leaves unknown. 

 Peduncle moderately stout, above a foot long. Umbel 6-8-flowored ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, 8 in. long ; pedicels very short. Perianth- 

 tube very slender, 3-4 in. long, curved in an early stage ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, acute, If- 2 in. long, ^ in. broad. Filaments 

 f in. long ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style a little overtopping 

 the anthers. 



Hab. North coast of Australia, R. Broivn ! Siveers Island, Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, Oldfield ! Differs in flower from all forms of angustifoUum by its 

 short stamens and style. 



87. C. UNIFLORUM F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 23. — Bulb small, ovoid; 

 neck short. Leaves 5-6 to a bulb, narrow linear, arcuate, 1-1^- ft. 

 long, f-J in. broad. Peduncle slender, a foot long. Flowers often 

 solitary, sometimes 2 ; spathe-valves linear or lanceolate ; pedicels 

 none or very short. Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long, curved in an early 

 stage; segments lanceolate, pure white, 2^3 in. long, f in. broad 

 at the middle. Filaments bright red, 1| in. long ; anthers linear, 

 I" in. long. Style overtopping the stamens. Ovules several in a 

 ceU. 



Hab. North Australia, in open sandy flats, R. Broion 1 Macgillivray 482 1 

 J. G. Veitchl There are specimens in Sir J. E. Smith's herbarium from 

 Loddiges' garden at Hackney, dried in 1879 ; and from Mr. Hunter, of Perryhill, 

 near Birmingham. I have never seen it alive. 



38. C. ANGUSTiFOLiuM K. Br. Prodr. 297. 0. australasicum 

 Herb. C. armarium Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2355. — Bulb sub- 

 globose, 8 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves linear, firm in texture, 

 suberect, 1|— 2 ft. long, l-lf in. broad, tapering to the point ; edge 

 scabrous. Peduncle a foot long. Umbel few-flowered ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, 2 in. long ; pedicels short. Perianth-tube 

 slender, 3-4 in, long, curved in early stage ; segments lanceolate, 

 2^-3 in. long, | in. broad. Filaments bright red, an inch shorter 

 than the segments ; anthers linear, -|- in. long. Style as long as 

 the segments. Ovules 5-6 in a cell. 



Var. C. coNFERTUM Herb, in Bot. Mag, t. 2522. — Flowers 

 sessile ; perianth- segments 4 in. long, a little exceeding the tube. 



Var. C. BLANDUM Roem. Amaryll. 76 (Bot. Mag. t. 2531). — 

 Leaves broader than in type. Perianth-segments broader. Fila- 

 ments whitish. 



