CRINUM. 



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51. C. coNciNNUM Mart, in Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 

 857.— Bulb and leaves unknown. Peduncle green, under a foot 

 long. Flowers 12 in an umbel; inner erect; outer curved; 

 pedicels very short; spatlie-valves reflexing, lanceolate, 1^ in. long. 

 Perianth-tube li-li in. long ; segments lanceolate, 2^-3 in. long, 

 purple outside. Filaments half as long as the segments ; anthers 

 small, oblong. Style reaching to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Central Brazil, gathered long ago by Martins, in the sides of moun- 

 tains near Villarica, in the province of Minas Geraes. 



52. C. GRAciLiFLORUM Kuuth ct Bouche in Ind. Sem. Hort. 

 Berol. 1844. — Bulb 3-4 in. diam. ; tunics greenish yellow ; neck 

 short. Leaves about 14 to a bulb, lorate, light green, firm in 

 texture, 1^-2 ft. long, li-2 in. broad ; edge denticulate. Peduncle 

 much shorter than the leaves. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels 

 none or very short ; spathe-valves 3-4 in. long. Perianth-tube 

 erect, 5-6 in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, half as long as 

 the tube. Filaments bright red, 2 in. long ; anthers linear. Style 

 overtopping the anthers. 



Var. Fendleri Baker. — Leaves thinner, 3-4 ft. long, 3-4 in. 

 broad. 



Hab. Venezuela, near Maracaibo. Moritz 1200 ! Sent alive by Moritz in 

 1844 to the Berlin Garden. Var. Fendleri ; Tovar, Fendler 2169 ! 



Subgenus Codonocrinum. 



63. C. ZEYLANicuM Linn. Syst. Veg. 263. Amaryllis zeylcinica 

 Linn. Sp. Plant. 421. A. ornata Bot. Mag. t. 1171. C Herbert- 

 icmum Wall. PL Asiat. Bar. t. 145. C. Wallichianum Roem. C. 

 ornatum vars. zeylaniciim and Herhertianum Herb. — Bulb globose, 

 5-6 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves 6-10 to a bulb, thin, lorate, 

 bright green, 2-3 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad ; edge slightly scabrous. 

 Peduncle stout, about as long as the leaves, tinged with red. 

 Flowers 10-20 in an umbel, fragrant; spathe-valves lanceolate- 

 deltoid, reddish, 3-4 in. long; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube 

 curved, usually 3-4 rarely 5-6 in. long, tinged with red or green ; 

 limb horizontal, 3-4 in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 an inch broad, bright red outside in the central third. Stamens 

 decUnate, about an inch shorter than the segments ; anthers linear, 

 i-f in. long. Style overtopping the stamens. Ovules 5-6 in a 

 cell. Fruit subglobose, l|-2 in. diam. 



Hab. Widely spread in Tropical Asia and Tropical Africa. The com- 

 monest species in this section in cultivation, figured first by Commelinus in 

 1697. Var. reductum Baker in Gard. Chron. 1883, ii. 618, is a variety sent 

 from Zanzibar by Sir John Kirk, with leaves 1-Uit. long, under 2 in. broad 

 low down, and a perianth-tube nearly twice as long as the limb. A plant from 

 the Usagura Mountains (collected by Mr. Last), that flowered at Kew in June, 

 1887, does not differ materially from the Asiatic tyi^e. 



54. C. LATiFOLiuM Liun. Sp. Plant. 419 ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 

 1297 ; Wight Ic. t. 2019-2020. C. ornatim var. latifolium Herb. 

 C. LiniKEi Roem. — Bulb subglobose, 6-8 in. diam. ; neck short. 

 Leaves numerous, thin, lorate, bright green, 2-3 ft. long, 3-4 in. 

 broad; edge slightly scabrous. Peduncle 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 



