CRINUM. 93 



umbel ; spathe-valves broad, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels an inch long. 

 Perianth pure white, with a slender curved tube 3 in. long, and 

 campanulate limb as long as the tube, with oblong obtuse im- 

 bricated segments. Filaments declinate, an inch shorter than the 

 segments ; anthers linear, f in. long. Style reaching to the tip of 

 the perianth. 



Hab. Transkeian Kaflfraria ; Butterwick Forest, Macoioan 2207 ! Allied to 

 G. giganteum Anclr. 



73. C. MooREi Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6113 ; Gard. Chron. 

 1887, ii. fig. 101. C. Makoijanam Carriere in Kev. Hort, 1877, 417, 

 fig. 75. C. Colensoi, Mackenii, and natalense Hort. — Bulb ovoid, 

 very large, copiously stoloniferous, with a neck sometimes a foot 

 long. Leaves 12-15 to a bulb, spreading, thin, lorate, bright 

 green, 2-3 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad ; laxly distinctly veined ; edge 

 entire. Peduncle green, moderately stout, 2-3 ft. long. Flowers 

 6-10 in an umbel ; spathe-valves large, thin ; pedicels 1^-3 in. long. 

 Perianth with a curved tube 3-4 in. long, and a funnel-shaped 

 limb of about the same length, with oblong subacute segments 

 1-1^ in. broad. Filaments i)ink, an inch shorter than the seg- 

 ments ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style reaching to the tip of the 

 perianth. C. Schmidtii Eegel Gartenfl. t. 1072, is a form with pure 

 white flowers. 



Hab. Natal and Kaffraria, now widely spread in gardens. Our first 

 knowledge of it was from a sketch sent by Bishop Colenso in 1858. It was 

 named by Sir J. D. Hooker after the late Dr. David Moore, of Glasnevin, who was 

 one of the first to grow it succesfully, and who sent the specimen drawn for 

 the ' Botanical Magazine.' 



74. C. FoRBEsiANUM Herb. Amaryll. 267 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6545. Amaryllis Forbesii Lindl. — Bulb globose, 6-8 in. diam., 

 without a distinct neck. Leaves not fully developed till after the 

 flowers, 10-12 to a bulb, spreading, lorate, obtuse, glaucous, 

 closely veined, 3-4 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad ; edge conspicuously 

 ciliated. Peduncle stout, compressed, a foot long. Flowers 

 30-40 in an umbel ; spathe-valves deltoid, red-tinted, 3-4 in. long ; 

 pedicels stout, ^-f in. long. Perianth-tube about 3 in. long, 

 nearly straight in the central flowers ; limb funnel-shaped, 4-4|- in. 

 long ; segments oblong, acute, connivent, f-1 in. broad, white, 

 with a distinct baud of red down the back. Filaments bright red, 

 nearly as long as the segments; anthers linear, \ in. long. Style 

 as long as the perianth. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay, discovered by Forbes about 1824 and regathered by Mr. 

 J. J. Monteiro in 1876. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in Oct., 

 1878. Brunsvigia ? magnifica, L., Linden and Kodigas in 111. Hort. n. s. t. 552, is 

 a Crinum either identical with Forhesianum or near it. 



75. C. LONGiFOLiUM Thuub. Prodr. 39. Amanjllis longifolia 

 Linn. Sp. Plant. 421 ; Jacq. Ic. t. 362 ; Bed. Lil. t. 347 ; Gawl. in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 661. C. capense Herb. Amaryllis capensis Miller. A. 

 bulbisperina Burm. C. riparium, Herb. — Bulb ampullsform, nar- 

 rowed gradually into a long cylindrical neck. Leaves a dozen or 

 more to a bulb, ensiform, acute, glaucous, moderately firm in 

 texture, 2-3 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad ; edge scabrous. Peduncle a 



