CRINUM. 95 



valves 3-4 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, greenish, 3-4 in. long ; 

 segments as long as the tube, pure white, connivent, acute. 

 Filaments much shorter than the limb ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. 

 Style overtopping the stamens. 



Hab. South Brazil, originally described from plants found by Consul 

 Langsdorff between Mandiocca and Porto d'Estrella. We have at Kew three 

 sheets dried by Burchell, from a garden at San Bento in Oct., 1826. It comes 

 about midway between C. erubescens and C. giganteum. The little-known (7. 

 Biiisii, of Hoffmannsegg, from Rio Janeiro, would seem to be like this in leaf, 

 with a flower 4 — 5 in. long. 



Hyhnd Crinums. 



A large number of Crinums were artificially hybridised by Dean 

 Herbert and his contemporaries. The species experimentised upon 

 were principally Jungifolium [capense), americanum , erubescens, asiati- 

 cuvi, scabrum, and zeylanicum. In Kunth's ' Enumeratio,' vol v. p. 

 582-3, twenty-three hybrids are enumerated under Latin names 

 and their parentage given, and in the second edition of Sweet's 

 ' British Flower Garden,' p. 512, there are thirty- two. Eeference 

 should also be made to Herbert's papers in Trans. Hort. Soc. vol. 

 iii. p. 187 (with a figure of C. Govenianum) Amaryll. 272, Journ. 

 Hort. Soc. ii. 14, and to Bury's ' Hexandria,' tab. 30, where a 

 hybrid between pedimculatum and zei/laniciim is figured. The only 

 recent hybrid with which I am acquainted is C. Poivellii, a cross 

 between longifolium and Moorei. 



C. PowELLii Hort. — Bulb globose, with a short neck. Leaves 

 about 20, spreading, ensiform, acuminate, bright green, 3-4 ft. long, 

 3-4 in. broad low down, smooth on the edge. Peduncle com- 

 pressed, glaucous, 2 ft. long. Flowers about 8 in an umbel; 

 pedicels 1-1|- in. long ; spathe-valves large, oblong-lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube curved, greenish, 3 in. long ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, reddish, 4 in. long, an inch broad at the middle. 

 Stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments. Style bright 

 red upwards. 



Hab. Described from a living plant in the garden of Sir W. Bowman, at 

 Jolwynds, Dorking, July, 1887. 



29. Amaryllis Linn, ex jmrte. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, with a short tube and 6 subequal oblong 

 acute connivent segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the 

 tube ; filaments long, filiform ; anthers linear, versatile. Ovary 

 3-celled ; ovules many in a cell ; style filiform, declinate ; stigma 

 capitate. Capsule globose, bursting irregularly. Seeds like that of 

 a Crinum. 



The name Amaryllis is still universally given in gardens to the 

 species and hybrids of Hippeastrum, which has a flower like that of 

 the present plant, but entirely different capsule and seeds. 



1. A. Belladonna Linn. Sp. PI. 421 ; Bot. Mag. t. 733 ; Bed. 

 Lil. t. 180. A. rosea Lam. A. pudica Gawl. Cohurgia Belladonna 

 Herb. — Bulb 3-4 in. diam. ; tunics rather fibrous. Leaves 7-9, 

 produced after the flowers, lorate, distichous, dull green, l-l^- ft. 



