CRINUM 



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CRINUM 



variety of C. latifolium. It has 

 short-necked roundish bulbs 3 to 4 

 ins. through, with reddish - brown 

 tunics. The thin, bright green, wavy 

 leaves are 1 to 2 ft. long and 2 to 3 

 ins. broad. The roundish peduncle 

 is about a foot high, and bears about 

 half a dozen flowers about November. 

 The curved greenish perianth-tube is 

 3 to 4 ins. long, the oblong acute 

 segments, about 1 in. broad, being 

 washed with rose-red near the centre. 

 (Lot. Mag. t. 2466.) 



A hybrid between this species and 

 C. capense has been called C. grandi- 

 florum. 



C. Commelyni (C. attenuatum ; C. 

 Lindleyanum ; C. revolution ; C. 

 viridifolium). A native of the 

 Amazon Valley closely related to 

 C. erubescent. The short-necked 

 ovoid bulbs, li to 2 ins. thick, are 

 remarkable for producing copious 

 stolons. The leaves are 2 to 3 ft. 

 long and about an inch broad. The 

 slender compressed peduncle, 1 to 2 

 ft. high, bears about half a dozen 

 flowers in summer. The slender 

 perianth-tube is 4 to 6 ins. long, the 

 reflexed lance-shaped segments being 



2 to 3 ins. long. 



C. crassipes. Probably a native of 

 Tropical Africa. It has very large 

 conical bulbs, dark green strap-shaped 

 leaves about 4 ins. broad, and stout 

 compressed peduncles under a foot 

 high, with fifteen to twenty flowers 

 in summer. The nearly straight 

 green perianth-tube is about 3 ins. 

 long, the lance - shaped segments 

 being white with a red centre. 



C. cruentum. A Mexican species 

 with large, short-necked, stolon-bear- 

 ing bulbs, and dark glossy green leaves 



3 to 4 ft. long and 2 to 3 ins. broad. 

 The stout compressed peduncle, about 

 3 ft. high, bears six to eight almost 

 stalkless flowers in summer. The 

 erect perianth-tube is 7 to 8 ins. long, 



the bright pink linear segments being 

 about 3 ins. long. The variety Loddi- 

 gesianum has dark purple segments. 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 171 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 346.) 



C. defixum (C. Roxburghi ; Amar- 

 yllis vivipara). A species found wild 

 in the muddy and swampy banks of 

 rivers about Calcutta and throughout 

 India. The long, cylindrical-necked, 

 ovoid bulbs are 2 to 3 ins. through, 

 bearing deeply channelled leaves 2 

 to 3 ft. long and about 1 in. broad, 

 tapering to a point. The stoutish 

 peduncle, l to 2 ft. high, carries from 

 six to fifteen flowers in autumn. The 

 slender perianth-tube is 2^ to 3 ins. 

 long, with linear segments (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2208). The variety ensifolium has 

 a longer perianth-tube, and leaves 

 more acute. (Bot. Mag. t. 2301.) 



C. distichum (Amaryllis ornata). 

 A species from Sierra Leone, closely 

 related to C. yuccceflorvm, from which 

 it may be distinguished by its linear, 

 channelled leaves, being arranged 

 distichously from the small round 

 bulbs. The white stalkless flowers, 

 keeled with bright red, are usually 

 borne singly on a scape about a foot 

 high, during the summer months. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 1253.) 



C. Dorlse. An Abyssinian species 

 with broad wavy leaves and short 

 scapes, surmounted by a many- 

 flowered umbel of scented white, 

 red-striped flowers. 



C. erubescens. This variable 

 species is widely distributed over 

 Tropical America, and has been in 

 cultivation since about 1784. The 

 short-necked ovoid bulbs are 3 to 4 

 ins. in diameter, and give rise to 

 numerous thin, strap-shaped, arching 

 leaves 2 to 3 ft. long and 2 to 3 ins. 

 broad. From four to twelve flowers 

 are borne on top of a peduncle 2 ft. 

 or more in height. The erect peri- 

 anth-tube is 5 to 6 ins. long, the 



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