CRINUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



CRINUM 



whitish lance-shaped segments being 

 reflexed and washed with claret- 

 purple on the outside, while the 

 filaments are bright red and about 



2 ins. long. There is a smaller- 

 flowered form called minus or 

 Roozenianum. (Red. Lit. t. 27 ; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 31 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1232.) 



C. fimbriatulum. This species 

 grows wild in the low-lying marshy 

 meadows of Angola, in the province 

 of Loanda, where it flowers in March. 

 The thin, strap-shaped, grey-green 

 leaves are 2 to 3 ft. long, and about 



3 ins. broad, gradually tapering to 

 a point. From three to seven flowers 

 are borne on a peduncle about 2 ft. 

 long, having a greenish perianth- 

 tube 4 to 5 ins. long, and whitish, 

 oblong lance-shaped segments 

 streaked with red down the centre. 



C. flaccidum (Amaryllis austra- 

 lasica ; C. Weinmanni ?). A native of 

 New South Wales and Southern 

 Australia, having very short-necked 

 ovoid bulbs, 3 to 4 ins. in diameter. 

 The rough-edged leaves are H to 2 

 ft. long and 1 to 1^ ins. broad, and 

 umbels of six to eight pure white 

 flowers are borne on a much com- 

 pressed peduncle l to 2 ft. high. 

 The perianth-tube is usually curved, 

 3 to 4 ins. long, the segments being 

 oblong lance-shaped. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 2133 : Bot. Reg. t. 426.) 



C.Porbesianum (Amaryllis Forbesi). 

 A native of Delagoa Bay, with 

 large roundish bulbs 6 to 8 ins. in 

 diameter, and grey-green, strap- 

 shaped leaves 3 to 4 ft. long and 3 

 to 4 ins. broad, the edges being 

 conspicuously fringed with hairs. 

 From thirty to forty funnel-shaped 

 flowers are borne on a stout com- 

 pressed peduncle about 1 ft. high, 

 the spathe-valves being tinted with 

 red. The white oblong-acute seg- 

 ments, over 4 ins. long, are distinctly 



keeled with red, while the bright 

 red filaments are almost as long as 

 the segments. (Bot. Mag. t. 6545.) 



O. gig-an teum (C. vanillodorum ; 

 C. nobile ; Amaryllis gigantea ; A. 

 latifolia; A. ornata ; A. Candida). 

 A native of Central and Western 

 Tropical Africa, whence it was intro- 

 duced to cultivation about 1780. 

 The short-necked bulbs are 5 to 6 

 ins. in diameter, and are furnished 

 with thin green leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, 

 3 to 4 ins. broad about the middle, 

 but much narrower towards the base, 

 and distinctly cross-veined. The 

 stout, green, compressed peduncle is 

 2 to 3 ft. high, and bears from four 

 to twelve flowers, almost or quite 

 stalkless. The pure white bell-shaped 

 flowers, 7 to 8 ins. deep, have oblong 

 obtuse segments and a slender curved 

 perianth-tube. The filaments are 

 pure white, and about an inch shorter 

 than the segments. 



C. Hildebrandti. A native of 

 Johanna Island (Comoro Islands), 

 where it grows on the mountains 

 at an altitude of 3000 ft. 

 The ovoid bulbs are 2 to 3 ins. 

 in diameter, with a neck 4 to 5 ins. 

 long. The strap-shaped leaves are 

 bright green, 1| to 2 ft. long and 1 J 

 to 2 ins. broad, while the slender 

 compressed peduncle, about 1 ft. high, 

 carries four to eight or more flowers 

 8 to 12 ins. deep, and pure white. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 6709; III. Hort. 1886, 

 t. 615.) 



C. humile. This species was intro- 

 duced about 1826 from Tropical Asia, 

 but appears to have disappeared 

 from cultivation. The small roundish 

 and greenish bulbs have very short 

 necks, and the linear leaves are about 

 a foot long. The white flowers, about 

 5 ins. deep, are borne in umbels of 

 six to nine on a slender roundish 

 peduncle, and have bright red fila- 

 ments. (Bot. Mag. t. 2636.) 



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