CRINUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



CRINUM 



C. Johnstoni. A native of British 

 Central Africa, having large white 

 flowers tinted with pink, like those 

 of C. latifolnim, and leaves 5 to 6 ft. 

 long, and 2 to 2i ins. broad in the 

 middle (Sot. Mag. t. 7812). This fine 

 species has proved to be quite hardy 

 in Sir Trevor Lawrence's garden at 

 Dorking, Surrey. It is therefore a 

 great acquisition to the hardy flower- 

 border, and ought to become very 

 popular. 



C. Kirkl. A native of Zanzibar, 

 with roundish bulbs 6 to 8 ins. in 

 diameter, and neck about 6 ins. long. 

 The bright green strap-shaped leaves 

 are 3| to 4 ft. long, 4 ins. or more 

 broad, and with roughish edges. The 

 stout compressed peduncles are 1 to 

 l ft. high, two or three sometimes 

 springing from one bulb, and bearing 

 a dozen or more white flowers, broadly 

 keeled with bright red. (Sot. Mag. 

 t. 6512.) Srunsvigia Massaiana, 

 figured in the Illustration fforticole, 

 1887, t. 55, seems to be identical with 

 C. Kirki, but has a longer flower- 

 tube. 



C. Lasti. A native of the Kongone 

 Mountains, about 100 miles inland 

 from Zanzibar, whence it was intro- 

 duced in 1887. The short-necked 

 bulbs are 4 to 5 ins. in diameter, the 

 distichous, sword-shaped leaves being 

 about 1 ft. long. Several pinkish 

 flowers, 4 to 6 ins deep, and with 

 narrow segments, are borne on the 

 stout and much compressed peduncle. 



C. latifolium (C. Linncei). A 

 species widely distributed in Tropical 

 Asia, having short-necked, roundish 

 bulbs 6 to 8 ins. in diameter, and 

 numerous thin, bright-green, strap- 

 shaped leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, 3 to 4 

 ins. broad, and somewhat roughish 

 on the margins. From ten to twenty 

 flowers are borne on a peduncle 1 to 

 2 ft. high. The curved perianth- 



while the oblong lance-shaped seg- 

 ments are washed with pink. (Sot. 

 Beg. t. 1297; Wight, Ic. tt. 2019- 



Forms of C. latifolium are C. 

 longistylum, C. moluccanum (Sot. 

 Mag. t. 2292), C. speciosum, (Sot. 

 Mag. t. 2217), and C. insigne or 

 Amaryllis insignis (Sot. Reg. t. 597), 

 according to Mr Baker. 



C. leucophyllum. A native of 

 Damaraland, with ovoid bulbs 5 to 6 

 ins. in diameter, and thick, fleshy, 

 whitish-green, strap-shaped leaves 

 1| to 2 ft. long, 5 to 6 ins. broad, 

 arranged in two rows, and with 

 denticulate margins. From thirty 

 to forty pale pink flowers about 6 ins. 

 deep, and with linear spreading 

 segments, are produced in a dense 

 umbel on a stout, much compressed 

 peduncle a foot high. (Sot. Mag. t. 

 6783.) 



C. line are (C. revolutum ; C. 

 algoense ; Amaryllis revoluta ; A. r. 

 gracilior). This species was culti- 

 vated at Kew in 1779, having been 

 introduced from S. Africa. It has 

 small ovoid bulbs, and grey-green 

 leaves 1^ to 2 ft. long, about ^ in. 

 broad, and channelled down the face. 

 About half a dozen flowers are borne 

 on a slender roundish scape about 1 ft. 

 high. The white oblanceolate-acute 

 segments are tinted with red on the 

 outside, the filaments being bright 

 red. (Sot. Mag. tt. 623, 915.) 



C. longifolium (C. capense ; C. 

 riparium ; Amaryllis longifolia; A. 

 capensis ; A. bullisperma). This fine 

 species is spread throughout the 

 whole of S. Africa, and has been in 

 cultivation since '1752. It has ovoid 

 bulbs 3 to 4 ins. in diameter, and 

 gradually narrowed into a long 

 cylindrical neck. The grey-green 

 strap -shaped leaves are 2 to 3 ft. 

 long, 2 to 3 ins. broad, and roughish 



tube is greenish, 3 to 4 ins. long, on the margins; from six to twelve 



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