CKINUM 



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CRINUM 



long, 1 to Ij ins. broad, tapering to a 

 long point, and much crisped at the 

 denticulate margin. From three to 

 six stalkless flowers are borne on a 

 peduncle 1 ft. high, the white seg- 

 ments being keeled with bright red. 



FIG. 104. Crinum Sanderianum. 



C. scabrum. This species is widely 

 spread in Tropical Africa from Guinea 

 across to Abyssinia and Kordofan. 

 It has large, ovoid, purple-brown, 

 short-necked bulbs, and bright green 

 strap-shaped leaves 2 to 3 ft. long, l 

 to 2 ins. broad, and rough on the edges. 

 The stout peduncles are 1 to 2 ft. 

 high, and carry an umbel of four to 

 eight flowers, the oblong-acute seg- 

 ments of which are keeled with bright 

 red. C. Ruppelianum seems to be a 

 variety. (Bot. Mag. t. 2180.) 



C. Schimperi. An Abyssinian 

 species with elongated bulbs, and 

 strap - shaped grey - green leaves 

 slightly roughish on the edges. 

 About half a dozen white stalkless 



flowers are borne on the peduncle. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 7417 ; Gartenfl. 1889, t. 

 1309.) 



C. Van Tubergeni. Under this 

 name a stately Crinum has been 

 described by Mr R. J. Lynch, and 

 figured in the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 for August 12, 1899, p. 133. It is a 

 very distinct-looking plant about 3 

 ft. high, having leaves about 5 ft. 

 long and 5 to 6 ins. wide. The white 

 bell-shaped flowers are borne in a 

 dense truss a foot or more in diameter, 

 This plant has been grown- for many 

 years in Holland, but its history has 

 been lost. It is thought to be a form 

 of C. longij'olium, but is quite distinct 

 from that species horti culturally 



C. Vassei, from Mozambique, has 

 ovoid bulbs 4 ins thick, narrow strap- 

 shaped leaves up to 2 ft. long, and 

 white flowers, having a red stripe 

 down the centre of the narrow seg- 

 ments (Rev. ffort. 1908, 132, f.). 



C. Wlnbushi. This is closely re- 

 lated to C. Samueli, but has smooth- 

 edged leaves and slightly fragrant but 

 more fleeting flowers (Gard. Chron. 

 1902, xxxii. 303). 



C. yemense. A species closely re- 

 lated to C. abyssiniciim, from which 

 it is distinguished by its larger 

 and more numerous flowers, having 

 broader segments. Many plants 

 called yemense are only forms of 

 C. latifolium. 



C. yuccaeflorum (C. yuccceoides ; C. 

 Bromsoneti ; Amaryllis Bromsoneti; 

 A spectabilis; A. ornata, Aiton). A 

 native of Sierra Leone, whence it 

 appears to have been introduced by 

 Lord Petre in 1740, and was grown at 

 Kew in 1785. It has small, round, 

 purplish bulbs without any distinct 

 neck, and linear leaves 1 to H ft. 

 long and about an inch broad. The 

 slender peduncle about 1 ft. high 

 bears one or two white flowers, with 

 a greenish, curved perianth-tube, 



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