Crinum. 



CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEiE (bAKER). 



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9. CRINUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 726. 



Perianth hypocrateriform or funnel-shaped ; tube long, subcylindrical, 

 straight or curved ; segments linear or lanceolate, spreading, or oblong 

 and permanently ascending. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the 

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

 3-celled ; ovules few in a cell, sometimes only two ; style long, filiform, 

 more or less declinate ; stigma minute, capitate. Fruit irregular in shape, 

 finally bursting. Seeds large, bulbiform, with very thick albumen. — 

 Rootstock a large bulb with membranous tunics. Peduncle solid. 

 Flowers few or many in an umbel, white or tinged or keeled with red ; 

 outer spathe-valves 2, large, deltoid. 



Species 80-90. Tropical and warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



'^Stenastek. Perianth - tube cylindrical ; segments 



linear or lanceolate, spreading. 

 Segments half as long as the tube. 

 Segments linear. 



Perianth-tube 2^-3 in. long. 

 Pedicels short 

 Pedicels |^-1 in. long 

 Pedicels 1-2 in. long 

 Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long. 

 Flowers nearly sessile 

 Pedicels ^-1 in. long 

 Perianth-tube 4-5 in. long. 

 Peduncle moderately stout 

 Peduncle very stout 

 Segments lanceolate. 



Perianth-tube 4-5 in. long. 

 Flowers erect . 

 Flowers subcernuous 

 Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long. 

 Leaves suberect 

 Leaves floating 

 its "l-f the leng 

 Perianth-tube 2 in. long 

 Perianth-tube 3 in. long. 

 Anthers \ in. long 

 Anthers i in. long 

 Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long. 

 Leaves 1 in. broad 

 Leaves 2-2^ in. broad 

 Segments as long as the tube 



*^C0D0N0CEiNUM. Perianth-tube curved; limb bell- 



1. C. Bainesii. 



2. C. Thruppii. 



3. C. iinneanum. 



4. C. Foggei. 



5. C. Lastii. 



6. C. longitubum. 



7. C. Menyharthi. 



8. C. helkianum. 



9. C. subcernuum. 



10. C. purpurascens. 



11. C. nutans. 



12. C. angolense. 



13. C. leucophgilum. 



14. C. rhodanthum. 



15. C. ammocharoides . 



16. C. buphanuides. 



17. C. Welwitschii. 



Segments with a distinct keel of red. 

 Pedicels long. 



Pedicels 1-1| in. long. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. broad 

 Leaves 4-5 in. broad 

 Pedicels 2 in. long 



18. C. longifolium. 



19. C. massaianum. 



20. C. pedicellatum. 



