CRINUM 



state, white with a red stripe, when fully expanded. They usually 

 flower in June and July after the rainy season has set in. Bears 

 large grayish green fleshy seeds abundantly and is a fine plant to 

 be used in hybridizing. H> NEHRLINQ 



CRINUM 



893 



A. Perianth erect, salver-shaped, with linear segms.; 



stamens spreading. (Stenaster.) 

 B. Color of perianth white; tube greenish. 



1. asiaticum, Linn. (C. toxicarium, Roxbg.). Bulb 

 4-5 in. thick; neck 6-9 in. long: Ivs. 20-30 to a bulb, 3-4 

 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad: peduncle 1^2-2 ft. long, 1 in. 

 thick; fls. 20-50 in an umbel; spathe-yalves 2-4 in. 

 long; pedicels %-l in. long; perianth white; tube erect, 

 tinged with green, 3-4 in. long; segms. 2^-3 in. long; 

 filaments tinged red, 2 in. long: ovule 1 in a cell. Trop. 

 Asia. B.M. 1073. G.F. 4:283. Baker gives 5 botani- 

 cal varieties, of which the most important in the 

 American trade is probably var. sinicum, Baker 

 (C. sinicum, Roxbg. C. pedunculatum, Hort., not R. 

 Br.). ST. JOHN'S LILY. Bulb 6 in. thick, 18 in. long: 

 Ivs. 5 in. broad, with undulated edges, forming a mas- 

 sive crown 4-5 ft. high: peduncle 2-3 ft. long; fls. 20 

 or more, the tube and segms. longer than in the type; 

 perianth white. China. The bulb usually divides 

 into 2 of equal size; small offsets are rarely produced. 

 Seedlings flower in 5 years. Var. declinatum, Baker 

 (C. declinatum, Herb.), has a declined instead of erect 

 bud ; perianth-segms. tinged red at tip. B.M. 2231. Var. 

 prScerum, Baker (C. procerum, Carey), is larger than 

 the type with Ivs. 5 ft. long, 6 in. wide: perianth-tube 

 and limb 5 in. long, the latter tinged red outside. Ran- 

 goon. B.M. 2684. Var. anomalum, Baker, is freakish- 

 looking, its Ivs. being expanded into a broad, membra- 

 nous, striated and plaited wing. B.M. 2908 (as C. plica- 

 turn). C. ebdraci, Herb. (C. hybridum Todorse, Hort.). 

 Similar to the variety next mentioned, but half the size. 

 Garden hybrid between a small form of C. asiaticum and 

 C. longifolium. C. ebdraci var. cappedum, Reasoner (C. 

 cdppedum, Reasoner). Habit much like C. asiaticum, 

 but Ivs. tapering to a slender point, semi-erect, 4 ft. 

 high: fls. about 20, segms. 4 in. long, j/in. broad, spread- 

 ing, white, sometimes changing to pink. Garden hybrid 

 between C. asiaticum var. sinicum and C. longifolium. 

 Increases both by offsets and splitting of the bulb into 

 two. C. sinico-scabrum, Hort., hybrid of C. asiaticum 

 var. crossed with C. scabrum, and intermediate in aspect 

 and fl. C. asiaticum is the largest of the cult, species, 

 good specimens standing 5 ft. high and having a greater 

 spread. The evergreen reticulated Ivs. are ornamental. 

 It blooms several times each year in good warmhouseor 

 greenhouse conditions. 



2. pedunculatum, R. Br. (C. australe, and C. exalta- 

 tum, Herb. C, canaliculatum, Roxbg.). Bulb 4 in. thick; 

 neck 6 in. long. Ivs. 25-30 to a bulb: fls. 20-30 in an 

 umbel; spathe-yalves 3-4 in. long; pedicels 1-1M m -j 

 perianth greenish white, not tinged with red outside, 



the segms. linear and spreading and shorter than the 

 tube; filaments short, bright red; style shorter than 

 the filaments: ovules 3 in a cell. Austral. B.R. 52. 

 The bulb grows above ground on a large rootstock; 

 summer; coolhouse. 



3. carib&um, Baker (C. floridanum, Griseb., not 

 Fraser). Lvs. lorate-oblong, 1 ft. or less, 3-4 in. broad, 

 narrowed to the base: umbels 3-4-fld.; perianth-tube 

 3-4 in. long, nearly straight; segms. white, linear, 

 spreading, nearly as long as tube. W. Indies. 



BB. Color of perianth purplish red outside; tube purplish 

 red. 



4. amabile, Donn. Bulb small; neck 1 ft. or more 

 long: Ivs. 25-30 to a bulb, 3-4 ft. long, strap-shaped, 

 tapering to the point, the margin entire: peduncle 2-3 

 ft. long; fls. 20-30 in an umbel, very fragrant; spathe- 

 valves 4-5 in. long; pedicels J^-l in. long; perianth with 

 a crimson center band, tinged outside bright purplish 

 red; tube bright red; segms. 4-5 in. long; stamens an 

 inch shorter than the segms. Sumatra. B.M. 1605. R.H. 

 1856:241. Summer; warmhouse. Supposed by Her- 

 bert to be a spontaneous hybrid between C. asiaticum 



1109. Crinum americanum. ( X >i) 



var. procerum and C. zeylanicum: fls. sterile; bulb 

 increases by small offsets; has been sold under the name 

 of C. augustum (Hort., not Roxbg.), which is a similar 

 but smaller natural hybrid presumably between C. 

 bracteatum and C. zeylanicum, and has more obtuse 

 Ivs. than C. amabile. 



AA. Perianth erect, salver-shaped, with lanceolate segms.: 

 stamens spreading. (Platyaster.) 



B, Lvs. few, 6-12 to a bulb. 



5. americanum, Linn. Fig. 1109. FLORIDA SWAMP 

 LILY. Bulb stoloniferous, ovoid, 3-4 in. thick; neck 

 short: Ivs. 1^-2 in. broad and 2-4 ft. long, curved, 

 denticulate: fls. 3-6, usually 4 on an erect scape 20-30 

 in. high; pedicels or very short; perianth creamy 

 white, the lobes linear or lance-linear; tube greenish, 

 equaling or exceeding the lobes. Native in river swamps 

 Ga. and Fla. and westward. B.M. 1034. Blooms in 

 spring and summer, but some fls. may occur in winter 

 farS. 



6. pratense, Herb. Bulb ovoid, 4-5 in. thick; neck 

 short: Ivs. 6-8, linear, suberect, 1^-2 ft. long, 1^-2 in. 

 wide, channeled, narrowed to point, margin entire: 

 fls. 6-12 on a lateral compressed peduncle 1 ft. or more 

 high; perianth white, the tube greenish and 3-4 in. 

 long, the segms. nearly or quite as long, J^in. broad, 

 lanceolate; filaments shorter than segms., bright red. 

 Low grounds, India. Summer. Var. elegans, Carey, has 

 a longer-necked bulb, decumbent, peduncle, and tube an 



