segments : 



CRINUM 



A. Perianth erect, with spreading, 

 stamens spreading. Sten 

 B. Color white : tuhe greenish. 

 1. Asi&ticum, Liun. Bulb i-5 in. thick; neck 0-9 in. 

 long : Irs. 20-30 to a bulb, 3-t ft. long, 3-A in. broad : 

 peduncle lK-2 ft. long, 1 in. thick; fls. 20-50 in an um- 

 bel; spathe valves 2-i in. long ; pedicels ]4-l in. long: 

 perianth white ; tube erect, tinged ivith green, 3-4 m. 

 long; segments 2 ' .-'i in. bm^': fllfiment« tmged red. 2 

 in. long: ovule 1 in ;i c-,-11 Tiop Asi.i. B M. 1U7J.- 

 Baker gives 5 botanic.il -v.inc ti. s ..t nliich the nm^t im- 

 portant in the Amem .ai ti i.li is innli.ililv var. Sinicum, 

 Baker (G.pedunci(!,-itni„. Ihnt , n,,t R.Bt.). St. .Tchn's 

 Lilt. Bulb 6 in. thick. Is in. long : Ivs. 5 in. broed, 

 with undulated edges, forming a massive crown 4-5 ft. 

 high : peduncle 2-3 ft. long: fls. 20 or more : perianth 

 white. China. The bulb usually divides into two of 

 equal size, small offsets are rarel}- produced Seedlings 

 flower in 5 years. Var. declinatum, Baker, has a sloping 

 instead of erect fl. ; perianth segments tinged red at tip. 

 SHlet. B.M. 2231. Var. prdcemm, Baker, is larger than 

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

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

 goon. B.M. 2684. Var. andmalum, Baker, is freakish 

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

 nous, striated and plaited wmg. There is nufbim.' like 

 it in the genus. Var. angustifolium, Ih ii i i ii _ii 

 high. China. B.M. 2908. C. Eborau I 

 bridum Todbrce, Hort.). Siinil a t, i i 



mentioned, but half the size. (..iid. nh i i d I • • w i 

 small form of C. Asiatuiim and C. ln,i,i,t„l,„w C. 

 Eboraci, var. cappedum, Ruscmer {('. ci/ijicrluin, Rea- 

 soner). Habit much like ('. J^intunm. but Ivs. taper- 

 ing to a slender point, semi-erect, 4 ft. luirh: fls. about 

 20, segments 4 in. long, % in. broad, s|iii .iding, ^'iliiti . 

 sometimes changing to pink. Garden Inlirid b. t\^i(n 

 C. A^inticum, var. Sinicum and C. hoonfi'hiiiii In 

 creases both by offsets and splitting of the bull) int.. 

 two. C. Sinico-scdbrum, Hort., hybrid of C. A.~.i<tUi inn 

 var. crossed vrith O. scabntm, and intermediate in as 

 pect and fl. 



R. Brown (C. austrdle. Herb. I. 

 thick : neck 6 in. long: Ivs. 25-30 to a bulb: 



I ininiil.il; spathe valves 3-4 in. long; pedi- 



II I 11 iiith greenish white, not tinged with 

 ti nil iits short, bright red : style shorter 



Inn. lit., ovules 3 in a cell. Austral. B.R. 

 iD) grows above ground on a large rootstock. 

 BE. Color purplish red outside: tube purplish red. 



3. amibile, Don. Bulb large ; neck 1 ft. or more 

 long : Ivs. 2.5-30 to a bulb : peduncle 2-3 ft. long : fls. 

 20-30 in an umbel, very fragrant; spathe valves 4-5 in. 

 long ; pedicels H-1 in. long : perianth with a crimson 

 center band, tinged outside bright purplish red ; tube 

 bright red ; segments 4-5 in. long : stamens an inch 

 shorter than the segments. Sumatra. B.M. 1005. R.H. 

 1856:241. — Supposed by Herbert to be a spontaneous 

 hybrid between C. Asiaticum, var. procerum and C. 

 Zeijlanicum: fls. sterile, bulb increases by small offsets. 

 A stilt. ly (.rnain.nt of iii.ist Fl.irida gardens ; often 

 sold uii.l.T th.- nan,,- ..t ('. „,„i„st„„i. which is a similar 

 but siinilliM- iKitin-iii liybriii i>r.'siini:ibly between C ferrtc- 

 tmtiiiii iiii.l ('. Z, ijtiDiicuiii, uii.l has more obtuse Ivs. 

 than C. ainabile. 



AA. Perianth erect, with spreading, lanceolate seg- 

 ments : stamens spreading. Platyaster. 

 B. Lvs. feiv, 6-10 to a bulb. 



4. Americinum, Linn. Fig. 579. Florida Swamp 

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

 short: lvs. lH-2 in. broad: fls. 3-6, usually 4 ; pedicels 

 none or very short : perianth creamy white; tube green- 

 ish. Native in river swamps, Pla. and westward. B.M. 

 1034. 



5. prat^nse, Herb. Bulb ovoid, 4-5 in. thick ; neck 

 short: lvs. 6-8, lV^-2 ft. long, 1^-2 in. wide, channeled, 

 margin entire: fls. 6-12; perianth white. Var. 61egans, 

 Carey, has a longer necked bulb, decumbent peduncle, 

 and tube an inch shorter than the segments. B.M. 2592. 

 Var. ventistvun, Carey, has about 30 fls. in an lunbel. 

 Ind. 



399 



BB. I/vs. numerous, 20 < 



: bulb. 



peduncuia.tum. 



-The 



c. Bulb conical, large, u-ith a long neck. 



6. au&ustam, Roxb. {C. amdbile, var. augiistum, 



Gawl). Bulb conical, 6 in. thick; neck long: lvs. 20-30, 



3— t in. broad: peduncle much compressed: fls. 12-20 ; 



pedicels sometimes an inch long ; color strong purplish 



lib . 



lanceolate segments. 

 id, S-4 in. thick ; with a short neck. 



7. erub6scens, Ait. Bulb ovoid, 3-4 in. thick ; neck 

 short: lvs. 2-3 in. broad, slightly rough : fls. 4— 12; pedi- 

 cels none or verv short ; color reddish outside, white 

 within : tube bright red. Trop. Amer. B. M. 12,S2. 

 L. B.C. 1:31. 



8. Kunthiilnum, Roem. (C. erubiscens, HBK., not 

 Alton). Lvs. wavy: fls. 4-5 in an umbel; tube longer 

 than in No. 6, 7-8 in. long ; color pure white. New 

 Granada. Var. Nicaragu6n8e, Baker, is purple outside, 

 the segments longer and lvs. longer and narrower. 



AAA. Perianth funnel-shaped; tube permanently curved; 



segments oblong ascending : stamens and style 



contiguous and declined. (Codonocrinum.) 



B. JSulbs long-necked. 



c. Filaments red. 



9. longifdlium, Thunb. (C. Capense, Herb. Amaryl- 

 lis longifdlia, Linn. C. rip&rium. Herb.). Lvs. 2-3 ft. 

 long, 2-3 in. wide; margins rough: fls. 6-12, pedicels 

 1-2 in. long ; perianth tinged red on the back, and some- 

 times on the face, with a white variety. Cape Colony. 

 Natal. B.M. 661. Var. Album, Hort. Gn. 52, p. 123. -The 

 hardiest Crinum, enduring the winter of the middle 

 states, if protected with litter during cold weather. 

 Propagation by offsets or seed, which is produced 

 abundantly. ('. grandiflfinim. Hort.. is a new hybrid 

 with C. Crireydnum, said to partake of the hardiness of 

 C, lonijifolium. 



