No. 346. 
CRINUM CRUENTUM. 
Class, Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is a very handsome species when in 
flower ; the whole plant is about three feet 
in height : our representation of the blos- 
soms is about one-third of the natural size. 
They possess a slight and very delicate 
fragrance, and are produced at different sea- 
sons of the year, but chiefly in autumn. 
The leaves are furnished with a great num- 
ber of longitudinal veins, which are crossed 
by short transverse ones, so that on being 
held up to the light, they look like net-work. 
Being a native of India, this plant requires 
to be kept continually in the stove. It should 
be planted in sandy loam, and may be in- 
creased by offsets, which occasionally spring 
up from the bulb. 
According to late importations from India, 
this genus appears to be much more nu- 
merous than was formerly supposed: it 
consists in general of very splendid plants, 
all of which are from tropical regions. 
