No. 669. 
CRINUM TOXICARIUM. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of India. We received our 
plants from Dr. Carey, of Serampore : they 
grow with rapidity, if encouraged with a 
good degree of heat, and sufficient room 
for their roots. The soil should be rich 
loam, with a portion of sand and peat. 
en of a proper size, which is about 
three feet in height, they flower freely 
every year in the spring, and sometimes 
twice. 
This is without a doubt the Radix Toxi- 
carius of Rumph. Herb. Amboinense, 
whose representation of it, tab. 69, vol. vi. 
is characteristic, excepting that the flower- 
stem and head are disproportionately small. 
He extols its virtues as an antidote to the 
poison of arrows and that of serpents also. 
It must be preserved constantly in the 
stove, and is rarely increased, as we have 
not found any of our plants produce offsets. 
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