Amaryllis L. — Crinum L. . ]23 



poU. longae ; stamina 6 inclusa ; filamcnta inaequalia desccn- 

 dcnti-assurgcntia alba aut rosea; antherae apertae semi-luna- 

 res vcrsatiles ; pollcn albidum ; stylus staminibus conformis scd 

 longior, lacinias [jerigonii aequans; stigma obtusum trilobum 

 papillosum ; fructus carnosus, dein siccus, depresso-globosus 

 diamctro 1 poll., triloculatus, loculis monospermis, seminibus 

 crassis, hemisphacricis 0.5 — 0,7 poll. diametro, umbilico cen- 

 trali excavato, — aut trigono-globosus, diametro 2 polL, locu- 

 lorum disscpimcntis, subevanidis, seminibus 16 — co vaiie fbr- 

 matis angulatis ; — cotyledones crassissimae carnosae ; gemma 

 horizontahs, oblonga centralis. 



63. CRINUM ZEYLANICUM Ker. 



Char. Spec. Sclilt. VII. 857. 



D e s c r p t. Bulbus crassus ; foHa lato - fasciata , apice 

 lanceolata, 3 — 4 poll. lata, ad 3 ped. longa, basi sub-canali- 

 culata; pedunculus crassus 3 pcd. longus, soHdus, obsoletc 

 comprcssus ruber albido - pruinosus spiraliter tortus (ita ut 

 pedunculus orbcm totum describat) imibellifer bracteatus; 

 bractcae 2 exteriores lato-lanceolatae oppositae, longitudine 

 fere tubi calycini; umbella 10 — 15-flora bracteolata; bracteo- 

 lae lineari-lanceolatae, longitudine bractearum pariter axillae 

 rubentes; flores subsessiles ; pcdicelli 0,2 — 0,3 poll. longi 

 complanati, 0,2 — 0,3 poll. lati et 0,1 poll. crassi; perigonii 

 fragrantis tubus basi germini adnatus, supra basin longissi- 

 mus fiexuosus 2,0 — 2,5 poU. longus extus rubro-striatus, in- 

 tus filamentis adnatus, vii*idi-flavescens, limbus sexpartitus; 

 laciniae aequales, 3 exteriores spathidatae, apice lanceolatae, 

 sub apice hamulatae, albidae, subtus stria media latissima 

 ad apicem intense purpurea ; stamina G ; filamenta a fauce 

 libera alba, filiformia, recta, apice subulata; anthcrae medio 

 dorso aflixae incumbcntes ante anthesin rectae, eftbetae semi- 

 lunares aut subannulares ; germen biloculatum ; gemmulae in 

 loculis plurimae biseriatae; stylus totus liber filiformis stamina 

 subaequans, ad faucem albidus, a fauce intensc purpm'eus; 



