PLATE XCII. 



CRINUM SPIRALE 



Spiral-Jlalked Afphodel Lily, 



\ 



CLAS S 



VI 



ORDER 



HEXJNDRIA MONOGYNIA, Six Chives 



I. 



One Pointal 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Calyx. Involucrum fpathseforme, bifolium, 

 oblongum, tnnbelluliferiim; poll dehifcen- 



tiam reflexum. 

 Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus 

 oblongus, cylindraceus. Limbus fexparti- 

 tus J lacinils lanceolato-linearibuSj conca- 

 vls, reilexis, quarum tres alternae appendi- 

 culo uncinate diftinftce. 





Stamina, Filamenta fex, fubulata, ebafi limbi, 

 longitudine limbi, conniventia. Antheroe 

 oblongse, lineares, aflTurgentes^ incumben- 

 les. 



PiSTiLLUM, Gcrmen inferam. Stylus filifor- 

 mis, longUudlne floris. Stigma trifidum, 

 minimum. 



Pericarpium. Capfula fub-ovata, trilocula- 



ns. 



Semina plura. 



Empalement. Fence Iheath-fllaped^.two-leaved, 

 oblong, bearing a fmall umbel, after fplit- 



r 



ting being, reflexed. 

 Blossom one leaf, funnel-ibaped. Tube ob- 

 long, and cylindrical. Border divided into 

 fix fegments, that are linearly lance-fhaped, 

 concave^ and reflexed, of which three alter- 

 nate ones are marked by a fmall claw hang- 



jng at the lower part. 



Chives. Threads fix, awl-fliaped, growing from 

 the lower part of the border, and of its 

 length; and inclining together. Tips ob- 

 long, linear, turned up at the ends, and 

 lying on the threads. 



Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread- 

 fhaped, the length of the flower. Sumnait 

 three-cleft, and very fmall. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule nearly egg-fliaped, three 



celled. 

 Seeds many. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Crinum foliis filiformibus; scapo filiformi, fpi- 



rali. 



Afphodel Lily, with thread-fliaped leaves) 

 er-ftem thread-fhaped, and fpiral. 



flow 



1, The Empalement. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



2. A Flower, cut open and magnified; to fliew the point of infertion of the Chives, at tl»e 



bafe of the border. 

 3. The Pointal and Seed-bud (magnified). 



4 



Seed 



of the feeds in the 



<:eils, before the fplitting of the outer coat, when matured. 



5. The Seeds, as they appear after the burfling of the containing coat, and of their natural fize. 



This curious little plant, has been figured by profefTor Jacquin in his Ic. rar. 2, tab. 303, under the 

 name of Crinum Tenellum; Thunberg, (who no doubt fiiw the living plant) in his Prodromus, 

 p. 58, gave it firft, the fpecific title of Spiralis, which to us feems the beft poflible, we have retained 

 it; although, we differ from him as to the Genus, and which there is no doubt every botanift will, 

 on the examination of the figure, with its appendages. That this plant fliould ever have been placed 

 under Hsemanthus, by any botanift, is certainly matter of wonder, yet the point is too clear to be 

 contended; fcarce one of the effential conftituent charaders, of tlie genus, are to be found in our 

 plant, and j4,^ fo perfeAly in every part anfwering to Crinum. In Hzemanthus, the fence is com- 

 pofed of many leaves; the fegments of the border, ftanding upright; the Chives longer than the blof- 

 fom, and fixed into the tube; the Summit fimple! &c. &c. We fubmit this, neverthelefs, \^ith 

 deferwce to fuperior judgments, as a late publication of much repute, has this plant, under the 



Generic 



drawing was made in the beginning of March 



Meilrs. Lee and Kennedy's. Hammerfmlth- W «.4>nrr. ;♦ ,,-oc r^„^;,.«,i a-^.^ .v.« r-^^np nf Good 



in 1 792. 



froft. It 



eonflantly 



hardy 



fecure it from the 



jDcreafes but flowly by the root, but occafionally produces ripe feeds; and Ihould be 



in its Dot. in a rntxtnn» n£ TW.-J* o„,» 1^ 



peat 



