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CRINUM LATIFOLIUM. 
Broad-leaved Crinum. 
Sew UASS Vi. ORDER. I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Corotia supra, infundibuliformis, sexpartita, Bossom above, funnel-shaped, six-parted, equal: 
equalis: filamenta fauci tubi inserta: se- threads inserted into the mouth of the tube : 
mina ad basin corollarum, vivipara. seeds at the base of the blossoms, viviparous, = 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
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Crinum latifolium, undulatum, glabrum, luci- Crinum with broad, waved, smooth, shining . 
dum ; spatha multiflora: tubo corolle la- leaves: sheath many-flowered: the tube of — 
ciniis longiore, que mucronate sunt: post the blossom longer than the segments, which ane 
florescentiam capsula crescit in bulbum ' are pointed: and after flowering, the 2 aoe 
magnum, et plantam format futuram, | capsule swells into a large bulb, and forms 
the future plant. if: 
Habitat in India orientalis arenosis. Native of the sandy parts of the East Indies. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A leaf. 
2. The plant in miniature. 
3. The chives, as attached to the tube of the flower. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal. 
5. The seed-bud, or bulb, inflated, as it appears after flowering. 
6. The same stripped of its outer covering. 
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Tue Crinum latifolium is certainly one of the most attractive of the genus, as, in addition to the five 
red colour of its flowers, it possesses an aromatic odour of agreeable fragrance. It is a bulb-bearer, 
as are all of this genus, although several of them have been placed erroneously amongst the genus 
Amaryllis, which does not bear bulbs. The genus Crinum, at present a short one, will there 
fore, with a good grace, admit a few additions; whilst that of Amaryllis, already very pay 
will receive no injury by a slight curtailment. It is a native of the dry sandy parts of the East 
and was introduced by Mr. Lambert in the year 1803, but has not flowered till this summer—a period 
of four years. But there is little doubt of its now blooming annually, as it is not uncommon for a 
imported —- a great distance to enjoy a state of quiescence after their arrival. Our figure was 
5 gat juxuriant bloom in the hot-stoye of J, Vere, esq. 
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