PLATE XCII. 



CRINUM SPIRAL E. 



Spiral-Jlalhcd Afphoclel Lily. 



CLASS VI. 

 HEXJNDRIA MONOGYNIJ. 



GENERIC CHA 

 Calyx. Involucrum fpathaefbrme, bifolium, 

 oblongum, umbelluliferum, poft dehifcen- 

 tiam reflexum. 

 Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus 

 oblongus, cylindraceus. Limbus fexparti- 

 tus ; laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, conca- 

 vis, reflcxis, quarum tres alternoe appendi- 

 culo uncinato diftindtas. 



Stamina. Filamcnta fex, fubulata, e bafi limbi, 

 longitudine limbi, conniventia. Antherae 

 oblongac, lineares, allurgentes,, incumben- 

 tes. 



Pisti hum. Germen inferum. Stylus filifor- 

 mis, longitudine floris. Stigma trindum, 

 minimum. 



Pericardium. Capfula fub-ovata, trilocula- 

 ris. 



Semina plura. 



SPECIFIC CH 



Crinum foliis filiformibus; scapo filiformi, fpi- 

 rali. 



ORDER I. 



Six Chives. One Pointal. 



RACTER. 



Emtalembnt. Fence fheath-fhaped, two-leaved, 

 oblong, bearing a (mall umbel, after Quit- 

 ting being rehxxed. 



Blossom one leaf, funnel-fhaped. 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- 

 ing at the lower part. 



Chives. Threads fix, awl-fhaped, 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. 



Poihtal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft thread- 

 fhaped, the length of the flower. Summit 

 three-cleft, and very fmall. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule nearly egg-fhaped, three 

 celled. 



Seeds many. 



ARACTER. 



Afphodel Lily, with thread-fhaped leaves; flow- 

 er- ftem thread-fhaped, and fpiral. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2. A Flower, cut open and magnified; to fhew the point of infertion of the Chives, at the 



bale of the border. 



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



•1. The Seed-bud cut tranfverfely, and magnified; to fhew the fituation of the feeds in the 



cells, before the Splitting of the outer coat, when matured. 

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



This curious little plant, has been figured by profeflbr Jacquin in his Ic. rar. 2. tab. 363, under the 

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

 p. 58, gave it firti, the lpecific title of Spiralis, which to us feems the bed pouible, 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 fhould ever have been placed 

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

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

 plant, and yet fo perfectly in every part anfwering to Crinum. In Hsmanthus, the fence is com- 

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

 fom, and fixed into the tube; the Summit Ample! Sec. &c. We fubmit this, nevertheless, with 

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

 Generic title we have rejected. The drawing was made in the beginning of March, this year, at 

 Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy's, Hammerfmith; by whom, it was received from the Cape of Good Hope 

 in 1/92. It is a very hardy bulb, requiring no more protection than a pit, to fecure it from the 

 froft. It increafes but flowly by the root, but occafionally produces ripe feeds ; and fhould be kept 

 conffantly in its pot, in a mixture of peat and loam. 



