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m high. Flowers fragrant, wa;!Ky-white, in pairs, 6 to 6 cm long, the seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolat^, 1 to 1.5 cm long. 



Cultivated, 11. Mar.-May; a native of Mexico, now cultivated in most 

 warm countries. 



3. ZEPHYRANTHES Herbert 



Stemless herbs from tunicated bulbs. Leaves basal, glabrous, the blades 

 few; linear, flat. Scape 1-flowered. Perianth pink to purple, the tube 

 funnel-shaped, the lobes 6, somewhat spreading. Stamens 6; filaments 

 adnate to the throat of the perianth-tube. Ovary 3-ceIled; style filiform, 

 the stigma subcapitate or 3-lobed. Capsule subglobose or depressed, S- 

 valved. (Greek "wind" and "flower.") 



Species about 30, eastern Uhited States to Mexico and South America, 

 1 introduced in the Philippines. 



* 1. Z. ROSEA Lindl. 



Bulbs ovoid, about 2 cm in diameter. Leaves all basal, fleshy, glabrous, 

 shining, linear, up to 35 cm long, 4 to 6 mm wide. Scapes solitary, erect, 

 green, slightly compressed, equaling or slightly lohgert than the leaves, 

 1-flowered, the spathe subtending; the pedicel membranaceous, about 2 

 cm long, 2-cleft, the pedicel "3 to 4 cm long. Perianth light-purple, some- 

 what funnel-shaped, abcttlt 4 cm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, 1 to 1.6 cm 

 wide, the inner 3 somewhat narrower than the outer ones. Anthers yellow, 

 included. Style longer than the stamens, trifid. (Fl. Filip. pi. 271, Hahrwn- 

 thue versicolor.) 



Commonly cultivated as a border-plant, fl. June-Sept., and probably 

 in other months. A native of tropical America. 



4. CRINUM Linnaeus 



Rootstocks bulb-like, usually large. Leaves numerous, usually broad. 

 Peduncle solid. Flowers umbellate, white to red or purplish. Perianth-tube 

 long, cylindric, straight or curved, the segments linear to oblong. Stamenft 

 on the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments long, slepder; anthers ver- 

 satile. Ovary 3-celled; ovules few in each cell; style long; stigma capitate. 

 Fruit usually subglobose, at length dehiscent, the seeds few, large. (Greek 

 "lily."> 



Species about 80 in the tropics of both hemispheres, 2 or 3 in the Phil- 

 ippines. 



1. Corolla salver-shaped; perianth-lobes spreading, less than 1 cm broad. 



1. C. nsiatiowm, 



1. Corona lunnel-shaped, perianth-lobes 2 to 3 cm wide. 



2. Perianth reddish-purple 2. C. zeylnnimm 



2. Perianth white, flushed with pale-purple 3. C. latifolvum 



1. C. aslatlcum L. Bacon (Tag.). 



Trunk short, stout, 10 to 15 cm in diameter, the leaves crowded at its 

 apex, lanceolate, up to 1.2 m long, and 15 cm wide, acuminate. Scape erect, 

 stout, solid, green, 1 m high or less, 2 to 3 cm in diameter. Spathe 

 subtending the flowers about 15 cm long, membranaceous, split to th^ base. 

 Flowers fragrant, 20 to 40, each subtended by a thin, narrow bracteole. 

 Perianth-tube greenish, about 10 cm long, the lobes spreading, 8 cm long, 

 about 8 mm wide, white. Filaments purplish above. Fruit subglobose, 

 about 5 cm in diameter. (Fl. Filip. pi. 168.) 



