Crinum.'] oui. amaeyllidb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 281 



lute. Stamens often reddish ; anthers ^-J in. Fruit subglobose, usually l-seeded. 

 — Much the largest Indian species. 



Var. procera, Baker 1. c. ; leaves 5 ft. by 6 in., perianth-tube and lobes each 

 5 in., the latter tinged with red C. procerum, Carei/ ex Rerh. in Bot. Mag. ' 

 t. 2684. 



2. C. defixum, Ker in Quart. Journ. Sci. iii. (1817), 106 ; leaves few 

 2-3 ft. by |-1 in. erect linear obtuse concave, scape 1^-2 ft. stout, umbels 

 6-15-fld., spathes l|-2 in. ovate-lanceolate, perianth white, tube 2i-3 in., 

 lobes nearly as long narrowly linear-lanceolate much longer than the 

 stamens. Serb. Amaryllid. 255 ; Krnith Mium. v. 562 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2208; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 362 ; Baher Kandb. Amaryllid. 76. 0. asiaticum, Boxb. 

 m. Ind. ii. 127 ; Wall. Gat. 8969, G, H, I in part. C. asiaticum var. 

 angustifolium. Wall. Oat. 8969 Gr, H. Amaryllis vivipara, Lamk. Enci^c. 

 i. 123. A. coenosa. Herb. Sam. 



Swampy river banks throughout India. ? Ceylon ; in the hotter drier regions, 

 Thwaites. 



Sulb with a fusiform stoloniferous base, neck cylindric. Flowers sessile, fragrant 

 at night, tinged with red. Filaments bright red ; anthers i in. Fruit subglobose, 

 1 in. diam., 1-2-seeded. 



3. C. ensifolium, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 129; leaves erect 12-18 by 

 1-1|^ in. ensiform tapering to the acuminate tip concave, scape rather 

 slender, umbels 10-12-fld., spathes 1^2 in., perianth white tube 3J in. 

 rather longer than the linear lobes which are about as long as the stamens. 

 Eerh. Amaryllid. 256; Bot. Mag. t. 2301; Kunth JEnum. v. 563. C. 

 defixum, var. ensifolium. Baker Sandh. of Ama/ryllid. 76. 0. Roxburghii, 

 Grah. Gat. Bomb. Fl. 215 ; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 27S.—Bheede Sort. 

 Malab. xi. t. 38. 



Sanks of the Deocak rivers. Peoit, Carey. 



I follow Roxburgh and Herbert in keeping this distinct from defixum on account 

 of the gradually acuminate leaves, as well represented by Eheede. Roxburgh's 

 drawing named C. asiaticum (No. 1395) is clearly this and not his asiaticum 

 (defixum^"), Herbert suggests the union of the two under the name of " Ditch 

 crinum," both being marsh plants, with fusiform stoloniferous caudices, forming 

 prolongations of the base of the bulb. 



4. C. Wattii, Baker Sandb. of Ama/ryllid. 76 ; leaves 18 by 1-lJ in. 

 flaccid, scape If ft. rather stout, umbel 6-8-fld., spathes deltoidly lanceo- 

 late, pedicels very short, perianth-tube 3 in. very slender, lobes half as long, 

 stamens equalling the lobes. 



MUNNIPOEB, alt. 4000 ft. ; in grassy places. Wait. 



Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam., neck very short. Anthers J in. — A very obscure species ; 

 it is difficult in dried specimens to determine whether the corolla lobes are linear as 

 in Sect. Btenaster, or lanceolate as in Sect. Platygaster. 



5. C. stenopliylluin; Baker in Gard. Ghron. 1881, 786 ; Sandb. of 

 Amaryllid. 75; leavas 3 ft. by i -^ in. linear flaccid, scape very slender 

 2-edged, umbel 4-6-fld., spathes 2 in. lanceolate, pedicels | in., perianth- 

 tube 3-4 in. very slender, lobes half as long or longer. Crinum sp. Wall. 

 Cat. 8970. 



BuEMA ; at Tavoy, G-omez. 



Known only from Wallich's specimen, but Clarke has very similar plants from 

 Silhet, Chota Kagpur and Bengal, except in that their perianth-lobes are decidedly 

 lanceolate ; as indeed I should be disposed to consider the perianth-lobes of Wallich's 

 to be, rather than linear. 



