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CRINUM UNDULATUM. 
Long-jiowered American Crinum, 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA— Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDEJE. 
Gen. Char. — Cor. 6-partita, subregularis, laciniis apice uncinatis. Sta- 
mina recta, tubo inserta. Caps. 3-locularis. — Spreng. 
Crinum undulatum ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis canaliculatis, laciniis co- 
rollse linearibus acutis marginibus undulatis, tubo longissimo cur- 
vato (demum erecto), scapo compresso. 
A small-growing species of the genus, with a long-necked bulb. Leaves 
dark green, a foot and a half to two feet long, linear-lanceolate, some- 
what attenuated, grooved, particularly towards the base. Scape shorter 
than the leaves, green, compressed. Spatha of 2 lanceolate-membra- 
nous, striated leaflets. 
Umbel in the present specimen of 4 sessile, powerfully but not agreeably 
scented flowers. Tube 8 inches long, slender, triangular above, pale yel- 
low-green, curved, after the full expansion of the flower (according to 
Mr Shepherd) erect ; limb of 6 equal, lanceolate, pure white, grooved 
petals, waved at the margin, very acute at the point, and tipped with 
purple. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of each of the segments of the 
, corolla : Filaments shorter than the segments, deep pxxrple. Anthers li- 
near, versatile, dark green, pollen yellow. Germen ovate, inferior. Style 
resembling the filaments of the stamens in form and colour. Stigma ca- 
pitate. 
This interesting species of the genus Crinum, has been in- 
troduced to the Liverpool Botanic Garden by Robert Hes- 
KETH, Esq. of Maranham, South America, from that country, 
through the medium of James Crosby, Esq. of Liverpool. It 
is well distinguished by the compressed scape, the great length 
of the tube of the flower, at first curved, afterwards erect, and 
the singularly crisped or waved margin of the segments of the 
perianth. 
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