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seeming to require a great heat to make it blossom, 
or perhaps more water than it has been thought 
prudent to give it. Seeds very large. 
Var. 2. Macrocarpon. — Carey. Bot. Mag. 48. 2231. 
p. 2. Obtained by Dr. Carey from the neighbour- 
hood of Rangoon, but lost soon afterwards. Known 
to me only by Dr. Carey’s letters. Foliis longis 
rigidis angustis, perianthii laciniis albis latioribus 
quam in C. toxicario, seminibus maximis 2 uncias 
latis. Leaves long, rigid, narrow ; segments of the 
perianth white, wider than those of toxicarium ; 
seeds two inches wide — The description makes its 
close affinity to Sumatranum evident. 
B. Nutantes. Buds nodding. 
1. Bidbo breviter columnari, umbelld pauciori- flora sessili. 
Bulb shortly columnar ; flowers fewer, sessile. 
8. Mauritianum. — Loddiges Bot. Cab. G50. Foliis 
tripedalibus glabris acutis suberectis apice pendulo, 
scapo breviore, floribus 4 (vel ultra?) albis rubro 
apiculatis, stylo staminibus superne rubris longiore. 
This plant was imported many years ago by Mr. 
Loddiges from Mauritius, of which it was stated to 
be a native. It approaches nearer to Brachyan- 
drum than to any other, but is inferior in beauty. 
9. Brachyandrum. — Bot. Mag. 47. 2121. p. 8. — 48. 
2231. p. 2. Columna 5-unciali albicante, 3 unc. 
diam. foliis 20, suberectis, 3-5-pedalibus, vix 2£ 
latis, glabris, saturate viridibus, obtusis uti folia 
C. defixi ; scapo viridi, ultra-bipedali ; floribus 11 
( apud me; 20-30. Carey), 7 simul nutantibus, csete- 
ris paullo postea ; genuine subsessili, tubo 2f unc. 
viridi, laciniis albis, 3J unc. § latis ; filamentis vix 
unciam tubo longioribus, recurvatis, rubro apicu- 
latis ; stylo unciam longiore, superne rubro, stig- 
mate parvulo albo ; loculis dispermis. This re- 
markable Crinum with two-seeded cells was raised 
by Dr. Carey from seeds which he received from 
Australia, certainly within the tropics, and sent to 
me by him from Calcutta. It flowered at Spofforth 
in 1821 and two or three seasons successivelv, 
never producing more than 1 1 flowers, but died 
without yielding any increase, and I fear it has 
