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been lost at Calcutta also. It has no near affinity 
to C. Australe. 
2. Bulbo ovato breviter columnari, foliis humi divaricantibus, 
undulatis. Africaner Occident ales. Bulb with a short 
columnar neck, leaves spreading on the ground, undu- 
lated. W. Africa. 
10. Purpurascens. — Ex insula Fernando Po. Afric. occ. 
Bulbo parvulo ovate cylindrico, foliis ultra 20 
undulatissimis subscabris obscure viridibus 28 unc. 
vix unc. latis porrectis apice acute producto arcua- 
tim depresso, umbella 2-9 -flora, scapo purpura- 
scente, spatha biuncial i purpurea marcescente, 
germ, subsessili, perianthio ante expansionem nu- 
tante saturate purpureo, dein extus pallide purpu- 
reo intus albo, tubo unciali, limbo 2^-2|, 
laciniis £ latis, filamentis superne purp. stylo pa- 
rum longioribus, antheris subfuscis polline aureo, 
stylo purp. tubum 2^ unc. superante, stigmate 
parvo purpureo. The flowers of this singular little 
African species are 8 or 9 in number, deep purple 
before expansion, but the colour fades as they open, 
and they are white within. It is of easy culture 
and increases fast by offsets, but it is not stolonife- 
rous. The tube is usually above twice as long as 
the limb. 
3. Bulbo breviter columnari stolonifero , foliis sub-arcuatis, 
floribus sub-octo. Occidentales. Column short, stoloni- 
ferous , leaves rather arched, flowers sessile, not exceed- 
ing eight. Occidental plants. 
11. Cruentum. — Bot. Reg. 2. 171. Two bulbs of this 
fine plant (which is allied to erubescens, and 
scarcely distinguishable as a species by its more 
glossy and erect leaves of a darker green, and the 
rich purple limb of its flowers, which never exceed 
six) were purchased by me at Mr. Evans’s sale in 
1814, and from them all the plants of the species 
now in cultivation in Europe are descended. It 
is certainly occidental, and native of a very hot 
climate, but its exact abode is not known. 1 find 
however in Dr. Hooker’s herbarium a five-flowered 
Mexican Crinum with the tube 8 inches long and 
the limb seeming to have been purple, which 
