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Neottia from Ceylon), imported many plants at the 
same period. It has no oriental affinities. The 
name has been altered by R. and Schultes, on ac- 
count of C. Strictum occurring in Hornemann’s 
catalogue described as having leaves longer than 
the scape, whereas my strictum had leaves shorter. 
This is a very variable feature, even in the same 
bulb at different times, and unfit to make a specific 
separation ; and I find nothing in Hornemann’s 
brief description to mark that his plant may not be 
the same ; but at all events I cannot admit Horne- 
mann’s plant at all, for the quarter from whence it 
was derived is not stated, and it is very likely one 
of my own hybrid productions, which were freely 
distributed, and the description is insufficient for 
a possibility of its being ever recognised. It is a 
public nuisance to load our books with vague and 
uncertain species. Rejiciendum est C. strictum 
Hornem. habitatione incerta, diagnosi imperfecta; 
forsan supradicti varietas, forsan C. Defixum aut 
Commelinianum vel hybridum hortense. 
17. Americanum. — Bot. Mag. 26. 1034. A well known 
plant with four white flowers exquisitely fragrant. 
This section might be considered as varieties of 
one Crinum Americanum, giving the subordinate 
name odoratissimum to this particular plant; and 
Cruentum might be properly joined w ith Erubes- 
cens, under the name C. occidentale. I raised a 
lovely mule between this plant and the narrow- 
leaved Bracteatum. 
18. Commelinianum. — Jacq.H.Sch. 2. 202. This plant 
has never been brought to Europe, since its first 
introduction into the garden at Schcenbrun, and its 
precise locality is not ascertained. It w r as brought 
to this country by iny brother, the late Earl of 
Carnarvon, in his carriage, from the garden of the 
Grand Duke of Tuscany, being the produce of 
Jacquin's plant. It increases freely with me by 
offsets and seeds, preserving its distinct characters, 
and sometimes bearing only two flowers. 
5. Bulbo elongato stolonifero foliis erectis umbella 6-flora, 
Asiatics. Bulb elongated, stoloniferous, leaves erect, 
flowers six. Asiatic. 
