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19. Defixum. — Bot. Mag. 48. 2208. Asiaticum. Rox- 
burgh. Belluta pola tali. Rheede. Mai. p. 75. This 
little Crinum grows in the wet ditehes near Cal- 
cutta, and its bulb, sinking deep in the mud, is 
elongated like a ruler; and Dr. Carey, who sent 
it to me, could not recognise its ovate green bulb in 
the engraving, which is the effect of cultivation 
above ground. It will flower immersed in water, 
but does not require it, and increases freely by 
runners. The seed is longer than usual in the 
genus. 
20. Ensifolium. — Bot. Mag. 49. 2301. Cells with two 
ovules. A native of Pegu, closely allied to Defixum, 
with more acute leaves and flowers redder on the 
outside, and of a much more delicate constitution. 
Dr. Carey had lost it at Calcutta, and I sent back 
to him, a year before his death, one of two bulbs I 
possessed. This and the one preceding it might 
be united under a superior name, C. Scrobense, or 
ditch Crinum. 
21. Pusillum. — PI. 32. fig. 3. Specim ex insulis Nico- 
bar. Herb. Linn. Soc. et Herb. Banks. Bulbo co- 
lumnari cylindrico 4 unc. vix. § diam. foliis acutis 
9 unc. * latis. pedunculis 1J unc. genuine gracili 
| unc. tubo et limbo triuncialibus, stylo et fila- 
mentis subaequalibus, plus unc. limbo brevioribus. 
1 conjecture that this singular little plant must be 
a stoloniferous ditch Crinum like Defixum, and that 
its little columnar bulb would contract its length if 
cultivated above ground : it differs from the two 
last in having long peduncles. 
6. Bulbo sphcerico vel ovato, foliis semirecumbentibus. Bulb 
sphcerical or ovate ; leaves half -recumbent. 
22. Amoenum. — Roxburgh. M. S. cum tab. pict. Ker J. 
Sc. 6t A. bulb round, without elongated neck ; 
leaves 1-2 feet, 1^ inch wide, a little channelled; 
margin slightly scabrous ; flowers white, 4-8, ses- 
sile, tube 3-4 inches, limb about equal. From Silhet. 
Found also in Nepal and the Birman empire. Cells 
with 5 ovules. 
Var. 2. — Caudiceum. — From Ceylon. Bulb round with 
an elongated neck ; leaves gradually attenuated ; 
