300 CXLIII. AMARYLLIDACEiE. \CuYCUligO. 
(2) C. villosa Wall. Cat. 5763A; Kurz, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. 
Bat. iv. 176 ; Ridl. Mat. ii. 66. C. latifolia var. villosa Bak. Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvii. 125; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 280. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate-caudate plicate, glabrous above, 
cobwebby beneath, 2-5 ft. long, 6 in. wide. Racemes erect, 2 in. 
long; peduncles short flat. Bracts stiff oblong acute, tips re¬ 
curved, 2 in. long, *5 in. wide, glabrous. Flowers ochre yellow, 
•75 in. across. Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals shorter blunter. 
Ovary pubescent, beaked. Fruit greenish white, long-beaked. 
Seeds few and small. Hab. In long grass and scrub in open country 
in the south of the Peninsula. Singapore (Wallich); Garden Jungle. 
Johor (Ridley). Distrib. Malay islands. 
(3) C. latifolia Dryand Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. ii. 11. 253; Bot. 
Mag. t. 2034; Bot. Reg. t. 754; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 280; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 66. C. sumatrana Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 146; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
t. 443 ; Wight Ic. t. 2042. 
Stem very short. Leaves lanceolate hairy on both sides, 3-5 ft. 
long or less, 6 in. wide; petioles over 6 in. long. Spikes erect on 
peduncles 3 to 4 in. long, at first globose, then lengthening to as 
much as 6 in. Lower bracts ovate acute, -5 in. long. Flowers 
bright yellow, *5 in. across. Ovary pubescent beaked. Perianth- 
lobes oblong. Fruit 1 in. long, ovoid white, hairy. Seeds acini- 
form, ribbed with minute papillae. Hab. In woods and on banks 
over the whole Peninsula, very common and variable from sea 
level to 6700 ft. altitude. 
var. glabrescens Ridl. l.c. Leaves 1 to 1*5 ft. long, 2 to 4 in. 
wide; petioles 2 to 8 in. long, almost or completely glabrous. 
Raceme elongating to 2 in. long. Bracts lanceolate hairy. With 
the last, less common and more of a mountain plant. A beautiful 
variety with the upper side of the leaves silvery and back purple 
occurs at Ipoh (Curtis). Distrib. Burma, Andamans, Malay Archi¬ 
pelago. Native names: Lumbah; Linsubah (Pahang). Use: 
Fruit eaten; fibre of leaves used for fishing nets. 
(4) C. megacarpa Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^ 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 33; 
Mat. ii. 67. 
A large tufted plant with a stout stem. Leaves oblong-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, glabrous, 20 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 8 in. 
long. Peduncle 4 in. long, tomentose. Spike cylindric-conic, 2 to 
4 in. long. Flower 1 in. across. Sepals lanceolate acute, dirty 
yellow. Petals bright yellow. Ovary hairy beaked. Fruit 2 in. 
long, club-shaped, white. Seeds very numerous, angled ribbed. 
Hab. Rare. In dense forest at 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Ridley). 
3 . CRINUM, Linn. 
Stem bulbous. Leaves lorate or ensiform. Scape stout leafless. 
Flowers umbelled, white. Involucral bracts lanceolate or ovate. 
