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CRINUM cruentum. | 
Mr. Herbert s Crinume. 
et. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Nancisst. Jussieu. gen. 54. Div. IT. Germen ins: 
ferum.. ; ‘ ; 
Amaryiupem.' Brown prod. 296... Sect. I. Radix 
bulbosa. Flores spathacei, umbellati, rard solitari. 
CRINUM. Supra vol. 1. fol. 52. 
C. cruentum, bulbo stolonifero ; foliis amplé loratis, acuminatis, mar- 
gine glabro; spatha herbacea elongato-oblonga apice rotundata; laci- 
niis limbi plus duplo brevioribus tubo, | 
Bulbus eaterné livido-purpurascens, stolonifero-repens. Folia atrovi- . 
rentia, coriaceo-crassa multifaria, infra convoluto-vaginantia, supra recum= 
bentia longiora quadripedalia, 4 uncias cum dimidio lata, margine levissimo, 
Scapus (nunc bint successivi ) compressus v. anceps aciebus rotundatis, viridis, 
Spatha,foliaceo-virens erecta, valvd majore semipedali. Umbella inclinata, 
sessilis, multi-(7-) flora, bracteaceo-distincta. Flores ad emarcescentiam usque 
excrescentes in longitudinem, ut denud uncias undenas extendi possint, stricté, 
subodorati, roseo-purpuret, senescentes maculis albis interrupti,. Germ. vi- 
rens, subcylindrice oblongum, obsoleté trigonum, glaberrimum, estriatum, 
exsulcum vi tubo continuo crassius. ‘Tubus strictus, septemuncialis in longi- 
oribus, calamum crassus,\ pallido-virens, trigono-cylindricus angulis obtusis; 
exsulcus, striatus: limbus recurvo-stellatus, lacinits elongato-lanceolatis 
subtriuncialibus latitudine % partis.uncie, exterioribus dorso medio viridius- 
culis, interioribus sublatioribus, Fil. sanguinea, und quarta parte breviora 
limbo ». circitér, gracilia; divaricata : anth. in lunulam curvande, vibrata, 
lineares. Stylus vix robustior filamentis, equalis flori, intense puniceus, trim 
guetro-filiformis ; stigma punctum atrosanguineum parum dilatatum, 
We did not expect so soon the'appearance of one of the 
same genus, that should vie with the magnificent amabile, 
introduced two or three years ago by Sir Abraham Hume, 
But in beauty of the corolla the present is at least equal to 
that, if it yields the points of fragrance and copiousness of 
blossom. It appears to be an unrecorded member of the 
pent, and has now first flowered in Mr. Herbert’s hot- 
ouse at Spofford, near Wetherby, in Yorkshire. And our 
thanks are due to that gentleman for the entire inflores- 
cence and some of the foliage, which were sent to Mr, 
Edwards by his direction, along with the principal part of 
the subjoined account of the plant. We do not find it 
mentioned in Dr. Roxburgh’s manuscript enumeration of 
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