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P L A T E XCII.
C R I N U M SPIRALE.
Spiral-Jialked Afphodel LilyT^
C L A S S VI. ORDER I.
HEXJNDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Six Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHAEACTEE.
CALYX. Involiicrum fpathasforme, bifolium,
obloiigum, lunbelluliferam, poñ dehifcentiam
reflexum.
COROLL A monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tubus
oblongus, cylindraceus. Limbus lexpartit
u s ; laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, concavis,
reflexis, quarum tres alternee appendiculo
uncinato dillinótEe,
STAMINA. Filamenta fex, fubulata, ebafi limbi,
longitudine limbi, conniventia. Anthera;
oblongae, lineares, aflurgentes, iucumbentes.
F I S T I LLUM. Germen inferxim. Stylus filiformis,
longitudine floris. Stigma trifidum,
minimum,
PEKICABPIUM. Capfula fub-ovata, triloculalis.
SEMINA plura.
SPECIFIC
Crinum foliis filiformibus; scapo filiformi, fpirali.
EMPALEMENT. Fence ilieath-ihaped, two-leave J,,
oblong, bearing a fmall umbel> after fplitting
being reflexed.
BLOSSOM one leaf, funnel-ihaped. Tube oblong,
and cylindrical. Border divided into
/ix fegments, that are linearly lance-fliaped,
concave, and reflexed, of which three alternate
ones are marked by a fmall claw hanging
at the lower part.
CHIVES. Threads fix, awl-fliaped, growing from
the lower part of the border, and of its
length, and inclining together. Tips oblong,
linear, turned up at the ends, and
lying on the threads.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud beneath. Shaft threadfliaped,
the length of the flower. Summit
three-cleft, and very fmall.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule nearly egg-fliaped, three
celled.
SEEDS many.
CHAEACTEE.
Afphodel Lily, with thread-fliaped leaves; flower
ftem thread-fliaped, and fpiral.
EEPEEENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
"" ' I r o f the bo' r fer"' ^^ Chives, at the
3. The Pointal and Seed-bud (magnified).
cells, before the Iplitting of the outer coat, when matured. the feeds in the
5. The Seeds, as they appear after the burfl ingofthe containing coat, and of their natural fize.
T H I S curioas little plant has been figured by profeiTor Jacquin in his Ic. rar. 2. tab. 303, under the
name of Crznum Tenel um; Thunberg, (who no doubt faw the living plant) in his Prodromus,
p. 58 gave It firft the ipeofic title of Spiralis, which to us feems the beft poffible, we have retained
It, although, we difter from him as to the Genus, and which there is no doubt every botanift will
on the examination of the figure, with its appendages. That this plant fliould ever have been placed
under Haemanthus, by any botanift, is certainly matter of wonder, yet the point is too clear to be
contended, Icarce one of die eff-ential conftituent eharaaers, of the genus, are to be found in our
plant, and yet fo perfedly in every part anfwering to Crinum. In H^manthus, the fence is compoled
of many leaves; the legments of tJie border, ftanding upright; the Chives longer than the bloflom,
and fixed into the tube; the Summit fimple! &c. &c. We fubmit this, neverthelefs, with
deference to fuperior judgment.s, as a late publication of much repute, has this plant, under the
Generic title we have rejeaed. The drawing was made in the beginning of March, this year, at
Meiirs. Lee and Kennedy's, Hammerfmith; by whom, it was received from the Cape of Good Hope
in 1792 It IS a very hardy bulb, requiring no more proteftion than a pit, to fecure it from the
trait It mcreafes but flowly by the root, but occafionally produces ripe feeds; and fliould be kept
conltantly in its pot, in a mixture of peat and loam.
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