C Y R T A N T I I US OBLIQUUS.
Oblique-leaved Cyrtantlms.
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointai.
GENERIC
C A L Y X . Involucrum polyphyllum; foliolislanceolatis,
peril fíen lib us.
C O R O L L A monopctala, clavíita, curva, ápice fexfida;
laciniiii ovuto-oblongis, incurvis, concavts,
tribus altcrnis apice glandulofis.
S T A M I N A . Filamcnta fex, tubo corolla; inferta,
erecta, fubulata, corolla diraidio brcviora.
Antlicrcc ."agitata;, ere£t<e, inclufa;.
P I S T I L L U M . Germen inferum, obtufe-trigo-
D u m . Stylus filiform! s, longitudine ñoris.
Stigma obfolete-trifidum.
PERICARIMUM. Capfula fubovata, trilocularis,
trivnlvis.
SEMINA phira, plana, oblonga, incumbcntia.
CHARACTER.
E M P A L E M E N T . Fence many-leaved; leaflets
lance-fliaped, remaining.
BLOSSOM one petal, club-fliaped, bent, iix-cleft
at t o p ; legments oblong egg-fliaped, turned
inwards and concave, the three outer ones
glandular at the end.
C H I V E S . Six threads inferted into the tube of
the bloflbm, upright, aw]-fhaped, half the
length of the blolVom, Tips arrow-ihaped.
Upright, within the blofibm.
P O I N T A L . Sccd-bud beneath, obtufcly threecornered.
Shaft thread-fhaped, the length
of the flower. Summit obicurely threecleft.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule nearly egg-fliaped, threecelled,
three-valved.
SEEDS many, flat, oblong, lying upon one another.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Cyrtanlhus foliis linearibus, obtufis planis, jj Cyrtanthus with linear, obtufe leaves, flat, and
oblique flexis, floribus pendulis
ratis.
bent obliquely; flowers hanging down and
three-coloured.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Part of the Bulb, and the leaves of the plant in miniature.
2. A Flower, cut and fpread open, with the Chives in their plac
3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, natural fize, Summit magnified.
T i n s moft beautiful, and rare plant, together with C. angufrifolius, ( t h e other fpecies) were introduced,
in the year l " / 4 , to the Kew Gardens, by Mr. F. Malfon, from the Cape of Good Hope. Monf.
L'Héritier, when in England, procured drawings of both fpecies, and figured them in his Sertum
Anglicum, tab. 15 and Id, under the names of Amaryllis cylindracea, and A . umbrella: but, as we
have had formerly occafion t o mention our objections, in following that gentleman in his alterations
of accepted Genera, in this country; we have, in the prefent iniiance, chofe rather the authority
of Martyn, Curtis, WilMenow, &c. in preference ; who all have followed the Kew Catalogue in the
name of this Genus. It is true, Thunberg, in bis Prodromus Plantarum Capenfium, P. l . p.Sg, has
it Hill under the Genus, Crinum; and, as Crinum pendulum, our prefent fubject, was known for many
years, It is a very fcarce plant, and is to be found but in few collections; the incteafe being only
from the root, and the importation of the bulbs has been but feldom. The feeds do not come to
maturity with us, o f this fpecies; although thofe of the C. anguilifolius are confiantly perfected. It
mult be treated as a dry flove plant, or kept on a flielf in the hot-houfe; fhould be planted in fandy
loam, and have plenty of room in the pot. Flowers in J u l y and Auguft.
From the choice collection of Joleph Cowpcr, Efq. of Clapton, we were obligingly favoured with
die plant, from which tfaii figure was taken.