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P L A T E CCCCLXXVIII.
C R I N U M LATIFOLTUM.
Broad-leaved Crinum.
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A supra, infundibuliformis, sexpartita,
iEqualis : filamenta fauci tubi inserta : semina
ad basin corollarum^ vivipara.
B L O S S OM above, funnel-shaped, six-parted,equal:
threads inserted into the moutli of tlie tube :
seeds at the base of the blossoms, viviparous.
SPECIFIC
C K I N U M latifolium, undulatum, glabruni, lucidum
: spatha multiflora : tubo corolla; laciniis
longiore, quae mucronatae sunt : post
florescentiam capsula crescit in bulbum
magnum, et plantam format futuram.
Habitat in Indiae orientalis arenosis.
CHARACTER.
C R I N U M with broad, waved, smootli, shining
leaves: sheath many-flowered: the tube of
the blossom longer than the segments, which
are pointed: and after flowering, the
capsule swells into a large bulb, and forms
the future plant.
Native of the sandy parts of the East Indies.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
A leaf.
The plant in miniature.
The chives, as attached to the tube of die flowei".
Seed-bud and pointal.
The seed-bud, or bulb, inflated, as it appears after flowering;
6. The same stripped of its outer covering.
THE Crinum latifolium is certainly one of the most attractive of the genus, as, in addition to the fine
red colour of its flowers, it possesses an aromatic odour of agreeable fragrance. It is a bulb-bearer,
as are all of this genus, although several of them have been placed erroneously amongst the genus
Amaryllis, which does not bear bulbs. The genus Crinum, at present a short one, will therefore,
with a good grace, admit a few additions; whilst that of Amaryllis, already very extended,
will receive no injury by a slight curtailment. It is a native of the dry sandy parts of the East Indies,
and was introduced by Mr. Lambert in the year 1803, but has not flowered till this summer—a period
of four years. But there is little doubt of its now blooming annually, as it is not uncommon for bulbs
imported from a great distance to enjoy a state of quiescence after their arrival. Our figure was mad«
from a fine plant in luxuriant bloom in the hot-stove of J. Vere, esq.