BLOSSOM above, funnel-shaped, six-parted, equal: threads inserted into the mouth of the tube: seeds at the base of the blossoms, viviparous. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. CRINUM latifolium, undulatum, glabrum, lucidum: spatha multiflora: tubo corollæ laciniis longiore, quæ mucronatæ sunt: post florescentiam capsula crescit in bulbum magnum, et plantam format futuram. Habitat in Indiæ orientalis arenosis. CRINUM with broad, waved, smooth, 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. 1. A leaf. 2. The plant in miniature. 3. The chives, as attached to the tube of the flower. 4. Seed-bud and pointal. 5. 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 made from a fine plant in luxuriant bloom in the hot-stove of J. Vere, esq. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCLXXIX. FRAGARIA INDICA. _Indian Strawberry._ CLASS XXII. ORDER V. _ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA._ Twenty Chives. Many Pointals. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, planum, decemfidum: laciniis alternatim exterioribus, angustioribus. COROLLA. Petala quinque, subrotunda, patentia, calyci inserta. STAMINA. Filamenta viginti, subulata, corolla breviora, calyci inserta. Antheræ lunulares. PISTILLUM. Germina numerosa, minima, in capitulum collecta. Styli simplices, latere germinis inserti. Stigmata simplicia. PERICARPIUM nullum. Bacca fit receptaculum commune seminum, rotundo-ovata, pulposa, mollis, magna, colorata, basi truncata, decidua. SEMINA numerosa, minima, per superficiem receptaculi sparsa. EMPALEMENT. Cup one-leafed, flat, ten-cleft: the segments are alternately exterior, and narrowed.