CRINUM  , a genus (nat. ord . Amaryllidaceae) of bulbous

plants with rather broad leaves and a solid leafless stem, bearing a cluster of handsome white or red funnel-shaped regular flowers . They are well known in cultivation, and owing to the wide distribution of the genus different methods are adopted with different species . Some require the hot, moist temperature of a stove; such are C. amabile, a native of Sumatra, C. amoenum (India), C . Balfourii (Socotra), C. giganteum (West tropical Africa), C . Kirkii (Zanzibar), C. latifolium (India), C. zeylanicum (tropical Asia and Africa), and others . Others thrive in a green-house; such are C. asiaticum, a widely distributed plant on the sea-coast of tropical Asia, C. capense and C. longiflorum, from the Cape, and C . Macowani and C . Moorei from Natal . C. asiaticum, C. capense and C . Macowani will also thrive in sheltered positions in the garden .