Crinum, a genus of bulbous-rooted amaryllids (sometimes included under Sternbergia), chiefly tropical, and frequently cultivated in hothouses—e.g. C. amabile of India, C. scabrum of Brazil, &c.
Crinum
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 571
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