Crinum lugardiae N.E.Br.

Bulb 6-9 cm long, 4-7 cm broad, narrowed into a neck 4-12 cm long. Leaves many, the majority narrow, innermost 0.2 cm broad, the outermost up to 2.5 cm broad and in certain circumstances undulate and spreading at ground level but usually suberect and canaliculate, margin ciliate. Peduncle 5-30 cm long, 0.8-2.5 cm broad and up to 9 mm thick. Umbel 4-10-flowered, often 8-flowered. Spathe-valves 4.5-11 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad at the base, tapering to the apex, some becoming papery; bracteoles narrowly linear. Pedicels from very short up to 2 cm long. Perianth with the tube 8-13 cm long, from slightly to distinctly curved; segments white with a distinct deep rose keel, 8-9 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm broad conniving in a funnel with the upper third curved and revolute; apical peaks about 1 mm long on the broadly rounded inner segments, about 2 mm long on the slightly narrower outer segments. Stamens declinate, filaments white, anthers black. Style rose coloured. Fruits subglobose about 3 cm diam., distinctly beaked; seed globose about 1 cm diam.