126 MR. J. MIERS ON SOME 



Stamina 3 segmentis interioribus opposita in tubuin perianthii 

 inserta, filamentis brevibus filiformibus, antheris lanceolatis 

 basifixis basi sagittatis. Ovarium inferum triloculare ovulis in 

 loculo pluribus ; stylus subulatus, prof unde 6-fidus, ramis 3 

 elongatis, 3 brevissimis. Capsula oblonga glabra indehiscens, 

 seminibus multis minutis globosis. 



1. P. hypoxidoides, Harv. toe. cit. — Ixia minuta, Linn. fiL SuppL 

 92; Thunb. Diss. Ixia, no. 2, tab. 1. fig. 1; Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap. I 

 216. — Galaxia minuta, Ker in Konig fy Sims Ann. i. 241 ; Gen. Irid. 

 71. — Romulea minuta, Eckl. Verz. Topog. 19. — Hypoxis triandra, 

 Pappe, MSS. — H. nana, E. Meyer in Herb. Drege. Cormus annuus 

 globosus 2-3 lin. crassus collo elongato, setis copiosis coronatus. 

 Folia producta 6-12 glabra linearia graminoidea acuminata multifaria 

 1-2 poll, longa. Pedunculi 3-6ni 1-2 poll, longi gracillimi glabri 

 uniflori, bracteis minutis setaceis. Ovarium glabrum clavatum 1 lin. 

 longum. Perianthium album 3-4 lin. longum, tubo infundibulari 

 segmentis 2-3plo breviore. Genitalia ex tubo protrusa. Capsnla 

 1J-2 lin. longa. C. B. Spei, Thunberg! Burchell 8448! Pappe! 

 Drege ! &c. 



Plants to be altogether excluded from Hypoxidaceae. 



Hypoxidopsis pumila, Steud. in Hohenack. PL Canar. no. 1313,= 



Iphigenia indica, Kunth. 

 Hypoxis Schnitzlbinia, Hochst. in Regensb. Flora, 1844, p. 31, is 



a species of Xerophyta. 

 Hypoxis fascicularis, Linn. (Monocaryum fasciculare, iZ. $ S.) is 



a form of Colchicum montanum. 

 Hypoxis ramosa, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1936, belongs to Iridaceae, and 



is probably a Romulea. 

 H. spicata, TAww6.,=Aletris japonica. 



On some Genera of tbe Olacacese. By John MiEfcs, F.E. 

 F.L.S., &c, Dignit. et Commend. Ord. Bras. Imp. Rosas. 



[Eead March 21, 1878.] 

 (Plates V.-VII.) 



Myoschilos, Arjona, and Quincfiamalium are referred by the 

 authors of the ' G-enera Plantarum ' to Santalaceae *, whereas I 

 had previously placed them in Olacaceaef. I now propose to 



# Benth. & Hook. Gen. Plant, i. p. 345. 

 t In Lindl. Veg. Kingd. p. 444 a. 



