286 M LEUCOJACEAE 
1. Aletris aürea Walt. Stems 3-8 dm. tall : basal leaves often yellow ; blades ob- 
long to elliptic, 3-8 cm. long, acute or acuminate: raceme 10-40 cm. long: perianth 
campanulate, yellow, 5-7 mm. long; lobes triangular, broader than long, erect, thick- 
tipped : style very short: capsules ovoid, 5 mm. long, very short-beaked. 
In sandy pine woods, Virginia to Florida and Texas. Spring and summer. 
2. Aletris lutea Small. Stems 3-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear to linear-lanceolate, 
or sometimes broadest above the middle, 4-12 cm. long, acuminate, entire, dilated at the 
base: raceme 4-20 em. long : perianth yellow, cylindric or contracted above the middle, 
8-9 mm. long ; lobes triangular, erect, spreading: style elongated : capsules conic-ovoid, 
each gradually narrowed into a beak about 3 as long as the body. 
In low pine lands, Florida to Louisiana. Spring and summer. 
3. Aletris farindsa L. Stems 3-10 dm. tall: leaf-blades green, narrowly oblong, 
elliptic or broadly linear and elongated, 5-30 cm. long, acute or acuminate, persistent : 
raceme 11-30 cm. long, or elongating in fruit: perianth white or light cream-colored, 
cylindric, sometimes constricted above the middle, 7-9 mm. long; lobes ovate, spreading : 
style elongated: capsules ovoid, each abruptly narrowed into a slender beak about as long 
as the body. 
In sandy soil, Maine to Ontario, Minnesota, Florida and Louisiana. Spring and summer. ALOE. 
4. Aletris obovata Nash. Stems 5-7 dm. tall, striately ridged : basal leaves crowded ; 
blades narrowly elliptic to obovate-oblanceolate, 6-8 cm. long, 9-11-nerved, the margins 
translucent : racemes slender, 2-4 dm. long: perianth white, obovoid, 5-6 mm. long; 
lobes ovate, converging : filaments adnate to a little above the middle of the perianth : 
style very short. 
In pine lands, Jacksonsville, Florida. Spring and summer. 
2. LOPHIOLA Ker. 
Caulescent herbs, with slender rootstocks and more or less pubescent foliage. Leaves 
mostly basal: blades narrow, entire. Flowers in terminal dichotomous cymes. Perianth yel- 
lowish, persistent, pubescent: sepals and petals 3 each, relatively long, nearly equal. 
Stamens 6 : filaments adnate to the base of the perianth : anthers not versatile. Ovary 
3-celled, half-inferior: style subulate, partly seperated at. maturity. Ovules numerous, in 
2 rows in each cavity. Capsule ovoid, loculicidally 5-valved at the apex. Seeds ribbed. 
1. Lophiola Americana (Pursh) Wood. Foliage glabrous below, woolly above. Stems 
5-8 dm. tall, terete, corymbose above : leaves equitant ; blades linear, much shorter than 
the stem, glabrous or nearly so, the upper reduced to narrow scales : cymes dichotomous: 
perianth yellow and glabrous within except a tuft of hairs near the base : sepals and petals 
linear-lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long, acute, woolly without : capsules 2 mm. long, included in the 
perianth, about as long as the persistent style. [Lophiola aurea Ker.] 
In pine lands, New Jersey to Florida. Spring and summer. 
3. HYPOXIS L.! 
Acaulescent herbs, with corm-like rootstocks and usually pubescent foliage. Leaves 
basal: blades narrow, grass-like. Scapes solitary or tufted, terete or flattened. Flowers 
solitary. or in umbel-like clusters, Perianth often yellow within, withering-persistent : 
members 6, equal or nearly so. Stamens 6: filaments short, adnate to the base of the. 
perianth : anthers erect. Ovary 3-celled : stigmas 3. Ovules numerous, in 2 rows in each 
cavity. Capsule subglobose or elongated, circumscissile. Seeds laterally short-beaked. 
Srar-GRAss. STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 
Leaf-blades filiform or narrowly linear, less than 2 mm. broad. 
Leaves conspicuously sheathed at the base. 
Leaves only slightly sheathed at the base. 
Leaf-blades linear, more than 2 mm. broad. 
1. H. juncea. 
2. 
Leaves glabrous. 3. H. Curtissii. 
4. 
5. 
H. micrantha. 
Leaves more or less pubescent. / 
Plants densely clustered. H. andis. 
Plants usually solitary. H. hirsuta. 
! Contributed by Dr. J. N. Rose and Mr. C. L. Pollard. 
