LEUCOJACEAE 287 
1. Hypoxis jüncea Smith. Leaf-blades linear-filiform, 1-3 dm. long, glabrous 
above, curved: scapes solitary or 2-3 together, wiry-filiform, 1-2-flowered, usually over- 
topped by the leaves, decumbent or procumbent at maturity: bracts subulate: perianth 
2-2.5 cm. broad : sepals and petals pubescent without, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceo- 
late, acute, yellow within : eapsules 4-6 mm. long, topped with the erect sepals and petals : 
seeds 0.8 mm. in diameter, granular. 
In pine lands, Georgia to Mississippi and Florida. Spring. 
2. Hypoxis micrántha Pollard. Corm globose, 5-8 mm. in diameter: plant about 
1 dm. high: leaf-blades very narrowly linear (1 mm. to nearly 2 mm. wide), channeled, 
birsute with copious slender spreading hairs, the base only slightly sheathing : scapes very 
short (3-7 cm.), 2-flowered: perianth when expanded about 6 mm. broad: sepals and 
petals, and anthers, similar to those of H. juncea, but relatively more narrow. 
In wet woods, Carteret County, North Carolina. Spring and summer. 
3. Hypoxis Curtíssii Rose. Corm small: leaf-blades glabrous, linear, much elon- 
gated, 3-5 dm. long, 10-20 mm. broad, weak and spreading: scapes rather short, 
2-flowered : pedicels slender, erect: bracts elongated: sepals and petals (in fruit) erect, 
narrow, 6-8 mm. long: capsules oblong, 6 mm. long, many-seeded. 
In sandy soil, northern Florida. Spring and summer. 
4. Hypoxis grándis Pollard. Plants clustered, 3-4 dm. high, a number growing 
from a single large corm : leaf-blades linear, with a maximum width of 7 mm., sparsely 
hirsute, prominently 3-5-nerved, their lower portions expanded into broad membranous 
sheaths : scapes rather stout, equalling or somewhat shorter than the leaves, 5-9-flowered : 
perianth 1-2 em. broad, densely hirsute without. 
In elay soil, southern AJabama. Spring and summer. 
5. Hypoxis hirsüta ( L.) Coville. Plants usually solitary : leaf-blades linear, 1-4 
dm. long, often slightly involute, attenuate, the midrib impressed above, forming a keel 
beneath : scapes solitary or several together, 0.3-5 dm. tall, simple below, usually umbel- 
lately branched above: pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, subtended by linear-subulate bracts : 
perianth pubescent without: sepals and petals oblong or elliptic, 6-7 mm. long, yellow 
within, greenish without: capsules globose or obovoid, 4-5 mm. long: seeds oblong or 
subglobose, 1.5 mm. in diameter, black, minutely granular-papillose. [H. erecta L.] 
In dry or sandy soil, Maine to Ontario, Assiniboia, Florida and Texas. Spring to fall. 
4. MANFREDA Salisb.! 
... Fleshy herbs, the plants arising annually from bulbs borne on more or less thickened 
rootstocks, and dying down annually. Leaves mainly basal: blades neither spiny-edged 
norspine-tipped. Flowers in narrow terminal spikes or racemes. Perianth rather incon- 
spicuous : sepals and petals partially united, the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 6 : filaments 
more or less adnate to the perianth-tube: anthers versatile. Ovary 3-celled : style slender. 
Ovules in 2 rows in each cavity. Capsule 3-celled. Seeds flattened. FALSE ALOE. 
Filaments adnate to the base of the perianth-tube. 
Capsules longer than broad : leaves green. 1. M. Virginica. 
Capsules broader than long: leaves purple-blotched. 2. M. tigrina. 
Filaments adnate to near the top of the perianth-tube. 
Stamens much longer than the perianth-lobes: stigmatic lobes rounded: capsules 
much longer than broad. . 
Stamens about as long as the perianth-lobes: stigmatic lobes notched: capsules 
about as broad as long. 4. M. maculosa. 
8. M. variegata. 
1. Manfreda Virgínica (L.) Salisb. Basal leaves 6-15; blades lanceolete, oblong 
or oblong-spatulate, 1-3 dm. long, 3-5 cm. broad, herbaceous-tipped, obscurely and rather 
pak erm serrulate, not mottled : stem 8-18 dm. tall, simple: bracts as long asthe ovaries 
or shorter: raceme loosely flowered : perianth greenish or brownish yellow ; tube narrowly 
funnelform ; lobes linear-oblong, 10-12 mm. long: filaments narrowly clavate, adnate to 
the base of the perianth-tube : anthers 12 mm. long: capsules 15-20 mm. long, longer than 
broad : seeds 4-6 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, Maryland to Missouri, Florida and Texas. Spring and summer. 
bl 2. Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small. Basal leaves several ; blades lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 dm.-long, 5-7 cm. broad, acute or cuspidate, with herbaceous tips, 
mottled with green and purple: stem 10-25 dm. tall, simple: raceme several-flowered : 
BENE Vei V OD 
! Revised by Dr. J. N. Rose. 
