316 LEUCOJACEAE 
1. A. aurea Walt. Stem 3-8 dm. tall: blades of the basal leaves oblong to 
elliptic, 3-8 em. long: perianth ile lobes broader than long, blunt-tipped: 
style short: Ca sule ovoid, 5 mm. long, 
e res the 
where the plants are ‘elo ose-set and t 
golden spikes abundant. 
. lutea Small. Stem 3-11 dm. tall: 
blades of the basal leaves linear to 
linear-lanceolate, or sometimes bro adest 
above the middle, 4-12 em. long: peri 
anth yellow, 8-10 mm. long; lobes mostly 
ovate: capsu ule conic-ovoid, long-beaked. 
—Low pinelands, Coastal Plain, Fla. to 
and Ga. 
La. 
A. farinosa L. Stem 3-12 em. tall: blades of the pia pais narrowly 
d or elliptic, or elongate ~ ene sees 5-30 long: perianth 
white or cream-colored, 7-10 mm. long; lob ovate: BE pre capsule 
ovoid, abruptly-beak ed.— — (MILLER ’S-MAID oe E.)—Sandy sol, dry woods, 
prairies, and pinelands, various provinces, “Fla. to La., Minn., Ont., and Me. 
4. A. bracteata Northrop. Stem 3-6 dm. tall: blades of as po 
nearly linear to linear-lanceolate, 6-12 em. long: perianth whit ong; 
lobes laneeolate to triangular, spreading: capsule conic, any Pe Md 
Pinelands, Everglade Keys and adj. Everglades Fla. and the lower Florida 
Keys.— (W. I.) 
5. A. obovata Nash. Stem 5-8 ps tall: blades of the basal leaves E 
elliptie to obovate- pue 6-8 cm. long: perianth white, obovoid, 
long; lobes broadly ovate, converging: style very short: capsule nene pes 
beaked.—Pinelands, Coastal Plain, E Fla. and S Ga. 
2. HYPOXIS L. Acaulescent herbs with corm-like rootstocks. Leaves 
with elongate-linear or nearly filiform blades. Scapes slender, sometimes tufted. 
ments adnate to the base of the perianthAbout 50 species of wide geographic 
distribution.—STAR-GRASSES. 
d blades linear, often very narrow and somewhat channeled: seeds muricate 
pebbled. I. XEARES. 
Leaf- blades ad) or filiform-setaceous as a result of the strongly 
involute margins : seeds with hieroglyphic-like carvings. II. SETACEAE. 
I. LINE S 
ip Mu leaf-blades linear, flat 2 p so, at least when green. 
f-bas 
ases (corm-scales) not breaking down into fibrous bristles. 
Capsule x BURG to ellipsoid, 2- a mm. long: leaf-blades 
bese 1. H. hirsuta. 
a E vate to ellipsoid-clavate, 6-11 mm. long or 
maller: leaf-blades glabrous. 2. H. leptocarpa. 
Leaf- bases ou scales) breaking down into fibrous bristles. 9. H.rigida. 
Seed brown: leaf-blades nar iow. linear, often p ds 
Seed ir n eno very short or up to m. long, usually 
ess lo 
Seed d iridescent ; D ae 4-18 em. long, usually over 5 em. 
m 
H. sessilis. 
