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HypoxIs STELLIPILIS. STARRY-HAIRED 
Hypoxis. 
KKK KKK KEKE KEKE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria TRIGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Hyroxipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha bracteiformis. Corolla 6-partita plana, extus 
calycina persistens. Discus nectariferus staminifer. Stig- 
mata 3. Capsula 3-locularis, non dehiscens. Semina glo- 
bosa, strophiolo rostrato. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Hypoxis * stellipilis ; rhizomate ovato, foliis radicalibus 
plurimis trifariam fasciculatis triquetris -subulatis e 
pilis brevibus  stellatis implexis subtus tomentoso- 
candicantibus, canaliculo carinaque acutis, umbella 
2—4-flora. 
Hyroxis stellipilis. Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 663. 
_ A very pretty species of the Genus Hypoxis, first intro- 
duced from the Cape of Good Hope by Messrs. Convint, 
and lately sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by Baron 
von Lupwie. It flowered vigorously in the greenhouse in 
July, 1838, having been treated in the manner usually re- 
quired by Cape bulbs and tubers. 
Descr. Root consisting of an egg-shaped rhizoma or 
tuber, of a dark brown colour, marked with transverse lines, 
and bearing a few coarse fibres. From the summit of this 
H ed. 
tuber springs a cluster of leaves trifariously arrar 
pe 
i aahieaiace 
— 
* vmo, underneath, and oévs, sharp, alluding, Sir JaMES SMITH supposes, 
to the tapering base of the inferior capsule. 
