Tas. 6035, 
HYPOXIS LONGIFOLIA. 
Native of Algoa Bay. 
Nat. Ord. HypoxIpEa&. 
Genus Hypoxis, Linn, ; (Endl. Gen. Plant., p. 174). . 
. Hyroxts longifolia ; perennis, foliis basi membranaceis sublonge vaginantibus 
longissimis gramineis 2-pedalibus vix }-poll. latis flaccidis acuminatis, 
supra concavis, subtus semicylindricis ecarinatis, marginibus et dorso 
parcissime pilosis obscure 7—9-nerviis, scapo radicali foliis multoties 
breviore ancipiti inferne glaberrimo superne una cum ovario et 
perianthio pilis elongatis appressis molliter villosis, umbella 2—4-flore, 
bracteis setaceis pedicellis brevioribus, ovario turbinato, perianthii 
aurei 14-poll. diam. segmentis subvalvatis, exterioribus lanceolatis 
acutis extus viridibus, interioribus paulo latioribus carina’ tantum 
pubescente, staminibus epigynis, filamentis antheris ovato-cordatis 
xquilongis, stylo brevi, stigmate conico obtuso, capsula apice tantum 
dehiscente, seminibus globosis atris. 
Hyroxis longifolia, Baker mss. 
A very distinct species of Hypozis, brought by Mr. Cooper 
from Algoa Bay when collecting for W. Wilson Saunders, 
Esq., remarkable for the great length of its narrow, flaccid, 
grass-like leaves. A very similar and probably identical 
plant is contained in the Hookerian Herbarium, gathered by 
Burke at the Fat river—a stream I do not find in the maps ; 
it differs a little in the longer and broader membranous leat- 
sheaths and longer filiform bracts, but seems to be otherwise 
identical. Mr. Baker, who carefully examined and named 
H. longifolia, regards it as being most nearly allied to the 
N. American H. erecta (Tab. nost. 701), which is a much 
smaller plant, with shorter, broader leaves, differently shaped 
anther, and a subcapitate 3-lobed stigma. Our plant flowered 
in the Royal Gardens, August, 1871. ; 
Dnscr. Stems tufted, covered up the neck with a few 
withered remains of old leaves. eaves numerous, the outer 
MAY Ist, 1873. 
