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Hypoxis Sobolifera. Creeping Hypoxis. 



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 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. — ^7t/. iV w * 662 & 709. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



HYPOXIS Jobolifera rhizomatibus fupra convexis, infra in 

 placentam folidam, craffam irregularem et torofo- 

 multicipitem coadunato-prorepentibus ; caule 

 comprdfo ; foliis perennantibus hirto-villofis, ca- 

 nefcentibus ; racemo 4 — 6-floro divaricatim fub- 

 brachiatimque fubfaftigiato. G. 



HYPOXIS Jobolifera. Jacq. 1c. rar. 2. /. 372. Coll. SuppL 

 53. mild. Sp. PL 2. 106. 



HYPOXIS villofa. Hori. Kezv. 1. 439. ut in ejufdem auc- 

 torum exemplario in Herb. Bank/, vidcre elt. 



HYPOXIS Fabricia. Gccrtn. frucl. et Jem. 1. 33. 



FABRICIA villofa. Var. 3 d11 fcapis longiffimis bifidis pedun- 

 culis iterum divifis foliis albido-hirfutis. Thunb. 

 in Fabr. It. Norv. 31. 



Obs. Tres fpecies, a Jacquino poftquam apte difcriminatas et 

 feorfim exhibitas, fub fua villofa pro mutuis inter fe varietatibus com- 

 prehendebat Thunbergius : eas, notis propriis adjeclis, adponimus. 



1. Hypoxis villofa. Jacq. rhizomatis foboiibus haud placentifor- 

 miter confluentibus ; foliis fericeo-villofis. G. qua var. i ma - Thunb. cui 

 prifcum fervamus nomen. 



2. Hypoxis cbltqua. Jacq. et Bot. Rep. t. 19,5, foliis fecundum 

 dorfum villous, villofo-ciliatis, fubobliquis ; fcapis fubtripeduncul^tis 

 et fubtribra&eatis. G. qua ejufd. var. 2 /j - 



3. Hypoxis faballfera. Jacq. fupra. qua fua var. $ ia ' 



Although this is certainly the villofa of the Hortus Kew- 

 enfis, yet, as three diftincl fpecies were comprehended by 

 Thumb erg in his Fabricia villofa (adopted by the authors 

 of that work as the fynonym of their plant) all which have 



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