1923] Brackett,—Genera related to Hypoxis 157 
similar appearance it seems that he over-estimated some of these 
differences. For instance, he stated that the seed of his plant is 
“inappendiculata . . . non rostratum," as is the seed of Cur- 
culigo orchioides which must be taken as the type for the genus 
Curculigo. Nevertheless, when a Molineria seed is seen under a 
microscope the beak and rostrate hilum are clearly discernible. 
They are obscured to the unaided eye by the uneven contour of the 
whole seed. 
Coelanthus has the flowers in racemes, a superior ovary and is 
generally referred to the genus Lachenalia of the Liliaceae. 
In 1847 in his Vegetable Kingdom under the alliance Nacissales 
Lindley again made the Hypoxidaceae a separate order, between the 
Haemodoraceae and the Amaryllidaceae. He characterized it by 
“Flowers hexapetaloideous, much imbricated. Stamens 6; anthers 
turned inwards. Radicle remote from the hilum, which is often 
strophiolate." Under this order he placed the genera Curculigo, 
Forbesia Ecklon, Pauridia Harvey and Hypoxis. This time he put 
* Coelanthus W." among the Liliaceae. 
I have been unable to see Ecklon's description of Forbesia but 
later botanists have included it under Curculigo and Baker, who also 
did this, stated that the seeds of Curculigo are rostellate. 
William Herbert (1837) placed the Hypoxideae as a suborder under 
his caulescent Amaryllidaceae. This suborder he divided further, 
and under his division Hypoxidiformes, characterized by “sepals and 
petals conformable,” he placed the genera ? Weldenia Schultes fil., 
Curculigo, Molineria, Hypoxis and Coelanthus. 
Weldenia has been placed since in the Commelinaceae which it 
resembles in habit and leaves. 
In his Flora Australiensis (1873) Bentham formed the order 
Amaryllideae characterized by “Flowers regular or nearly so. Anthers 
opening inwards. Placentas axile. Seeds albuminous. Inflores- 
cence centripetal. Leaves chiefly radical, veinlets when present 
transverse." He distinguished five tribes, Haemodoreae, Conostyleae, 
Hypoxideae, Agaveae and Euamaryllideae. He said, “The several 
tribes here distinguished are usually considered as so many independent 
Orders, or at any rate as referrible to three distinct Orders—Hae- 
modoraceae, Hypoxideae, and Amaryllideae; but although these 
subordinate groups are in most respects distinct, it appears to me that 
it is only by their union in one general Order that we can obtain a 
