aya. AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). [Curculigo. 
2. C. namaquensis (Baker); rootstock a tortuose rhizome 4 in. 
diam. ; leaves solitary, oblong-lanceolate, subpetiolate, thin, narrowed 
gradually from the middle to both ends, 15-18 in. long; flowers 
solitary, pedicel 2-3 in. long; tube as long as the ovary; segments 
8, lanceolate, an inch long, pale yellow inside ; anthers pale yellow, 
; in, long ; filaments very short; ovary cylindrical, ¢ in. long. 
— Recion: Little Namaqualand, near Ookiep, Bolus, 6629! in herb. 
us, 
Ill. HYPOXIS, Linn. 
Perianth cut down to the ovary ; segments 6, subequal, spreading, 
the outer often hairy on the outside. Stamens 6, inserted at the 
base of the perianth-segments; filaments short, filiform; anthers 
linear, sagittate, basifixed or versatile. Ovary 3-celled, rarely 
beaked ; style short, entire; stigmas 3, distinct or concrete. Capsule 
usually opening with circumscissile dehiscence below the apex. 
Seeds globose ; testa black, crustaceous, with a couple of prominences. 
Rootstock tuberous, small and monocarpic or large and polycarpic ; leaves 
plicate, persistent, linear or lanceolate; flowers generally yellow, svlitary, 
corymbose or racemose, rarely umbellate ; bracts small, acute. 
Distris. A genus of 50-60 species, with its headquarters at the Cape, 
extending to Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia, and through a great part 
of America, 
Subgenus IanrHR. Whole plant entirely glabrous, 
Leaves linear or linear-subulate : 
Expanded perianth $in,dium. .., ... =... (1)-~—s minuta., 
Expanded perianth 9-1 in. diam, : 
Flowers usually solitary : 
Flowers white: leaves not denticulate... (2) alba. 
Flowers yellow: leaves not denticulate (3) eureuligoides. 
Flowers yellow: leaves denticulate ... (4) serrata. 
Flowers 3-6 in an umbel : 
Leaves subterete ... ae ite «. (5) aquatica, 
cchtheadlsson, ope’ Ge ee 6) Seullyi. 
Expanded perianth 14-2 in. diam. me + (7) stellata 
Leaves lanceolate : soe 
Expanded perianth about } in. diam. = .. (8) ovata, 
Expanded perianth about lin. diam. ... ni Andrewsii. 
Subgenus Eunyroxis. Leaves, peduncles, and outside of the flower more or 
less hairy. 
Flowers white or red, solitary : 
Leaves subterete .., ses ais ys ... (10) milloides, 
Leaves linear, flat i as ea ey LE ee; 
Flowers yellow, solitary on sae aie ioe’ 48} 
Flowers yellow, corymbose or racemose : 
Perianth-limb }-} in. diam. : 
Leaves subterete : 
Corm 4~} in. diam. wk ... (18) filiformis. 
Corm 1-2 in. diam. bas sis .. (14) kraussiana. 
Leaves linear : (4) 
Flowers corymbose : 
— veins slender : 
ves slightly hairy ... ... (15) angustifolia. 
Leaves very hairy... ..» (16) floccosa. 
