Hypozis.} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker), 175 
Leaves firm, strongly veined : 
Leaves glabrous ves cages Tad) Sepa. 
Leaves softly pilose ... +» (18) Gerrardi. 
Leaves silky ... ...  « (19) argentea, 
Flowers racemose : 
Teonven Chim sis. sie sews ome ey Jacquini, 
Leaves rigid a ve «es (21) Arnottii. 
Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate : 
Flowers corymbose : 
Leaves membranous : 
Dwarf: leaves hairy ... «+. (22) membranacea. 
Tall: leaves glabrous... ... (23) Woodii. 
Leaves moderately firm : 
Leaves lanceolate ... .»» (24) parvifolia. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate ... (25) brevifolia. 
Leaves firm in texture: veinsthickened: 
Leaves obscurely bristly on the 
edge only __.., vo» wee (26) setosa, 
Leaves hairy on the surface .., (27) villosa, 
Flowers racemose : 
Leaves about 4 in. broad ... ... (28) obtusa. 
Leaves 13-2 in. broad --» (29) latifolia. 
Flowers larger (perianth-limb $-$ in. long): - 
Leaves subterete re ee ras +. (30) longifolia. 
Leaves linear : 
Flowers corymbose iy aa .» (81) Ludwigii. 
Flowers racemose : 
Leaves weak saa eee .-» (32) acuminata, 
Leaves rigidly coriaceous ... +. (33) rigidula, 
Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate : 
Flowers few, corymbose : 
Leaves glabrous) ww aes ae (s) colchicifolia, 
Leaves pilose ‘ 35) multiceps. 
Leaves matted with ‘persistent white 
tomentum beneath ia (36) stellipilis. 
Flowers many, racemose : 
Ovary glabrous... «+ ee (87) oligotricha, 
Ovary villose : 
Lower pedicels very short : 
Leaves lanceolate-acuminate (38) hemerocallidea. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate : 
Leaves strongly ciliated (39) costata. 
Leaves not ciliated ... (40) Galpini. 
Lower pedicels 3-1 in. long ... (41) Rooperii. 
1. H. minuta (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197) ; corm annual, small, ovoid, 
much flattened out at the base, crowned with a ring of black bristles ; 
leaves 3~4, linear, suberect, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, moderately firm 
in texture; peduncles 1-2, slender, erect, glabrous, simple or deeply 
forked ; bracts linear or subulate; perianth-limb j-} in. long; 
segments oblong-lanceolate, pale yellow inside, the three outer 
glabrous and greenish on the back; stamens half as long as the 
perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, basifixed ; filaments very short ; 
stigmas distinct; ovary obconic, glabrous, ;}; in. long and broad ; 
capsule turbinate. Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit, Schult. 303 ; 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 773; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. 
xvii. 101. Helonias minuta, Linn. Mant. ii. 225, Hypoxis pumila, 
Lam. Encye. iii. 184. H. triflora, Harv. MSS. 
