Class VI. Order I. 



99. HYPOXIS. 



HYPOXIS ERECTA. L. Yellow Bethlehem star 



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Hairy ; scape about four flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; peduncles 

 twice as long as the flower. 



Si/n. HTPOXIS CAROLIHIANA. Midi. 



The yellow, star-like flowers of this plant appear among the 

 grass in pastures, in June and after. Root bulbous. Leaves 

 grass like, hairy. Scape slender, hairy, divided at top into about 

 four peduncles, with subulate bractes or spathes at their base. 

 Corolla wheel shaped, of six lanceolate petals or segments, 

 hairy on the outside. Perennial. 



100. CONVALLARIA. 

 CONVALLA-RIA BiFOLiA. L. Two leaved Solomotfs seal. 



Stem two or three leaved, leaves heart shaped, 

 flowers tetrandrous* .Mich. 



The creeping roots of this little plant cause it to spread 

 extensively in the moist situations where it grows. Its stem 

 is furnished with two or three smooth, thin, delicate leaves, ob- 

 long heart shaped and sessile. Flowers white, in a short erect 

 cluster. Corolla four cleft ; stamens four. The unripe oer- 

 ries are white and spotted, a circumstance said to be common 

 to all the species. Flowers in May. Perennial. 



CONVALLARIA RACEMOSA.. L. Clustered Solomon's seal. 



Leaves alternate, nearly sessile, oval, acumin- 

 ate ; raceme terminal, compound. 



A large species, every part of it covered with fine down. 

 Leaves alternate oblong, large, tapering to a long point, their 

 base narrowed into a sort of petiole. The stem terminates in a 



