342 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. hypoxis. 



pi. 565. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 215 Juss. p. 55. 

 Lam. III. i. 229. Nat. Ord. Asphodele^ Jussf 



Star-grass, 



H. erecta L. : hairy; scape 2— 4-flowered ; leaves linear ; 

 segments of the corolla lanceolate-oblong. Wit Id. Spec, 

 H. p. 106. Bot. Mag. t. 710. Pursh Fl. I. p. 224. 

 Big. Bost. p. 80. Elliott Sk. I. p. 396. Bart. FL 

 Am. Sept. L t. 35. f. 1. JV n 1 1. Car. p. 121. H. carolini- 

 ensis M i c h. Fl. I. p. 1 88. Ornithogalum vernuti^ luteum, 

 iic. Gron. Virg. 37. Cold. Jioveh. 16. Pluk. Alm^ 

 t,315. f. 12. 



Root bulbous, solid, ovate. Leaves all radical, longer than the 

 scape, sparsely hirsute, linear and gramineous. Scafie 4 — 6 

 inches long, slender, subunibellaie at the summit ; pedicels un- 

 equal, with subulate stipules at the base. Floivers generally 

 about 4, rarely solitary. Corolla yellow within, hairy and 

 greenish on the outside, ovate, or lanceolj^te-oblong, rather ob- 

 tuse. Stamens unequal, much shorter than the corolla ; fila- 

 vnenis subulate ; anthers linear-oblong, incumbentj bifurcate at 

 each extremity. Style filiform, about as long as the stamens j 

 stigma incrassated, glandular. Cafisule oblong, 3-celled, 

 3-valved. Seeds numerous, ovate, angular, black. 



Hab. In dry open woods and in meadows. May — June. 



Yellow Star of Bethlehem, 

 This plant varies considerably in size, breadth of leaves, and 

 in number of flowers. I have observed a variety with leaves 

 nearly half an inch broad. Sometimes it occurs with very long 

 and narrow leaves ; in which state it is probably H. graminea 

 oi P ur a h> 



234. PONTEDERIA. L. 



Corolla inferior, 6- cleft, bilabiate; under side of the 

 tube perforated with 3 longitudinal foramina ; lower 

 part persistent, calycine. Stamens unequally inserted, 

 3 of them upon the summit of the tube. Utriculus 

 muricate, 1-seeded, Gen. pL 54>5. Nutt. Gen. L 

 p. 215. Juss. p. 55. Lam. III. t. 225. Nat. Ord. 

 Narcissis affinis Juss. 



P. cordaia L. : leaves oblong-cordate ; flowers in crowd- 

 ed spikes. JV il Id. Spec. W.y. 23. Bot. Mag. t. MoQ. 

 Mich. Fl. I. p. 194. Fursli Fl. I. p. 223. Big. Bost. 

 p. 79. Elliott S/c. I. p. 382. Walt. Car. p. 120. 

 Gron. Virg, 37. Cold. JVoie6. 69. Plufc. Mant. L 

 349. 



Root fa^sciculate. Leaves subradical, cordate-sagittate, 3 — 4 



