ON lANTHE, A GENUS OF HYPOXIDACEiE 293 



Clavis analytica. 



1. Scapus foliis brevier. Flores 1-3 in pedunculo, rarius umbellati. 



* Stamina OBquilouga. 

 *\\ Flores umbellati. 

 1. aquatica (2). 

 11 5F Flores 1-3 in pedunculo. 

 f Scapus basi bracteatus. 



xPerigonium expansum 8 mm. diam. 



1. minuta (9). 

 X xPerigonium expansum 88-50 mm. diam. 

 I. linearis [7). 

 t f Scapus infra medium bracteatus. 

 X Oapsula subgloboso-turbinata. 



/. ovata, glabella (12, 4). 

 X xCapsula clavata. 



°Perigonium expansum 10-20 mm. diam. 



I. serrata, occidentaUs (15, 11). 

 °° Perigonium expansum 85-90 mm. diam. 

 1. Maximiliani (8). 

 ** Stamina inaequilonga ; filamenta 3 longiora, 3 breviora. 

 X Capsula subgloboso-turbinata. 



/. pusilla (13). 

 X X Capsula clavata. 

 ° Folia plura. 



I. leptantha (6). 

 °° Folia singula. 



I. monophylla (10). 



2. Scapus foliis longior, interdum aequilongus. Flores in pedun- 



culo solitarii, rarius 2. 

 ■■' Stamina aequilonga. 



t Scapus basi bracteatus. 



X Stigmata angusta linearia. 

 ° Cormus longe ovatus. 

 /. Schlechteri (14). 

 °° Cormus giobosus. 

 I. alha (1). 

 X X Stigmata lata oblongo-lanceolata. 

 I. cwc.uligoides (3). 

 t \ Scapus medio bracteatus. 

 I. stellata (16). 

 " ■'' Stamina inaequilonga ; filamenta 3 longiora, 3 breviora. 

 t Perigonii segmenta ovario longiora. 



I. gracilipes (5). 

 1 1 Perigonii segmenta ovario breviora. 

 I, umbraticola (17). 



Salisbury derives the generic name ''lanthe" from laivu {i.e. 

 late floreo), using the words in their Ciceronian sense, and without 

 prejudice to the wayward nymph of that name. 



Two other glabrous species of Hypoxis have been described by 



