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1. Hypoxis juncea Smith. Leaf-blades linear-filiform, 1-3 dm. long, glabrous 

 above, curved : scapes solitary or 2-3 together, wiry-filiform, 1-2-flowered, usually over- 

 topped by the leaves, decumbent or procumbent at maturity : bracts subulate : perianth 

 2-2.5 cm. broad : sepals and petals pubescent without, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acute, yellow within : capsules 4-6 mm. long, topped with the erect sepals and petals : 

 seeds 0.8 mm. in diameter, granular. 



In pine lands, Georgia to Mississippi and Florida. Spring. 



2. Hypoxis micrantha Pollard. Corm globose, 5-8 mm. in diameter : plant about 

 1 dm. high : leaf-blades very narrowly linear (1 mm. to nearly 2 mm. wide), channeled, 

 hirsute with copious slender 'spreading hairs, the base only slightly sheathing : scapes very 

 short (3-7 cm.), 2-flowered: perianth when expanded about 6 mm. broad: sepals and 

 petals, and anthers, similar to those of H. juncea, but relatively more narrow. 



In wet woods, Carteret County, North Carolina. Spring and summer. 



3. Hypoxis Curtissii Rose. Corm small : leaf-blades glabrous, linear, much elon- 

 gated, 3-5 dm. long, 10-20 mm. broad, weak and spreading : scapes rather short, 

 2-flowered : pedicels slender, erect : bracts elongated : sepals and petals (in fruit) erect, 

 narrow, 6-8 mm. long : capsules oblong, 6 mm. long, many-seeded. 



In sandy soil, northern Florida. Spring and summer. 



4. Hypoxis grandis Pollard. Plants clustered, 3-4 dm. high, a number growing 

 from a single large corm : leaf-blades linear, with a maximum width of 7 mm., sparsely 

 hirsute, prominently 3-5-nerved, their lower portions expanded into broad membranous 

 sheaths : scapes rather stout, equalling or somewhat shorter than the leaves, 5-9-flowered : 

 perianth 1-2 cm. broad, densely hirsute without. 



In clay soil, southern Alabama. Spring and summer. 



5. Hypoxis hirsuta ( L. ) Coville. Plants usually solitary : leaf-blades linear, 1-4 

 dm. long, often slightly involute, attenuate, the midrib impressed above, forming a keel 

 beneath : scapes solitary or several together, 0.3-5 dm. tall, simple below, usually uinbel- 

 lately branched above : pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, subtended by linear-subulate bracts : 

 perianth pubescent without : sepals and petals oblong or elliptic, 6-7 mm. long, yellow 

 within, greenish without : capsules globose or obovoid, 4-5 mm. long : seeds oblong or 

 subglobose, 1.5 mm. in diameter, black, minutely granular-papillose. [H. erecta L.] 



In dry or sandy soil, Maine to Ontario, Assiniboia, Florida and Texas. Spring to fall. 



4. MANFRED A Salisb. 1 



Fleshy herbs, the plants arising annually from bulbs borne on more or less thickened 

 rootstocks, and dying down annually. Leaves mainly basal : blades neither spiny-edged 

 nor spine-tipped. Flowers in narrow terminal spikes or racemes. Perianth rather incon- 

 spicuous : sepals and petals partially united, the lobes nearly equal. Stamens 6 : filaments 

 more or less adnate to the perianth-tube : anthers versatile. Ovary 3-celled : style slender. 

 Ovules in 2 rows in each cavity. Capsule 3-celled. Seeds flattened. FALSE ALOE. 



Filaments adnate to the base of the perianth-tube. 



Capsules longer than broad : leaves green. 1. M. Virginica. 



Capsules broader than long : leaves purple-blotched. 2. M. tigrina. 



Filaments adnate to near the top of the perianth-tube. 



Stamens much longer than the perianth-lobes : stigmatic lobes rounded : capsules 



much longer than broad. 3. M. variegata. 



Stamens about as long as the perianth-lobes : stigmatic lobes notched : capsules 



about as broad as long. 4. M. maculosa. 



1. Manfreda Virginica ( L. ) Salisb. Basal leaves 6-15 ; blades lanceolete, oblong 

 or oblong-spatulate, 1-3 dm. long, 3-5 cm. broad, herbaceous-tipped, obscurely and rather 

 irregularly serrulate, not mottled : stem 8-18 dm. tall, simple : bracts as long as the ovaries 

 or shorter : raceme loosely flowered : perianth greenish or brownish yellow ; tube narrowly 

 funnelform ; lobes linear-oblong, 10-12 mm. long : filaments narrowly clavate, adnate to 

 the base of the perianth-tube : anthers 12 mm. long : capsules 15-20 mm. long, longer than 

 broad : seeds 4-6 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, Maryland to Missouri, Florida and Texas. Spring and summer. 



2. Manfreda tigrina (Engelra.) Small. Basal leaves several ; blades lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3-5 dm. long, 5-7 cm. broad, acute or cuspidate, with herbaceous tips, 

 mottled with green and purple : stem 10-25 dm. tall, simple : raceme several-flowered : 



1 Kevised by Dr. J. N. Kose. 



