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SuBOEDER 2. Hypoxidese. (Gen. 19 21.) 

 19. CURCULIGO, Ga?rtn. 



Perianth-tube very long and slender ; limb G-parted, spread- 

 ing, deciduous. Stamens 6, exserted. Ovary many-ovuled ; 

 style connate with the long tube of the perianth, free above ; 

 stigmas 3. Berry oblong, few-seeded. — Endl. Gen. n. 1263 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1076, etc. 



Our only species (C. pUcata) is a small bulbous plant, with radical, lanceo- 

 late, plaited leaves, gradually lengthening as the flowers wither, and solitary, 

 radical, yellow flowers, the ovary remaining under ground, wliile the perianth- 

 tube resembles a scape. It is common on dry hills in the winter months. 



20. HYPOXIS, Linn. 



Perianth 6-parted to the base, spreading, star-like, persis- 

 tent. Stamens 6, epigynous. Ovules numerous ; style short, 

 thick, single ; stigmas 3. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded, 

 crowned with the marcescent perianth, which at length falls 

 off, carrying with it the top af the capsule, this then bursts 

 into 3 valves and scatters the seeds. Seeds numerous. — J£ndL 

 Gen. n. 1264 ; Bot. Mag. t. 662, 709, 1223, etc. 



Bulbous- or tuberous-rooted plants, with radical, glabrous or hairy, broad 

 or narrow leaves. Scapes 1- or many-flowered, simple or branched. Flowers 

 white or yellow, opening in bright sunlight, star-like and often handsome. 

 — Many species, throughout the colony ; the larger, hairy kinds, with many- 

 flowered scapes, are chiefly from the Eastern frontier and Natal. 



21. PAURIDIA, Harv. 



Perianth campanulate or spreading, deeply 6-parted, regu- 

 lar, persistent ; tube wide and short. Stamens 3, inserted on 

 the perianth, opposite the inner segments, at their base ; an- 

 thers opening laterally. Style deeply 6-parted (nearly to its 

 base), 3 segments very short, recurved, channelled, 3 long, 

 linear, erect, connivent or slightly spreading. Capsule crowned 

 with the perianth, long indehis^cent (as in Hypoxis). Seeds 

 many, globose, with a black, granulated skin. — Harv. Gen. 8. 

 Afr. Plants, ed. 1. p. 342. 



P. hypoxidioides, Harv. {Ixia mimita, Harv.), the only species, is a mi- 

 nute, bulbous plant, common in April and May about Capetown, Leaves 

 many, radical, spreading every way, subulate and channelled. Scapes 1-2 

 inches high, 1-2-flowered ; flowers white. Pedicels deflexed, on the wither- 

 ing of the flowers. The structure of the style is very peculiar. 



Order CXXVIII. ALISMACE.^, 



Plowers bisexual or monoecious. Perianth usually 6-parted 

 in two rows, the inner segments usually petaloid and deciduous, 

 rarely both persistent ; sometimes of 2 sepals only or 0. 



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