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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



HYP 



Leaves sinu- 



Root down- 



; stem naked, 



flower small, 



quill, tapering, furnished with few fibres, pale brown ; pedun- 

 cles scaly, a little thickened under the flower. It may be dis- 

 tinguished by the smallness of the flowers, not exceeding the 

 size of a silver threepence, while the heads containing the 

 seeds are altogether as large in proportion to the size of the 

 plant. The flowers are open from about nine in the morn- 

 ing till about one or two in the afternoon. It delights in a 

 sandy soil and exposed situation, and flowers in June. 



4. Hypochoeris Radicata ; Long-rooted Hypochaeris. 

 Leaves runcinate, obtuse, rugged; stem branched, naked, 

 even; peduncles scaly. Root perennial, the thickness of the 

 little finger, running deeply into the earth, generally simple, 

 of a whitish colour, and milky within ; flowers large, closing 

 at three in the afternoon. It is distinguished from Leonto- 

 don Autumnale, by the length of the root, from whence it 

 derives its trivial name. In barren soils it occurs of a much 

 smaller size, five or six inches high, with an unbranched stem, 

 or with one flower, almost sessile on the side. It is common 

 on dry banks, heaths, and pastures, flowering from May to 

 September; and in the early part of summer is a conspicuous 

 plant, and is called Hawkiveed, in common with many others. 

 Dr. Withering has named it Cat's Ears. 



5. Hypochosris Minima ; Least Hypochoeris. 

 ate-lyrate; stem with scaly appendices at top. 

 right, two or three inches long, annual, fibrous 

 simple, one-flowered, a palm in height, smooth 



equal. Native of Italy and Naples, on volcanic ground, 

 particularly the Solfaterra, flowering from May to June. 



Hypoxis; a genus of the class Hexandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: glume two-valved. 

 Corolla : one-petalled, superior ; limb six-parted ; segments 

 ovate-oblong, spreading, permanent. Stamina: filamenta 

 six, very short, capillary ; antherse oblong, shorter than the 

 petals. Pistil : germen inferior, turbinate ; style filiform, 

 the length of the stamina ; stigma bluntish. Pericarp : 

 capsule somewhat oblong, narrower at the base, crowned 

 with the permanent corollas, three-celled, three-valved ; (ac- 

 cording to Gsertner, valveless.) Seeds: very many, roundish. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : a two-valved glume. 

 Corolla : six-parted, permanent, superior. Capsule : nar- 

 rower at the base. The species are, 



1 . Hypoxis Erecta ; Upright Hypoxis. Hairy, with 

 ovate capsules. Root tufted, with fleshy branched fibres; 

 stems two or three, shorter than the leaves, upright, round, 

 l\airy, reddish above, each bearing one upright flower; co- 

 rolla externally green and hairy, with a red rib, internally 

 concave, yellow, smooth, without veins or nerves. It flowers 

 in June ; and is a native of North America. 



2. Hypoxis Decumbens ; Trailing Hypoxis. Hairy, with 

 club-shaped capsules : bulb roundish, fleshy, brown, putting 

 out fibres from the side; peduncles radical from the sheaths 

 among the leaves ; seeds wrinkled, black. The roots came 

 accidentally into Mr. Miller's hands among some Allspice 

 plants, and he cultivated them in 1755. It flowers mos 

 part of the year. Native of Jamaica, in sandy fields, among 

 the mountains. It will not thrive well in England, unlesi 

 the pots be plunged into a hot-bed of tanners' bark, and the 

 air kept up to the heat assigned for Ananas. In this situa- 

 tion the plants will succeed, produce plenty of flowers, an< 

 perfect the seeds, which, if suffered to scatter, will produci 

 plenty of young plants ; or, if they be sown in pots soou afte 

 they are ripe, and planted into the tan-bed, will come up in 

 about six weeks, and, when they are fit to transplant, may be 

 treated in the same manner as the old plants. 



3. Hypoxis Spicata; Spiked Hypoxis. Upright: leave; 

 i-nsiform, falcate, smooth; flowers in spikes. Root composee 



f capillary fibres in bundles ; flowers from the middle to the 

 op of the spikes, alternate, remote, very many ; capsule and 

 achis very rough with hairs. It flowers in May and June, 

 and is a native of Japan. 



4. Hypoxis Plicata ; Plaited-leaved Hypoxis. Scape one- 

 lowered, three-sided; leaves lanceolate, plaited, villose; 

 >ulb globular; corolla yellow. Native of the Cape. For the 

 treatment of this, and the other Cape sorts, see Albuca. 



5. Hypoxis Stellata; Spotted-flowered Hypoxis. Scape 

 one-flowered; leaves linear, striated; petals spotted. This 



s a beautiful little bulbous plant, with a dark spot at the 

 claws of the petals ; leaves like those of Narcissus, the length 

 of the scape, which is sheathed below the middle ; the spatbe 

 aermanent, acuminate, flat; filamenta, very short; style three- 

 cornered. Native of the Cape. 



6. Hypoxis Aquatica ; Aquatic Hypoxis. Leaves linear ; 

 scapes umbelled, or one-flowered. Leaves radical, loose, 

 sending at the end; scapes filiform, the height of the water; 

 iowers in some solitary, hermaphrodite, in others umbelled, 

 male. Found in watery ditches at the Cape. 



7. Hypoxis Serrata ; Channel-leaved Hypoxis. Leaves 

 channelled, smooth, ciliate-serrate ; scapes one-flowered. It 

 flowers in July. Native of the Cape. 



8. Hypoxis Villosa ; Hairy Hypoxis. Leaves linear, ensi- 

 form, villose; stigma simple, three-cornered, acute. It varies 

 in size. Capsule small, narrower at the base, so as to be 

 almost club-shaped. Native of the Cape. 



9. Hypoxis Fascicularis. Tube of the flowers very long. 

 Native of Syria, near Aleppo. 



10. Hypoxis Sessilis. Hairy, stemless : fructifications sub- 

 radical ; leaves linear, straight. The leaves are a span in 

 length, keeled, like those of Juncus Pilosus, hairy all over, 

 pale green; petals pointed, plaited, three outer broader, green, 

 hairy. Seeds round, black, and shining. It flowers at the 

 latter end of June. Native of Carolina. 



11. Hypoxis Minuta. Leaves three-sided, fleshy, smooth; 

 scapes bifid. Bulb conical, large in proportion to the plant ; 

 corolla spreading, snow-white; filamenta shorter than the 

 corolla. Native of the Cape. 



12. Hypoxis Ovata. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 smooth ; scapes one-flowered ; flower white, and pretty. 

 Found at the Cape. 



13. Hypoxis Alba. Leaves cylindric, smooth; scapes 

 subbifid; petals, unspotted. A small plant. Found by 

 Thunberg at the Cape. 



14. Hypoxis Aurea. Stemless, hairy: scape one-flowered; 

 capsules oblong. An annual plaut: leaves awl-shaped, chan- 

 nelled, reflexed, half a foot long, clustered ; coiolla bell- 

 shaped, equal, golden coloured within, greenish on the out- 

 side, hairy. Native of Cochin-china, where it was found on 

 a sandy hill called Sou Koung. 



15. Hypoxis Graminea. Scape four-flowered; leaves very 

 long, shorter than those of grass, very narrow, and double the 

 length of the scape. Found from New Jersey to Carolina, in 

 dry sandy fields and woods. 



Hyptis; a genus of the class Didynamia, order Gynino- 

 spermia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth turbi- 

 nate, half five-cleft, permanent; segments lanceolate, acute, 

 almost equal, upright. Corolla: one-petalled, ringent; tube 

 funnel-form; throat widened; limb spreading very much, 

 resupinate ; upper lip, (which is the lower in situation,) trifid; 

 lateral segments ovate, acute, the middle one roundish, con- 

 cave, obtuse ; lower lip (in situation the upper) semibifid ; 

 segments senriovate, flat, acute. Stamina: filamenta four, 

 awl-shaped, erect, of which two are shorter ; antheree twin, 

 hanging down. Pistil: germen four-cleft; style filiform; 



