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ORDER CLXXIV. HYPOXIDACE^aE. 



Flowers hermaphrodite : perianth corollaceous, adherent ta 

 the ovary, limb 6-parted : stamens 6, inserted at the base of 

 the segments of the perianth: filaments distinct: anthers 

 incurved, 2-celled, erect, dehiscing lengthways : ovary 3-celledj 

 cells opposite the sepaJsj style terminal, simple: stigmas 

 distinct or combined : pvales nnmerons, axUe, amphitropal : 

 fruit indehiscent, dry or baccate, 1 — 3-celled : seeds numerous, 

 roundish, with a lateral hilimi and beaked strophiole : embryo 

 in the axis of fleshy albumen : radicle remote from the hUum. 

 —^Perennial herbs with tuberous or fibrous roots; leaves 

 springing from the root and crown, linear, entire, plaited :. 

 scapes simple or branched. 



GENUS I. HTPOXIS. 



Hexandvia monocryula. Sex: Systi, 



Deriv. Prom Bypo, beneath, and Oxys, sharp, referring to th© 

 base of the capsule. 



GcEN. Chab. Perianth corolline, tube connate with the ovary, 

 limb e^parted, persistent : stamens 6 : oVary inferior, S-celled ; 

 ovules in two rows : style free : stigmas 3, adnata to the corners 

 of the style, seldom distinct : capsule crowned with the withered 

 limb, 3-celled, not valved: seeds numerous. — Perennial herbs: 

 flowers in a bract-shaped or sub-glumaceous 2-valved spathe. 



(1) H. lEPIOSTACHTA. (R.W.J 



lAent. Wight's Icon. vi. and t.. 2045. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves long-petioled, lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, glabrous above, sprinkled with longish lax hairs beneath: 

 scape short, slender, corymbose, lower flowers hermaphrodite : 

 pe^cels filiform, and with the ovary and exterior sepals, hairy : 

 sepals sub-obovate, obtuse : capsules few-seeded.. 



Malabar, flowering in June, 



(2) H. TEICHOCAfiPA. (R.W.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2045. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves long-petioled, lauceolate> acute at both 



