HYPOXIS ERECTA. 



YELLOW BETHLEHEM STAR. 



Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. Narcissi, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spatha 2-valved. Corolla superior, 6-parted, persistent. Capsule elongated, narrower at 

 the base, 3-celled, many-seeded. Seeds roundish, naked. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Hairy ; scape generally four-flowered, shorter than the leaves, which are very long, 

 linear, and acuminated ; peduncles twice as long as the flowers. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Hypoxis Carolinensis, Mich. 

 Hypoxis graminea, Pursh. 



Plant varying in height from two inches to afoot. Boot an oblong 

 or barrel-shaped bulb, marked by circular lines or rugse, about 

 three-fourths of an inch long, invested at the bottom and upper 

 part with a sphacelated, brownish-black tunic. Fibres very nume- 

 rous and thick, cylindrical and marked also by numerous circular 

 rings. None of the fibres come out from the under end or bottom 

 nor often from any part near the bottom, but principally from the 

 different sides irregularly. From the apex of the bulb proceeds, 

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