HYPOX^IS EREC'TA. 
UPRIGHT HYPOXIS. 
Class. Order. 
HF.XANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
HYPOXIDE*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
6 inches. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1752. 
No. 302. 
The i^eneric name, Hj-poxis, is compounded from 
the Greek language, out of the words hupo, signi- 
fying beneath; and oxus, sharp, or pointed. It is 
intended to distingui.sh the form of the capsule, the 
lower part or base of which is tapering and pointed. 
Erecta, from the Latin, upright. 
This flower is not one of those which obtain ad- 
mirers by excess of gaiety — by a brilliancy that seems 
to follow the beholder as he recedes from the object 
of his attention. It should not, however, be forgotten, 
that it is with flowers as with mankind, something 
will be discovered in the character of almost every 
one which may claim our admiration; and out of 
which some portion of gratification may be collected 
to add to our general stock of happiness. 
Being a native of the pastures of North America, 
it may reasonably enough be supposed that this plant 
should withstand the severity of our climate without 
injury. Experience, however, has shown us that 
the contrary is often the fact ; and that it is unsafe 
to leave it fully exposed in very severe winters. 
A light soil, composed of two parts sandy peat, 
and one part fresh loam, is congenial to its growth. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v, 2, 254. 
