HYPOX'IS CANADEN'SIS. 
CANADIAN HYPOXJS. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGVNIA. 
Natural Order. 
amaryllidacea:. 
Native of 1 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N.America 
6 inches. 
June. 
Perennial. 
in 1838 ? 
No. 1095. 
The name, Hypoxis, is derived from the Greek 
hypo, beneath ; oxys, sharp ; and appropriately 
alludes to the shape of the capsule of this plant; 
the lower part of its capsule, or seed vessel, being 
tapered to a point. 
The Hypoxis now published is nearly allied to 
another Canadian species, which is figured at No. 
302 of this work. Most of those formerly imported 
were natives of Africa, and consequently tender; 
and the North American species have not proved 
completely hardy, but form excellent frame plants, 
which still may be flowered in the borders. It is 
somewhat important to the advantageous display 
of low plants like the present, which may rank in 
the flower garden with Crocuses, Scillas, &c., that 
they occupy a separate compartment, or be planted 
near to the fronts of the mixed flower borders or 
mounds. 
Although the Hypoxis Canadensis is esteemed 
as quite hardy, still, if only a single plant of it be 
possessed, it will be prudent to give it slight winter 
protection. The pot containing it may be conve- 
niently sunk in the open ground, for flowering. 
