298 cxlti. apostasiace^e. [Apostasia. 
3 to 6 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide. Racemes 1 to 5 in. long. Bracts 
lanceolate subulate. Ovary sessile. Petals and sepals linear- 
oblong. Anther linear cordate. No trace of third stamen. Hab. 
Not common. In forests. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Perak, Ulu Batang 
Padang (Wray). 
Order CXLIII. AMARYLLIDACE^. 
Herbs with a short stem or a bulb. Leaves radical herbaceous. 
Scapes naked. Perianth superior, tube long or short or o; lobes 
subequal and similar. Stamens 6 adnate to base of lobes; fila¬ 
ments slender; anthers linear. Ovary 3-celled inferior; ovules 
many, 2-seriate in the inner angle of the cells. Fruit capsular or 
baccate. Seeds few or many, albuminous. Distrib. Whole world, 
rarer in tropics. 
Tribe i. Hypoxidece. Rootstock thick, not bulbous. Flowers spicate or 
racemose. 
Ovary not beaked; fruit capsular . , . 1. Hypoxis 
Ovary beaked; fruit baccate . . . . 2. Curculigo 
Tribe ii. AmarylletB, Stem bulbous; flowers umbellate. 
Leaves linear or lorate ...... 3. Crinum 
Leaves ovate petiolate , . . . . -4- Eurycles 
1. HYPOXIS, Linn. 
Stem tuberous. Leaves narrow. Flowers yellow, racemed or 
umbellate or solitary. Perianth rotate sessile on the top of the 
ovary. Stamens with short filaments; anthers erect dorsified. 
Style short. Stigmas 3 stout. Capsule 3-valved or circumsciss, 
not beaked. Seeds sub-globose. Species about 50, chiefly African 
and Australian. 
(!) H aurea Lour. FI. Cochinchine 200; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
vi. 277; Ridl. Mat. ii. 64. H. minor Don, Prodr. 53; Royle. III. 
t. 91, /. 3. 
A small hairy herb; stem cylindric or globose, fibrillose. Leaves 
linear acuminate, 6 in. long, *25 in. wide, glabrous. Scapes hairy, 
•5 to 4 in. long, 1- or 2-flowered. Flowers yellow. Perianth-lobes 
elliptic-lanceolate, backs hairy, -5 in. long. Capsule trivalved, 
clavate, *25 to *3 in. long. Seeds black tubercled. Hab. In sandy 
grassy spots. Rare. Pahang, Pulau Manis, Pahang River. 
Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Setul (Ridley). Distrib. 
India, Malay islands, China, Japan. 
2. CURCULIGO, Gaertn. 
Stem tuberous or a corm. Leaves large plicate petiolate 
lanceolate or linear flat. Scapes short. Flowers yellow spicate, 
racemed or sub-capitate. Perianth base produced into a solid 
stipes above the ovary, limb rotate 6-lobed. Fruit baccate, beaked. 
Species about 12, Tropical Asia and Africa. 
