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HYPOX'IS, f. [two|u ? , Gr. Iharpifh.] Base Star- 
flower; in botany, a genus of the clafs hexandria, or¬ 
der monogynia, natural order of coronariae, (narcilfi, Ju][.) 
The generic characters are—Calyx : glume two-valved. 
Corolla : one-petalled, fuperior ; limb fix-parted ; feg- 
ments ovate-oblong, fpreading; permanent. Stamina: 
filaments lix, very Ihort, capillary; anthers oblong, Ihorter 
than the petals. Piltillum: germ inferior, turbinate; 
ftyle filiform, the length of the Itamens ; ftigma bluntifli. 
Pericarpium : capfule fomewhat oblong, narrower at the 
bafe, crowned with the permanent corolla, three-celled, 
three-valved, (valvelefs, Gartner.) Seeds: very many, 
roundifh.— EJJ'endal CharaEler. Calyx ; a two-valved glume; 
corolla fix-parted, permanent, fuperior ; capfule narrower 
at the bafe. 
Species, i. Hvpoxis erefta, or upright hypoxis : hairy, 
-with ovate capl’ules. Leaves like thole of carex or juncus 
pilofus. Hypoxis juncea, or rufhy hypoxis, of Dr. Smith, 
found by Mr. John Frafer in boggy ground in Carolina, 
does not feem to be a different lpecies, although the 
fcapes are lingle flowered, as in Smith’s and Catelby’s 
figures; whereas in thofe of Petiver and Plukenet, referred 
to by Linnaeus, two flowers are reprefented together. Na¬ 
tive of North America. Introduced in 1784 by Mr. 
William Young. It flowers in June. 
а. Hypoxis decumbens, or trailing hypoxis : hairy, 
with club-lliaped capfules. Native of Jamaica, in fandy 
fields among the mountains. The roots came accidentally 
to Mr. Miller among fome plants of allfpice; and he cul¬ 
tivated them in 1755. It flowers moll part of the year. 
3. Hypoxis fpicata, or fpiked hypoxis: upright; leaves 
enfiform, falcate, fmooth ; flowers in fpikes. Native of 
Japan; flowering in May and June. 
4. Hypoxis plicata, or plaited-leaved hypoxis: fcape 
one-flowered, three-lided, leaves lanceolate, plaited, villofe. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on fandy hills; found 
there by Thunberg. Introduced in 1788 by Mr. Francis 
Maffon. 
5. Hypoxis flellata, or fpotted-flowered hypoxis: fcape 
one-flowered, leaves linear, ftriated, petals fpotted. This 
is a beautiful little bulbous plant, with a dark fpot at the 
claws of the petals. It was firll named Amaryllis capenfis 
by Linnaeus, and is thus deferibed in the Anrcenitates 
Academics : Leaves like thofe of narciffus, the length of 
the fcape, which is fheathed below the middle; the fpathe 
permanent, acuminate, flat; petals lanceolate, black at the 
bafe within ; filaments very fliort; anthers eredl,»lhorter 
by half than the petals ; ftyle three-cornered, the length 
of the anthers, with three fligmas. Amaryllis capenfis of 
Miller is different. Reichard refers to A. vernalis of 
Miller as the fame with this ; but Miller makes that to be 
a native of Spain and Portugal. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, where it w'as obferved by Thunberg. 
б. Hypoxis aquatica, or aquatic hypoxis : leaves linear, 
fcapes umbelled, or one-flowered. Leaves radical, loofe, 
bending at the end. Scapes filiform, the height of the 
xvater. Flowers in fome folitary, hermaphrodite ; in others 
umbelled, male. Native of the Cape of Good Hope in 
watery ditches. 
7. Hypoxis ferrata, or channel-leaved hypoxis : leaves 
channelled, fmooth, ciliate-ferrate; fcapes one-flowered. 
This alfo was found at the Cape of Good Hope by 
Thunberg; and was introduced by Maffon in 1788. It 
flowers in July. 
8. Hypoxis viWofa, or hairy hypoxis : leaves linear-en- 
fiform, villofe, ftigma Ample, three-cornered, acute. It 
varies in fize, and is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
It was found there by Mr. Francis Maffon ; was intro¬ 
duced in 1774, and flowers molt part of the fummer. 
9. Hypoxis fafcicularis, or Aleppo bafe liar-flower: tube 
of the flowers very long. Native of 'the country about 
Aleppo. 
10. Hypoxis feflilis, or Carolina bafe ftar-flower : hairy, 
ftemlefs, fructifications fubradical, leaves linear, flraight. 
Leaves ieveral, a long fpan in length, keeled, like thofe 
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of Juncus pilofus, hairy all over, but moil confpicuoufly 
round the edge, pale green on both fides. Native of Ca¬ 
rolina, whence it came in the earth with other plants, and 
was cultivated in the Eltham garden before 1732. Flow¬ 
ers in June and July. 
11. Hypoxis minuta, or fmaff bafe ftar-flower : leaves 
three-fided, flefhy, fmooth ; fcapes bifid. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, where it was found by Koenig. 
12. Hypoxis ovata, or ovate-leaved bafe ftar-flower,: 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, fmooth ; fcapes one-flow- 
ere^l. Flower white and pretty. Found at the Cape of 
Good Hope by Thunberg. 
13. Hypoxis alba, or white bafe ftar-flower : leaves cy~ 
lindric, fmooth, fcapes fubbifid, petals unfpotted. This 
is a little plant, found alfo at the Cape by Thunberg. 
14 Hypoxis aurea, or golden bafe ftar-flower : ftem¬ 
lefs, hairy, fcape one-flowered, capfule oblong. This is 
an annual plant. Leaves awl-fhaped, channelled, reflex, 
half a foot long, cluftered. Corolla bell-lhapcd, equal, 
golden-coloured within, greenifli on the ouffide, hairy. 
Native of Cochin-china, on a fandy hill called Son Koting. 
Propagation and Culture. For the Cape forts, 4 to 8, n, 
ia, 13, fee Aluuca, vol. i. p. 242. Trailing hypoxis 
will not thrive well in England, unlefs the pots be plunged 
into a hot-bed of tanner’s bark, and the hair kept up to 
the heat afligned for Ananas. In this fituation the plants 
will thrive, produce plenty of flowers, and perfeft their 
feeds, which, if buffered to fcatter on the pots, will pro¬ 
duce plenty of young plants ; or, if they be fown in pots 
foon after they are ripe, and planted into the tan-bed, 
they will come up in about fix weeks, and when they are 
fit to tranfplant may be treated in the fame manner as the 
old plants. See Ornithogalum. 
FIYPOX'YLON, f. in botany. See Clavaria. 
HYP'SICLES, an ancient mathematician who flourifhed 
in the fecond century, under the reigns of Mafcus Aure¬ 
lius and Lucius Verus, was a native of Alexandria, and 
a difciple of Ifidorus. He was the author of a work en¬ 
titled AvccOogixocy Jive de Afccnfionibus, which was publifhed 
at Paris, in Greek and Latin, by James Mentelius, toge¬ 
ther with the Optics of Heliodorus, 1657, 4to, He is alfo 
fuppofed to have been the author of the XIVth and XVth 
books of the Elements of Geometry, which are commonly 
attributed to Euclid. 
HYTfJIC'RATES, a Phoenician, who wrote a liiftory 
of his country in the Phoenician language. This liiltory 
was laved from the flames of Carthage, when that city was 
taken byScipio, and tranflated into Greek. 
HYPSIP'YLE, in ancient liiftory, a queen of Lemnos, 
daughter of Thoas.. During her reign, Venus, vvhofe al¬ 
tars had been univerfally flighted, punilhed the Lemnian 
women, and rendered their mouths and breath lo ex¬ 
tremely offenfive to the fmell, that their hulbands aban¬ 
doned them, and gave themfelves up to fome female (laves 
whom they had taken in a war againlt Thrace. This con¬ 
tempt was highly relented by the women of Lemnos ; 
they refolved on revenge, and all unanimoully put to 
death their male relations, Hypfipyle alone excepted; who 
fpared the life of her father Thoas. Soon after this cruel 
murder, the Argonauts landed at Lemnos, in their expe¬ 
dition to Colchis, and remained for fome time in the illand. 
During their (lay, the Argonauts rendered the Lemnian 
women mothers, and Jafon, the chief of the Argonautic 
expedition, left Hypfipyle pregnant at his departure, and 
promifed her eternal fidelity. Hypfipyle brought twins, 
Euneus and Nebrophonus^ whom fome have called Dei- 
philus or Thoas. Jafon forgot his vows and promifes to 
Hypfipyle, and the unfortunate queen was loon after 
forced to leave her kingdom by the Lemnian women, who 
confpired againlt her life, (till mindful that Thoas had 
been preferved by means Gf his daughter. Hypfipyle in 
her flight was feized by pirates, and fold to Lycurgus 
king of Nemaea. She was entruited with the care of Ar- 
chemorus, the fon of Lycurgus; and, when the Argives 
marched againft Thebes, they met Hypfipyle, and obliged 
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