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HYPOXIS obtusa. 
Mr. Burchell’s Hypoxis. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Nancissr. Jussiew gen. 54. Div. ITE Genera Nar- 
cissis non omnino affinia. ; 
Aspuopete®. Brown prod. 274. Div. Genera inter - 
Asphodeleas et Amaryllideas media. 
HY POXIS. Inflor. fistuloso-pedunculata. Cal. 0. Cor. supera, 
hexapetalo-partita, regularis, zequalis, explanata, firmula v. coriacea, 
persistens. £%7/. disco glanduloso corollz infixa, brevia: anth. majuscule, 
sagittate, erecta. Stylus crassus, brevis: stig. 3, verticalia, adnata, 
anticé sulcata, unita v. soluta. Caps. oblongiuscula, trigona, triloc., po- 
lysperma, evalyis, basi angustior: sem. subglobosa v. angularia, affixa 
angulo interno loculamenti ; festa nigra, sapils punctata. 
Radix rhizoma bulbiceps polymorphum, interdim tunicatus bulbus. 
includens. rhizoma. Folia ambientia, plurifaria, radicalia, sepius 
canaliculato-trigona, rigidiuscula. Scapi s@pe plures successivi. “Pe- 
dunculi bracteati. In capsuld matura modo obliterantur septa, que 
prids evidentissima. Sem. modo biseriata, pedicellato-funiculata. 
, 
H. obtusa, rhizomate cylindrico, conico; foliis margine et carin’ hir- 
sutis; scapo hispido, plurifloro, subracemoso: corollz laciniis obtusis. 
Hyper obtusa. Burchell MSS. 
‘ Rhizoma bulbiceps magnum, annulatum, veteribus basibus setosum. Folia 
plurima (10), fasciculata, erecto-patent.:.. lineari-lanceolata, rigida, carinato- 
triquetra ; exteriora torta in spiram, interiora longiora angustiora, sub- 
octounctalia, ad maximum % partes uncie lata, long? acuminata. Scapus 
strictus, nclinatus, teres, foliis subbrevior. Flores lutei, inodori,. UCT, 
laxits et interrupt? racemosi, superni subcymoso-fastigiantes : pedunculi flori- 
bus 2-3-plo breviores, equales’ bracteis lineart-subulatis carinatis. ‘ Germ. 
breve, hirsutum, continuum pedicello. Cor. intits nitens ; laciniis elliptico- 
oblongis, exterioribus subangustioribus, parva mucrone prefixis, interioribus 
utrinque defleris. Anth, lanceolate, 3-plo longiores filamentis subulatis 
flavis. Stylus duplo brevior staminibus, conicus, triqueter; stigmata co- 
adunata, ; 
An unrecorded species discovered by Mr. Burchell du- 
ring his late travels in the interior of Southern Africa, on. 
the sandy plains in the vicinity of Litakoon, the chief place — 
of the Bachapin nation, distant about 1000 miles N. E. from 
Cape Town. 
The rootstock of most tunicated bulbs is enclosed within 
concentric lamine, and forms the nucleus of the bulb; but. 
in this genus it constitutes far the larger portion of the 
