Empalement. Husk of two valves.
Blossom one petal, superior; border of six divisions, segments oblong-egg-shaped, and spreading; permanent.
Chives. Six very short hair-like threads. Tips oblong, shorter than the petals.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath, turban-shape. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit bluntish.
Seed-vessel. Capsule rather oblong, smaller at the base, crowned by the permanent blossom, three cells, three valves.
Seeds many, roundish.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hypoxis scapo unifloro; foliis sub-linearibus, laxis, striatis; petalis basi maculatis.
Hypoxis with but one blossom on the flower-stem; leaves nearly linear, flexible, and scored; the petals spotted at the base.
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