CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla sex-partita, persistens, supera. Capsula basi angustior. Spatha bivalvis.
Blossom six-parted, remaining, above. Capsule narrower at the base. Sheath two-valved.
See Hypoxis stellata. Pl. CI. Vol. II.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hypoxis scapo subtrifloro, piloso, longitudine foliorum; pedunculis flore triplo longioribus; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, oblique flexis, glabris; radice fibrosa.
Hypoxis with mostly three flowers on the stem, which is hairy, the length of the leaves; foot-stalks three times the length of the flower; leaves linearly lance-shaped, obliquely bent downward, smooth; root fibrous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.