CLASS VI. ORDER I.

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-partita, persistens, supera. Capsula basi angustior. Spatha 2-valvis.

Blossom 6-parted, remaining, above. Capsule narrower at the base. Sheath 2-valved.

See Hypoxis stellata, Pl. CI. Vol. II.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Hypoxis foliis linearibus, glabris, canaliculatis, longiore scapo unifloro; corolla intus aurea, extus viridis.

Hypoxis with linear leaves, smooth, channelled, and longer than the flower-stem, which has but one flower; blossom orange within, green without.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.