P L A T E CCXXXVI.
H Y P O X I S STELLATA.
Star-flowered Hypoxis. white Var.
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A fexpartita, perfiftens, fupera. Cap- II BLOSSOM fixparted, remaining, above. Capfule
f u l a bafi anguftior. Spatha 2-valvis. narrower at the bafe. Sheath t w o valves.
|| See Hypoxtsjlellata. PI. 1 0 1 . Vol. II.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
H y p o x i s fcapo unifloro; foliis fublinearibus,
l a x i s , ftriatis; petalis bafi maculatis; cor
o l l a intus alba.
Hypoxis w i t h but one bloflbm on the flowerftem;
leaves n e a r l y Iinear,flexible a n d fcored;
t h e p e t a l s fpotted at t h e b a l e ; bloflbm w h i te
w i t h i n .
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E.
1. A Petal of t h e Bloflbm, lhewn from the outride.
2. T h e Chives a n d Pointal.
3 . O n e of the Chives.
4. T h e P o i n t a l , cleared of t h e chives.
T H I S moft b r i l l i a n t variety of Hypoxis ftellata, is as old a n i n h a b i t a n t of our gardens as t h e o t h e r Var.
f i g u r e d in t h e 2d Vol. of t h e Repofitory, PI. l O I ; it was l i k e w i f e i n t r o d u c e d by Mr. F . Maflbn. The
r o o t s of t h i s p l a n t are r a t h e r more t e n d e r , or d e l i c a t e , t h a n thofe of t h e y e l l ow v a r i e t y ; which makes
i t fcarcer, and m u c h lefs k n o w n . The nurfery, H a m m e r f m i t h , is t h e only place at w h i c h we have
feen i t ; and, we believe, they have i t not in H o l l a n d . The root from which our figure was taken,
h a d been i m p o r t e d , from the C a p e , in 1 8 0 1 . It flowers in A p r i l , and increafes by t h e r o o t ; fhould
be p l a n t e d in very l i g h t fandy peat e a r t h , and removed from the pot foon after the flowers are
decayed.