THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

CXLII. APOSTASIACE.E. [Apostasia.
3 to 6 in. long, '75 to I in. wide. Racemes I to 5 in. long. Bracts
lanceolate subulate. Ovary sessile. Petals and sepals linearoblong.
Anther linear cordate. No trace of third stamen. Hab.
Not common. In forests. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Perak, DIu Batang
Padang (Wray).
ORDER CXLIII. AMARYLLIDACElE.
Herbs with a short stem or a bulb. Leaves radical herbaceous.
Scapes .naked. Perianth superior, tube long or short or 0; lobes
subequal and similar. Stamens 6 adnate to base of lobes; filaments
slender; anthers linear. Ovary 3-celled inferior; ovules
many, 2-seriate in the inner angle of the cells. Fruit capsular or
baccate. Seeds few or many, albuminous. Distrib. Whole world,
rarer in tropics.
TRIBE i. Hypoxidet1l. Rootstock thick, not bulbous. Flowers spicate or
racemose.
Ovary not beaked; fruit capsular
Ovary beaked; fruit baccate. •
TRIBE ii. Amaf'yllet1l. Stem bulbous;
Leaves linear or lorate
Leaves ovate petiolate
I. HYPOXIS
• • • 2. CURCUUGO
flowers umbellate.
• 3. CRINUM
• 4. EURYCLES
1. HYPOXIS, Linn.
Stem tuberous. Leaves narrow. Flowers yellow, racemed or
umbellate or solitary. Perianth rotate sessile on the top of the
ovary. Stamens with short filaments; anthers erect dorsified.
Style short. Stigmas 3 stout. Capsule 3-valved or circumsciss,
not beaked. Seeds sub-globose. Species about 50, chiefly African
and Australian.
(I) H. aurea Lour. Fl. Cochinchine 200; Hook. fil. F.B.I.
vi. 277; Ridl. Mat. ii. 64. H. minor Don, Prody. 53; Royle. Ill.
t. 9I, f. 3. I
A small hairy herb; stem cylindric or globose, fibrillose. Leaves
linear acuminate, 6 in. long, '25 in. wide, glabrous. Scapes hairy,
'5 to 4 in. long, I- or 2-flowered. Flowers yellow. Perianth-Iobes
elliptic-Ianceolate, backs hairy, '5 in. long. Capsule trivalved,
clavate, '25 to '3 in. long. Seeds black tubercled. Hab. In sandy
grassy spots. Rare. Pahang, Pulau Manis, Pahang River.
Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Setul (Ridley). Distrib.
India, Malay islands, China, Japan.
2. CURCULIGO, Gaertn.
Stem tuberous or a corm. Leaves large plicate petiolate
lanceolate or linear flat. Scapes short. Flowers yellow spicate,
racemed or sub-capitate. Perianth base produced into a solid
stipes above the ovary, limb rotate 6-lobed. Fruit baccate, beaked.
Species about 12, Tropical Asia and Africa.