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inured to bear the open air, into which they (hould 

 be removed, placing thc:n in a (hckcred firuarion, 

 \shcTC they may ftay till autumn •, but if ihey get root 

 pretty early in the lummer, ic will be proper to fe- 

 parate them each into a fmglc fmall pot, letting them 

 m the (hade till they have taken new root, after which 

 they may be placed as before dire*5led -, but when it 

 is late in the fcafon before they take root, it will be 

 better to let them remain m the fam.e pots till the fol- 

 lowing fpring. In winter thefe plants muft be placed 

 in a warm grcen-houfc, or in a moderately warm 

 ftove, for they arc impatient of cold and damp, nor 

 will they thrive in too much warmth •, they will often 

 require 'watci- in winter, but during that feafon it 

 muil be given them moderately ; in fummer they 

 muft be removed into the open air, but {hould have 

 a warm Ihcltcred fituation, and in warm weather they 

 muft have plenty of water. This plant Bowers at 

 different fcafons, but never produces fruit here. 

 The fixth fore grows naturally in Jamaica, from 

 whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent it to England ; 

 this rifes with many llirubby (lender ftalks about five 

 feet high, fending cut branches on every fide from 

 the root upv/ard, which grow ercft, and are covered 

 with a whitifti bark, garnifhed with fmall, oblong, 

 oval leaves, coming out on each fide the ftalk op- 

 pofite, and under the leaves are placed at every joint 

 two ftiarp thorns like thofe of the Berberry ; the flow- 

 ers come out fingly from the wings of the leaves, they 

 are fmall, and of a pale red colour, ft:aped like thoic 

 of the other forts. 



The feventh fort was found by the late Dr. Houftoun, 

 growing naturally at Campeachy. This rifes with a 

 ftrong woody ftem twenty feet high, dividing into 

 many crooked irregular branches, covered with a light 

 brown bark, garniftaed with fpear-ftiaped oval leaves, 

 near four inches long and two broad, which are co- 

 vered with a foft down onthefr under fider. The 

 flowers gfow in fpikes froni the'efid of the branches, 

 three, four, or five of thefe fpikjs arifing from the 

 fame point, the middle fpike being near three inches 

 '■ long, and the others about Half that length.- ■ The' 

 .^/ flowers are fmall and white, but''ffiap"ed like thofe of 





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the other fpecies. 



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;. ; The eighth fort grows naturally at Malabar and in 



'. '. Ceylon ; this rifes in its native foil* with a ftrong 



'^' woody ' ftem 'ten or twelve fee^ high, dividing into 



_: niany branches, which aregarniftied with fpear-ihaped 



' oval leaves five inches long, and two and a half broad, 



' of a lucid green, placed oppofite. The flowers grow 



in very long fpikes from the end of the branches, they 



. are of a greeniih colour with a ftiade of blue j the 



'helmet of the flower is reflexed. ■ 



\V,' Thefe three forts are propagated by feeds in the fame 



,"■ manner as the three firft, and the plants muft be 



;: 'treated in the fame way, cfpecially while they" are 



young;' but afterward tne eighth fort may b*e more 



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'ivHcb is the lengih of the flamina^ crQv:ncd by a thick 

 trijid ft'igmx \ the gennen afterward becomes an ovahhrcc- 

 cor;wed capfiile icith three cellsy filled zv'Jh rcu:hi:ih 

 feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion of 

 Linnx-us's third dafs, intitled Triandria Monorynia 

 whicli includes thofe plants whofc flowers have tlircc 

 ftamina and one ftyle, 



The Species are, 

 IxiA 







Chincnjis) foliis enfiformibus, floribus remoiis 

 paniculadichotoma, floribus j?eduncuiaris. Ilort. Up- 

 fal. i6. Ixiii zvithfv:;crd-Jhaped leaves^ ^^^df.cv:crsftQrJh:7 



remote in fcrkcd panicles upon foct-Jlalks, Bermudiana 

 iridis foLo majori flore croceo, eleganter puntTtato. 

 Krauf. Hort. 25. tab. 25. Bermiidiana iiith a larzer 

 Iris leaf and a Scifr 071- coloured flower^ which is leauli- 

 fully fpctted,- ' ■ - _ , ' ■■ 



2. IxiA {Africajia) floribus capitatis, fpathis bceri:. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. -^6. Ixia withfowersgrcji'ing in hcadsy hazin^r 

 ragged fljealhs. Bcrmudiana Capenfi.s, capitulis iariU- 

 ginofis. Pet. Hort. Sice. 242. Bcrmudiana f ran the Ca*)^ 

 of Good Hope^ with "jooolly heads. - ■ . 



3. IxiA {Scillariis) foliis ^.ladiolatis, nervofis, hirfiitis, 

 floribus fpicatis termmalibus. Icon. tab. 155. fig 1, 

 hia voithfword'fhaped^ hairy ^ veined leaves, andfiozoerr 

 growing in Jpikes at the ends cf the ftalks. ' 



4. IxiA i^PolyJiacia) foliis lineari-gladiolatis, floribus ala- 

 ribus & terminalibus. Icon. tab. 155. fig. 2. hia ivitb 



narrow fword-fhaped leaves.^ and flowers proceeding from 

 the fides and tops of the falk, 



5. IxiA {Crocata) foliis gladiolatis glabris, floribus co- 

 rymbofis terminahbus. Icon. tab. 156. Ixia with fmcnb 

 fpear-fljaped leaves.^ and flowers growing in a coryuhus 



■ terminating the ftalk. Sifyrinchium Atricanum majus, 

 • flore luteo macula notato. Olden. Greater African Siff- 



rinchium with a yellow fpotted flower. 



6. IxiA {Bulbifera) foliis lineari-gladiolatis, floribus al- 

 "teVnis, caule bulbifero^ Ipcia with nan ow f word flocpei 



leaves^ flowers placed alternate, and ftalks bearing btilhs. 



7. IxiA {Sparfa) fohis gladiolatis, floribus difianribus. 

 •- Ixia with fword-fhaped leaves^ and flowers growing 



diftant. v - . - . * :.:^: x^i-: 



8. Ixia (Flexuofa) foliis lineari-gladiolatis, floribus fpi- 



■ catls feflllibus terminalibus, Ixia with narrcw fizord- 



■ fhaped leaves, and feffile flowers growing in fpikes at the 



top of the ftalk. -^ 

 ^ The firft fort grows naturally in India, where the 

 ftalks rife to the height of five or fix feet, but in 



■ England they are feldom more than half that height 

 ' It hath a pretty thick flcfliy root, divided in knots or 



joints of a ycllowifti colour, fending out many fibres; 



the ftalk is pretty thick, fmooth, and jointed, gar- 



^ niflied with fword-fliaped leaves a foot long and one 



- inch broad, with feveral longitudinal furrows em- 



, bracing the ftalks with their bale, ending in acute 



points ; the upper part of the ftalk divaricates into 



two fmaller, with a foot-ftalk arifing between them. 



hardi y treated, when they have gotten ftrength.. This V which fupports one flower; the fmaller branches di- 



lore may alfo be propagated by cuttings, in the fame 

 ^ manner as the fifth fort ; and v/heri the plants are two 

 *;^ '^ or three years old, they will thrive in a rndcfefate de- 

 ^ /grce of warmth in winter, and. in the fummer they 

 ';_may be placed abroad for two months in the warmeft 

 ■^ ;' ieafon of the year ; but they fKould have a warm {hel- 

 ^ tered fituation, 'and when the nights begin to grow 

 ^:^Xbld,' they muft be removed into th'e'ftove, but they 

 - muft have free air admitted to them at all times when 



the weather is warm. *' The other two forts fliould 



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varicate again in the fame manner into foot-ftalks, 

 ■ which are two inches long, each fiiftaining one flower. 

 i' At each of thefe joints is a fpathaor ftieath embracing 

 v'- the ftalk, which at the lower joints are three inches 

 • ■ longj "but the upper arc not more than one inch, 

 "ending in acute points which arfe permanent-, the 

 ^:: flowers are compofed of fix equal petals, of a yellow 

 - colour within, and variegated with dark red fpots-, 

 x-^ the outfide is of an Orange colour. Thefe appear in 



July ahd Auguft, and in warm feafons are fucceedc 



by feeds." 



j^ conicantly remain m tnc DarK.-ttove, and require the - ^ by fecds:^'> .\^f^'^-v^?^-t' r-^^ — -' -" ^ -• |.. : : ---^ - 



T'L^^!^^^,^^^^^"^'^^^^^ I ■^" This fort may be propagated either by feeds or part- 



>[r. bpuntrics. _ . ' » v -, t^ ; ;%_^ 7' ^ ^ t in<? of the roots : if bv feeds thev fliould be fown in 



IXI A. Lin. Gen. Plarit. 54. Sifyrinchium, .Com. Hort. 



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'U^^Thc Chatiacters are, 



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7/ bath Ghlongpermanent fpatha {or ftjeaths) which inclcje 

 the gerpten ; the flower has flx oblong fpear-fhaped petals 

 which are e^ual; and three awUfloaped ftamina which are 

 fhorter Than 'the petals, fituated at e^ual diftances, tenni- 

 mted hy Jingle fummits. It hath an oval three-cornered 

 germmjitwated below the flower, fupporting a Jingle ftyk 



ing of the roots : if by feeds they fliould be fown in 

 pots, and plunged into a moderate hoc-bed, which 



. will bring up the plants much fooner than when they 

 are fown in the full ground ; when the plants are fit 



' to remove, they fliould be each planted in a fmall fe- 



• paratepo^t filled with light earth, and if they are placed 

 uhdei- a frame till they have taken good root in the 

 pots, it will greatly forward their growth-, afterward 



- they^ may be placed in the open air in a Iheltered fi- 



tuationj where they noay remaio till fhe autumn, when 



they 



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