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Ix1a BuLBocopium. Crocus-Leav’p Ixia. 
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Clafs and Order. | 
TRIANDRIA MonocynNia. 
Generic CharaGer. 
Cor. 1-petala, tubulofa; tubo reéto, filiformi; limbo 6-partito, 
‘campanulato, equali. S/igmata tria, fimplicia. Thunb, Diff. 
de Ixia. : 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
IXIA Bulbocodium {capo unifloro breviflimo, foliis angulatis 
-caulinis, ftigmatibus fextuplicibus. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. ed. 
19; p. 90.: 
IXIA Ralborociunn {capo ramofo, floribus folitariis, foliis ful- 
catis reflexis. Thunb. Diff: n. 3. 
CROCUS vernus anguftifolius. 1. 11. Cluf Hif. 1. p. 207. 
violaceo flore, 208. eju/d. 
There are three plants cultivated in the gardens of the cu- 
‘ous to which Bulbocodium is applied, either as a generic Or a 
trivial name, viz. Narciffus Bulbocodium, Bulbocodium vernum, — 
already figured, and the prefent plant: the Ixia Bulbocodium 
and Bulbocodium vernum are given in this work, not fo much 
for their beauty as their rarity, not fo much to gratify the eye, 
as to communicate a knowledge of two plants but little known, 
and liable to be confounded from a fimilarity of their names. 
__ This is one of the few hardy fpecies of the genus, and grows 
wild in many parts of Spain and Italy; it is faid to have been 
found in Guernfey : it affeéts hilly and dry fituations, will grow 
readily in almoft any foil, efpecially if frefh, and not infefted — 
with vermin: it flowers about the middle of April, the blof- — 
foms do not expand fully unlefs expofed to the fun, and are — 
not of long duration: authors defcribe the wild plants a3 
varying greatly in colour, vid. Cluf. they are moft commonly — 
pale blue. . 4 
Like the Crocus, it increafes readily by offsets. | 
Was cultivated by Mr. Mitrer, in 1739, Ait. Kew. Bul- 
bocodium, 1. in the 6th edition of his Di€tionary in 4to, is not 
this plant, but the Anthericum Scrotinum, Facq. Fl. Aufir. V. §+ 
app. t. 38. ee 
