Ixia crocaia and its relatives, and differs nearly in the fame 

 manner, and both rauft belong to genera, of the effential 

 character of which the regularity or irregularity of the corolla 

 can form no part. Mr. Curtis appears to have been fenfible 

 of the natural affinity of thefe plants, and under this impreffiort 

 had marked the drawing of Ixia bulbifera^ given this month, 

 Gladiolu sfulpbureus, and noted it as one of thofe fpecies 

 which it is. difficult to determine whether it belongs to that 

 genus or to Ixia. When fuch men as he are at a lofs to 

 arrange the fpecies under the genera as now conftituted, it 

 fhews the neceffity of a reform*. 



For an opportunity of prefenting our readers with a figure 

 of this very rare fpecies, we are indebted to Edward Wood- 

 jord, Efq. of Vauxhall, from whole rich mine our work is 

 adorned with many a gem. 



It is omitted by Gmelin, in Syft. Nat. and by Martyn, 

 in Mill, Dift. Was introduced to the Kew Garden by Mr. 

 Masson, in 1786. Flowers in March. Scentlefs. May it 

 be a hybrid plant ? 



* Convinced of thefe imperfections in the prefent arrangement, 

 Mr. Gawler has been led to propofe the forming a new genus, under 

 the name of Sparaxis {at»%cthz laceratio) but fenfible that " in fo 

 *' natural an order of plants, nothing is more difficult than to find 

 *.' generic characters that mall be liable and not fet afide by every new 

 *' fpecies that comes in our way t:" he does not venture further at 

 prefent than to propofe, leaving the rejection or adoption of it to the 

 future determination of the Botanical world. 



* 



Ess. Char. Spatha Jcariofo- membra nacea ante dejlorefcentiam lacera. 

 Cor. 6-partita bafi infundibulif or mi-tub ulo fa. Stigm. 3 recurvo-paientia. 

 Capf. Jubrotunda. Sem. plurima rotunda. Gawler. 



Obs. Radix tuber Jibrofo-tunicatum. Caulis fapijjime ex axilhs 

 Jblwrum bulbifera. Folia 6 — 10, enfiformia fubtiliter multijlriata glabra. 

 Rackis Jlexuofa. Flores pauci remoti. Genitalia ere8a lattraiia vel etiam 

 adfcendentia. Tubus Jpatham fubaquans : Ihnbus regularis vel bilabiato- 

 irregularis patentiffimus vel angulatus. Ixia pendula ; elata, /pica e/ongata, 

 multiflora, di/licha, ramis gaudet capillaribus rigidis plurimis penduhs. G- 



Under this genus will rank, 



Ixia fragrans, Wiild. IxiA bulbifera, W\V?d. Sc Bot. Mag. [Ixia 

 grandiflora, Bot. Mag. Ixia lacera, Herb. Linn. SisyrinchiuM 

 majus latifolium, Comm. Hort. fpecies fi diftinc~hel. Ixia tricolor, 

 Bot. Mag. Ixia bicolor, Bot. Mag. Ixia pendula, Willd. ? 



1" Smith icon. pifi. 



