__ Flowers in June. Scentle(s, 
Pee Fe ee 
Ixia Crispa. Curctep-Leavep Ixia. _ 
‘ ‘ & 
TSE a aie a THM ee 
Clafs and Order. 
Trranpria Monocyrnia. 
Generic Charafler.—Vid. Nim BAG. 
Specific Charafer and Synonyms. 
“IXIA crifpa; foliis undulato-crifpis, floribus remotis, an- 
theris breviffimis fubdidymis extrorfum deflexis, flig- 
matibus tubum ufque difcretis reflexo-patentibus an-_ 
theris fubje&tis. G. wey ae 
IXIA crifpa. Thunb. Diff. n. 8. t. 2. FT. 3. prod. 9. Linn, 
: Suppl. 91. Hort, Kew. add. Willd. Sp. Pl.1.199. 
IXIA undulata, Burm. prod. cap.1. Salifb. prod. Hort. B70 
0G: PES es Tag 
Bulb fomewhat oblong, attenuated upwards, covered witha 
foft reticulated fibrous tunic. Leaves fix, linear, elegantly 
waved, twice fhorter than the ftem. Spathe membranous, 
fubpellucid, about the length of the tube, which is very flender 
_ and feveral times fhorter than the fegments, of the corolla, 
outer valve three-toothed, inner two-toothed. Flowers 3—4 _ 
fegments obovate, blunt, patent. Said by Tuunperc te 
vary with white and blue flowers. The anthers are very 
flightly attached to the apex of the filaments by their bafes. 
G at the Cape, on the Roode Sand Hills, eg 
Introduced into Kew Gardens, 1787, by Mr. Masson. 
