flained, as in Ix1a maculata ; too nearly allied to Ixta patens — 
(a variety of which is Jacquin’s Ix1a /eucantha) differing in | 
little elfe excépy fize and, colour and the -eampanulate contrac. 
tion of the limb at the bafe. : ce a 
Although Linnzus has given it the fpecific name of — 
flexuofa, yet in his defeription he fays it is “a flore ad florem 
“ parum flexus.” This now vague and inappropriate name — 
moft probably led Tuunsere to fufpea it to be a variety — 
of his “ fecunda,” which is truly flexuofe. The plant defcribed 
and figured as a variety of this by Mr. Curris, N° 127 of 
this work, has partly its habit and partly that of Ix1a _ 
conica, and is fo equally claimed by both, that we have named 
it “ bybrida ;” it has the flat hypocrateriform ftained bafe of 
conica, and the polyftachious ftem, white corolla, and fragrance _ 
of this, but does not expand fo freely as it, nor fo fhyly as — 
conica, and the leaves are rather more glaucous than in either 
of thefe. Cultivated by Mirrer in 1757. Propagates freely. _ 
In bulb Ixia flexuofa, hybrida, patens, and conica, agree to- — 
gether, but differ from Ix1a erefa and maculata. ‘All out 
varieties: were drawn in April at Meflts. Grimwoop and 
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