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14. IXIA, Linn. 
Perianth with a long, slender tube, and regular, salver- 
shaped limb. Stamens in the throat, free or monadelphous, 
spreading or declined. Stigmas 3, narrow-linear, recurved. 
Capsules membranous.—Endl. Gen. n. 1243. 
Bulbous plants, chiefly leafy at base, with slender, wiry stems, bearing 
simple or branched spikes of gaily-coloured flowers. —Many species. 
15. DIASIA, DC. 
Perianth 6-parted to the base, equal, spreading, segments 
taper-pomted. Stamens ascending. Stigmas 3, narrow- 
linear, recurved. Capsules turbinate. Seeds few, subglobose. 
—Hndl. Gen. n. 1244. 
Bulbous plants, with weak stems, ensiform, thin, pale-green leaves, and 
greenish-yellow, spiked flowers. Bracts subherbaceous.—2 species, found 
in woods or damp, shady places. 
16. HESPERANTHA, Ker. 
Perianth salver-shaped ; limb equalling the slender tube, 
the segments equal, spreading. Stamens on the tube, erect or 
spreadmg. Style filiform; stigmas filiform, very long, spread- 
ing. Capsules oblong. Seeds - rugose. —Endl. Gen. n. 1245. 
Bulbs with few, sword-shaped or curled leaves, and laxly spiked, dull 
coloured flowers, opening in the evening and very sweetly scented. Bracts 
herbaceous, entire, one of them as long as the tube of the perianth or 
longer.—Colonial name “ Avond-bloomjes.”—Several species. 
17? SCHIZOSTYLIS, Baekh. 
Floral characters as in Hesperantha, but the flowers are 
diurnal, densely spiked, and the root is stoloniferous. Seeds 
obtusely angled, not margined. 
A very beautiful plant, with bright crimson or clear pink flowers, and 
tufted leafy stems 3 feet high, has been figured in the Bot. Mag. t. 5422 
under the name Schizostylis coccinea, but, though extremely different in 
aspect from Hesperantha, it cannot be said to differ by any tangible generic 
character yet observed. It grows on mountains in the Eastern frontier, in 
Caffreland, and at Natal. 
18. GEISSORHIZA, Ker. 
Perianth funnel-shaped, with a short tube, and ample, 
equally 6-parted, erecto-patent limb. Stamens erect, free. 
Style declined ; stigmas 38, elongate, linear, undivided. Cap- 
sules membranous. Seeds minute.—Hndl. Gen. n. 1246. 
Small, bulbous plants, with secund spikes of brightly-coloured, generally 
blue or blue and crimson flowers. Bracts herbaceous or slightly withered 
at the tip. Leaves few, falcate or limear.—Several species. 
