168 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
I. leucantha.—Fine white, May i eight- 
een inches high. 
I. linearis.—Linear-shaped leaves, flowers white, 
flowering in April and May. 
I. maculata.—A white and brown spotted species, 
about a foot high, flowering in May and June. 
I. monadelpha.—This blue Ixia has the flowers 
gathered together in bundles, and is dwarf and beautiful. 
I. ochroleuca.—A cream-colored species. 
I. patens.—This is a spreading-flowered pink spe- 
cies, blooming in April, about one foot high. 
I. Scillaris.—A various colored squill-like flower, 
and one of the very earliest, flowering in January and 
February. 
IXIOLIRION. 
A small genus of very pretty little plants, natives of 
Syria, producing, in early spring, delicate tufts of pale 
blue flowers. ‘They are rarely seen in cultivation, their 
place being taken by more showy plants. They grow 
as freely as the Crocus, and are increased by offsets. 
JACK IN THE PULPIT. 
See Arisema triphyllum, Page 31. 
JACOBEAN LILY. 
See Sprekelia, Page 22. 
JONQUIL. 
See Narcissus Jonquilla. 
LACHENALIA. 
Cape Cowslips. 
A rather large genus of rather pretty Cape bulbs of 
easy culture, preferring a light sandy soil and the cool 
greenhouse. The plants are small, flower-scapes erect, 
bearing numerous pendulous flowers, yellow and green, 
or scarlet and green; more curious than beautiful. The 
