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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



I X I 



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Flowers at the ends of the branches, rather large, coming 

 one after the other ; tube of the corolla very short ; segments 

 of the border yellow within. It varies with the three inner 

 segments of the corolla yellow, and the three outer green ; the 

 three inner white-yellow, and the three outer greenish ; the 

 three inner blue-white, the three outer greenish ; the three 

 inner white, the three outer green ; with corollas wholly yel- 

 low, or wholly blue, or rose-coloured with a yellow base. It 

 varies also in the size of the flowers. Native of the Cape. 



5. Ixia Parviflora; Small-flowered Ixia. Leaves linear, 

 compressed ; segments of the corolla lanceolate, retuse, the 

 inner scarcely wider ; stigmas bifid, spreading, revolute. 

 Gathered wild in Jersey by Mr. R. Finlay. 



6. Ixia Fugax ; Fugacious Ixia. Leaves linear, com- 

 pressed ; segments of the corolla linear-lanceolate, blunt, 

 the inner wider and more erect; stigmas bifid, horizontal, 

 recurved. Native of the Cape. 



7. Ixia Humilis ; Humble Ixia. Scape branched ; flowers 

 pointing one way ; leaves grooved, erect, longer. It varies 

 with the corolla yellow, whitish, rufescent, or flesh-coloured; 

 with an undivided few-flowered scape, and a branched many- 

 flowered scape. Native of the Cape. 



8. IxiaPilosa; Hairy Ixia. Leaves linear, hairy, shorter; 

 flowers alternate, sessile, somewhat nodding; corolla rufes- 

 cent without, white within. The flowers open from four 

 in the afternoon. Native of the Cape. 



9. Ixia Hirta ; Rough-haired Ixia. Leaves ensiform 

 rough-haired, shorter; flowers pointing one way, dark blue. 

 Native of the Cape. 



10. IxiaSecunda; One-ranked Ixia. Leaves elliptic, ensi- 

 form, shorter ; scape villose, rugged ; flowers generally from 

 five to six, upright, blue. It varies witn the scape simple 

 and branched. Native of the Cape. 



11. Ixia Crispa; Wave-leaved Ixia. Leaves linear, waved, 

 shorter; flowers alternate. Tube of the corolla greenish; 

 segments of the border blue. It varies with the scape simple 

 and branched, and with the corollas blue and white. Native 

 of the Cape. 



12. Ixia Cinnamomea ; Cinnamon-coloured Ixia. Leaves 

 lanceolate, waved, shorter; flowers alternate; bulb conical ; 

 tube of the corolla a little enlarged, and somewhat oj^Bd, 

 purplish. Native of the Cape. ^B 



13. Ixia Corymbosa; Corymbed Ixia. Leaves lanceolate, 

 waved, shorter ; scape ancipital. It varies with white and 

 blue flowers. Native of the Cape. 



14. Ixia Linearis ; Linear-leaved Ixia. Leaves linear, 

 shorter; scape simple upright. Bulb ovate, fibrous, even, 

 the size of a hazel nut ; flowers terminating the branches, at 

 the end of the scape. Native of the Cape. 



15. Lvia Capillaris ; Slender-scaped Ixia. Leaves linear, 

 shorter; scape branched ; spathe scariose. Bulb netted, 

 fibrous, the size of a hazel nut. Native of the Cape. 



16. Ixia Setacea ; Bristle-leaved Ixia. Leaves linear, 

 shorter ; scape flexuose, smooth. The three outer segments 

 of the border of the corolla are white within, red-streaked 

 without; the three inner entirely white. It varies with a 

 greenish corolla, white at the tips, and with a yellow corolla, 

 with the base of the border dusky ; with the scape one-flow- 

 ered, many-flowered and simple, many-flowered and branched. 

 Native of the Cape. 



17. Ixia Scillaris; Squill-flowered Ixia. Leaves linear, 

 shorter; flowers pointing one way; rachis flexuose. Scape 

 round, upright, smooth. Native of the Cape. 



18. IxiaAulica; Cluster-flowered Ixia. Flowers in racemes ; 

 bractes entire ; leaves ensiform, flat, nerved, even. It flowers 

 iu April. Native of the Cape. 



19. Ixia Bulbifera; Bulb-bearing Ixia. Leaves ensiform, 

 shorter; spathes membranaceous, bristle-shaped, jagged. 

 Flowers three or more, large, with the rachis between the 

 flowers flexuose. It varies with the corolla purple, red, white, 

 and yellow ; with the scape very short and simple, higher 

 and branched, and bulbiferous. Native of the Cape. 



20. Ixia Aristata ; Bearded Ixia. Leaves ensiform, smooth ; 

 flowers alternate, sessile ; spathes the length of the tube, and 

 jagged. Bulb netted, the size of a hazel-nut; scape simple, 

 round, upright, smooth, from a hand to a foot in height, or 

 more ; corollas white, flesh-coLoured. It varies with whitish 

 corollas having a purple star, and violet-coloured and yellow. 

 Native of the Cape. 



21. Ixia Reticularis ; Netted Ixia. Border of the corolla 

 four times as long as the tube, recurved, funnel-form at the 

 base; segments spatulate, somewhat acuminate, the inner 

 narrower; filamenta erect; stigmas at the base of the antheree. 

 Native of the Cape. 



22. Ixia Villosa; Dark-red Ixia. Leaves oblong, lanceo- 

 late-acute, villose, somewhat plaited, distich; tube equal to 

 the spathe. Flowers alternate, sessile, upright, often three. 

 Native of the Cape. 



23. Ixia Pendula; Pendulous-flowered Ixia. Leaves 

 linear-ensiform, shorter; scape branched; spikes pendulous. 

 Root jointed like a necklace; corollas on the branches alter- 

 nate, large, flesh-coloured, with a short tube. This is the 

 loftiest of the genus, and the large pendulous corollas are 

 very handsome. Native of the Cape. It is well worth the 

 trouble of cultivating. 



24. Ixia Flexuosa ; Bending-stalked Ixia. Leaves linear ; 

 raceme flexuose, many-flowered. Bulb very small, round ; 

 stem very slender, round, a foot and half high. The corolla 

 is pure white, and small. Native of the Cape. 



25. Ixia Polystachia ; Many-spiked Ixia. Leaves ensiform, 

 shorter ; scape branched ; flowers alternate, unspotted ; bor- 

 der of the corolla incurved, and spreading very much ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, blunt, equal in breadth ; filamenta spread- 

 ing and recurved ; stigmas at the base of the filamenta. 

 Stalk slender, ten inches high ; flowers from the side in one 

 or two clusters, and at the top of the stalk in a loose spike: 

 they are of a pure white, and appear in May. Native of the 

 Cape. 



26. Ixia Longiflora ; Long-flowered Ixia. Leaves ensi- 

 form, linear, stiff; tube filiform, very long. Scape four or 

 five spans high, the thickness of a rye-straw, upright, round, 

 even, yellowish, naked at top, and branched ; flowers in 

 spikes, yellow. This is easily distinguished by the extraor- 

 dinary length of the tube of the corolla. The flowers appear 

 from April to June. Native of the Cape. 



27. IxiaPIantaginea; Fox-tail Ixia. Leaves linear, stiff; 

 spike distich, imbricated. Root consisting of several little 

 bulbs; flowers very small. It varies with the corollas white 

 and blue. Native of the Cape. 



28. Ixia Marginata ; Broad-leaved Ixia. Many-spiked : 

 leaves ensiform, nerved, thicker at the edge; spikes pressed 

 close ; tube curved inwards ; stigmas six. Flowers large, 

 pendulous. Native of the Cape. 



29. Ixia Patens ; Spreading -flowered Ixia. Leaves ensi- 

 form, smooth; raceme terminating; corolla bell-shaped, 

 patulous ; alternate segments narrower; filamenta upright ; 

 stigmas above the base of the antherae. Flowers in a sort of 

 spike containing from ten to twenty. It flowers in April. 

 Native of the Cape. 



30. Ixia Maculata ; Spotted Ixia. Leaves ensiform, 

 shorter; scape branched; flowers alternate; corollas spotted 

 at the base. Bulb double the size of a hazel-nut, oval and 



