840 



IXIA 



BBB. Length of tube %-% in. 



c. tSegments K in. long or less. 



D. Color white. 



i. poIysUcliya, Linn. No eye. B.M. 623. 



DD. Color shades of red or lilac. 



5. flexuosa, Liun. No eye. B.M. 621. 



CC-. Segments more thcCn % in. long. 

 D. Fls. self-colored. 



E. Color yellow or orange. 



6. litea, Baker. Fls. "uniformly deep bright yellow," 

 according to Baker, but orange in B.M. 846. 



EE. Color red. 



F. Segments %-% in. long. 



7. p4tens, Ait. Fls. pale red, according to Baker, but 

 deep rosy red in B. M. 522. 



FF. Segments %-l in. long. 



8. specifisa, Andr. (/. craferioldes, Ker.). Fls. dark 

 crimson, according to Baker, but rich ruby-red in B.M. 594. 



DD. Fls. ivith an eye of brown, purple or black. 

 E. Color of segments white to yellow. 



9. maculilta, Linn. Fig. 1189. Fls. typically yellow, 

 according to Baker. B.M. 539 (orange). The following 

 natural varieties show the range of color. Var. ochro- 

 leilca, Eer. Segments sulfur-yellow; eye brown. B.M. 

 1285. Var. nigro-dlbida, Klatt. Segments white; eye 

 black. Var. ornata, Baker. Fls. flushed bright red or 

 purple outside. 



EE. Color of s.'ijm, ol.t little to purple. 



10. columelliris, Ki r. 'I'> i.i.ally with bright, mauve- 

 purple segments iiio\ lilut- tliicat. " B.M. 630. 



EEE. Color of seyments bright red. 



11. ovita, Klatt. Andrews Bot. Rep., plate 23. 



EEEE. Color of segments green. 



12. viridiSldra, Lara. Typically with pale green seg- 

 ments and black throat. B.M. 549. L. B.C. 10:1548. F.S. 

 2:124. Var. c4na, Eckl. Segments pale blue; throat 

 black. B.M. 789 (as /. maeulata amelhystina). Var. 

 caesia.Ker. Segments pale lilac; eye greenish. B.R.7:530. 



EEEEE. Color of segments pale blue. 



13. monad^lpha, Delaroche. Onlv species in the genus 

 thiit does not have free anthers. B.M. 607; 1378. -Seg- 

 ments typically lilac, but there are forms with claret- 

 red, blue or pale yellow segments, combined with eyes 

 and markings of various colors. \Y. M. 



IXIOLtRION (Greek, n»j Ixia-like lily). Amaryllidtl- 

 cece. A genus of 2 species of hardy bulbs from western 

 Asia, with umbels of 5-9 deep blue or violet, 6-lobed 

 fls. each 2 in. across, borne in spring. Perianth regular, 

 without any tube above the ovary; segments oblanceo- 

 late; stamens shorter than the segments, attached to 

 their claws. The nearest cultivated allies are Alstroe- 

 meria and Bomarea, which have no distinct rootstock, 

 while Ixiolirion has a bulbous rootstock. Monogr. by 

 Baker, Amaryllideie, 1888. 



monttlnum. Herb. (/. Pdllasii. Fisch. & Mey. ). Bulb 

 ovoid, 1 in. thick, with a neck 2-3 in. below the basal 

 tuft of Ivs. : stem about 1 ft. long: Ivs. about 4, 

 persistent, and a few smaller ones above: fls. on long 



Var. TaUricum, Herb. (/. Tatdricum, Hort.). Stems 

 more slender: Ivs. awl-shaped: fl.s. all in a terminal 

 umbel, sraallerthan the type. AltaiMts. G.C. II. 19:757. 

 Kegel calls the collective species /. Tataricum, and de- 

 scribes 5 species of it. 



IXdEA (a Malabar deity). Bubi&cea;. Many species 

 (100 or more) of shrubs or small trees with opposite or 

 verticillate Ivs. and terminal or axillary corymbs of very 

 showy fls.. inhabiting the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, 

 America, Australia and Pacific islands. The species are 

 very difScult to distinguish. The fls. are white, rose or 

 scarlet, on bracteate pedicels; corolla very long- and 



IXORA 



slender-tubed, the throat sometimes barbed, the limb 4- 

 or 5-lobed and wide-spreading; stamens 4 or 5, inserted 

 on the throat, the filaments short or none: ovary on a 

 fleshy disk, 2-loculed, the style filiform and exserted, 2- 

 branched: ovules solitary. L. jj. B. 



Ixoras, which are handsome dwarf flowering shrubs, 

 belong to the tropics. The species, as well as their hy- 

 brids, all bear beautiful trusses of flowers of various 

 shades, from a creamy white to a rich crimson. They 

 require a stove temperature during most of the time, 

 although, after having finished their growth in the early 

 autumn, they could be placed for a time into a lower or 

 greenhouse temperature, in which theywould more fully 

 ripen their young growth and set and develop their flower 

 buds. After tliis, when again placed in the warmhouse, 

 the plants will keep flowering until spring. Sandy leaf- 

 mold, with plenty of drainage, is best to cultivate them 

 in. They like plenty of heat and moisture, and care 

 should be taken not to overpot them. The foliage should 

 be syringed often, as otherwise the mealy bug and other 

 insects will infest them. They do best in a sunny spot 

 in a greenhouse temperature, but should not fall below 

 00° while growing. They propagate freely from cuttings 

 of half-ripe wood, and they produce their best flowers 

 when the pots are filled with roots; then a little feeding 

 with liquid manure will bring out the size and color of 

 the flowers to perfection. H. A. Siebrecht. 



Many of the Latin names of Ixoras are of horticultural 

 forms. Of this class, the following are in the Amer. 

 trade: C/it7so«i', fls. brilliant salmon-orange. Cdlei,&s. 

 pure white : cross of /. coeeinea and /. stricta.-vnT. alba. 

 Conspicua, fls. yellow, becoming orange. OixiAna, fls. 

 deep orange. Friiseri, fls. scarlet in the tube, and bril- 

 liant salmon above. Orndta, salmon-orange. Princeps, 

 fls. whitish, becoming orange; said to have come from 

 Java. J?f9l«a, fls. shaded violet-sahiu.ii. Saniiuhien, 

 fls. crimson, shaded with violet. S/'l-ro"", , iin-.iii- 



orange. I.H. 29:463. Wifstii, fls. p:il. i. ^^ . i„ ,,- 



brilliant; hybrid (Gn. 42:886. G.M.3i; :: n 



fls. re.Ulish salmon. Other horticultm il i-ii,,, :m . : 



Aro, ,,,r, y.u,.,v; i)(fcoTO, yellow; ///(i.v^-i.s, orange; 



Ins.- .1 : /'/.//-/mi, orange-scarlet; Proviso, rose; 

 Sjo Sjilendens, orange; Veniista, orsmge. 



A. / . o.„„l!o hi shades of red (sometimes varying to 



Btricta, Roxbg. (/. coccinea, Hort. /. bldnda, Ker- 

 I. crocdtay Lindl.). Apparently the common species, 

 known in greenhouses as /. coccinea: glabrous shrub, 

 with sessile or subsessile Ivs. which are obovate or obo- 

 vateoblong,and very slender-tubed fls. in dense corymbs, 

 the corolla lobes short and rounded. Moluccas and 

 China. B.M. 169 (as /. coccinea). B.B. 10:782. -Runs 

 into nearly pure white forms. /. striata of the importers 

 of Japanese plants is probably a misprint for stricta. 

 There are said to be yellowish fld. forms. Prince of 

 Orange is said to be a form of this species. 



coccinea, Linn. (/. grandifldra, Br. /. Bandhiica, 

 Roxli-. L Miioh like the last, but Ivs. oblong and corolla 

 lobes iuutc. E.Indies. B.R. 2:154; 6:513. 



macrothyrsa, Tej'im. & Binn. (I. Duffii, Moore). 

 Very hirge, glabrous: Ivs. a foot long, linear-oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate : cluster very large, 8 in. across, 

 bearing very many deep red tinged crimson fls., with 

 lanceolate obtuse lobes about Kin. long. E. Indies. B. 

 M. 0853.— Probably the finest of the genus. 



AA. Fls. in shades of yellow or orange. 



Javdnlca, DC. Glabrous shrub with Ivs. 5-7 in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate : corymb terminal, with 

 forking coral-red branches: fls. deep orange-red, the 

 lobes rounded. Java. B.M. 4586. 



cong^sta, Roxb. (/. Griffithii, Hook.). Evergreen 

 tree in its native haunts, glabrous, except the cymes: 

 Ivs. very large (6-12 in. long) , stalked, elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, acute or acuminate: cymes sessile or nearly so: 

 fls. orange-yellow, changing to reddish, the segments 

 rounded. Indies. B.M. 4325. 



AAA. Flowers white. 



parvifldra, Vahl. Evergreen tree, with subsessile ob- 

 long or elliptic-obtuse Ivs. 3-6 in. long: cymes sessile: 

 fls. white, the tube only }i in. long. India. l. H. B. 



