168 BULBS AND TUBEROUS HOOTED PLANTS. 



I. leucantha. Fine white, May flowering, eight- 

 een inches high. 



I. linear is. 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 Ariscema 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 



