Lridaccw—Pardanthus. ayy 
a leafy stem and numerous orange-red spotted flowers nearly 2 
inches in diameter. A native of China, blooming in Summer. 
11. TXIA. 
Usually dwarf bulbous plants with slender wiry stems bearing 
simple or branched spikes of gaily coloured flowers. Perianth 
with a long slender tube and a regular salver-shaped limb. 
Stamens in the throat free or connate; stigmas narrow, linear, 
recurved. Specics numerous, all South African, and very beau- 
tiful, but better suited for pot culture than in the open ground. 
The name is from ixzia, birdlime, in reference to the nature of 
the juice. Almost every colour is represented in this genus, 
including one of the most beautiful greens. The following are 
some of the handsomest :—J. titcolor, yellow in the centre and 
red in the circumference, the two colours separated by a band 
of black; I. bulbifera, yellow; J. liliago, white within, lilac 
without ; I. grandiflora, large dark purple flowers bordered 
with a narrow band of yellow; J. viridiflora, a very beautiful 
plant with a slender stem about a yard high, bearing a long 
cluster of green flowers with a blue centre; J. maculata, white 
with violet and rose centre; J. cdénica, orange with black 
centre; J. patens, bright rosy carmine striped with deep 
purple; and numerous other equally beautiful species and 
garden varieties. - 
12. SPARAXIS. 
Similar to fzia, but with a short perianth-tube widening 
into a funnel-shaped limb, and scarious lacerated or rarely 
entire bracts. Species numerous and beautiful, all from South 
Africa. Leaves ensiform ; flowers on flexuous or zigzag scapes, 
large, distant and brilliantly coloured. 8. tricolor is one of the 
handsomest and most widely spread species, and many very 
distinct and beautiful varieties have been raised from it. The 
name is derived from omapdoow, to lacerate, referring to the 
torn bracts. 
13, MONTBRETIA. 
South African tuberous or rhizomatous herbs with ensiform 
leaves and spicate flowers arising from spathaceous bracts, 
Perianth with a narrow often very long tube, gradually widening 
into a bell-shaped or salver-shaped limb. Stamens ascending. 
Bracts scarious, toothed, not jagged as in Spardais. Several 
species of this genus are in cultivation, and better known under 
the name Zritonia. AM. wivrea with splendid orange-coloured 
