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TO. T. TK-^nihta. ITiunb. T>]K. n. iq. Linn. Syft.Veg. 

 ed. 14. 85. Mant. Ji20. Ker in Curl. M;'g. t. J49. 7S9. 

 1285. Andr. Repof. t. ig6. Z^6. Redout. Liliac t. 137. 

 jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. v. i. rj. t. 19 — 23. Schiiecv. Ic. 

 t. 6. 25'. (I. capitata ; Andr. Repof. t. 23. 159. I. fpi- 

 ■tata, var. viridi-nigra ; Andr. Ropof. t. 29.) — Flowers 

 "^jearly falver-fljaped ; tube capillary ; limb Itained at the 

 T)aft.-. Stigmas fcparate as lo«- as the tube. - This common 

 sfnd ornamental fpesries, figures of wliicli are neediefsly mul- 

 tiplied by a-.nhorf, is known by the broad dark itain in the 

 centre of ihejlozv^r, while it differs from the two la!l in 

 laving diftinCt filaments. The colour of the corolla fports in 

 every fhade of criin!o:i, pale purple, orange, yellow, even to 

 white ; t!u)uj:h, as ?ilr. Ker obfer\'es, fome other fpecies 

 may pofllbly be confounded under Jacquin's numerous va- 

 rieties. The moll remarkable variety is the green, in t. 23. 

 of that author. Curt. Mag. t. 549, Andr. t. 29, Schneev. 

 t. 6. The leaves are linear-fv.-ord-fliaped. Spike or cliijler 

 oblong, various in length, fimple and aimoft always fohtary. 

 Tlo-jiers about as large as thofe of our Jlh and 7th fpecies, 

 their tube very flcnder, fhorter than the limb, wiiich is a 

 little concave. Slyh cnclofed in the tube; iHgmas pro- 

 jefting. 



II. l.ereSa.. Thunb. DifT. n. 18. Ker in Curt. Mag. 

 "t. 623. 1173. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. v. i. 9. t. 18. (I. 

 polyitachia; Lin:i. Sp. PI. 51. Andr. Repof. 1. 155. I. 

 dubia; Redout. Liliac. t. 64. Venten. Choix. t. 10.) — 

 Corolla widely fpreading ; tube capillary ; limb pale at the 

 bafe. Stigmas feparate as low as the tube. — Thejicm fome- 

 tiines bears many fpikes. The powers are fmaller than in 

 the lad, white or yellow, without any broad dark ftain. 

 They come late in the fiimmer, and are inodorous. It is 

 very difficult to find a good fpecific charafter between plants 

 fo variable, and yet fo much ahke. 



Section "3. Sfyle extended above the anthers . Bnlh fame- 

 -vuhat tuberous and deformed. 



I'2. I. crjteroides. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 594. Ait. Hort. 

 'Kew. ed. 2 V. 1.89. (L fpeciofa; Andr. Repof. t.i86.j — 

 Corymb of two or throe flowers. Limb of the corolla he- 

 mifpherical ; tube very fhort. Style longer than the fta- 

 mens.— Pound at the Cape by Mr. Nevin. The Jloiuers 

 ■rarely fo many as three on a ftem, are large, concave, of a 

 rich crimfon within, paler externally. Their ilyle is fo long 

 as to extend nearly to the end of the anthers before the 

 'ftigmas .branch off. 



Seftion 4. Anthers JI:ort. Stigmas cloven. 



13. I. relufa. Salif. Hort. 3J. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 

 ■v. I. 89. (L polyllachya ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 275. Ker 

 in Curt. Mag. t. 629. Andr. Repof. t. 128.)— T^ibe of 

 the flower twice as long as the fpatha ; fegments of the limb 

 elliptic-oblong. Stigmas cioven and gaping.— This, being 

 often branched, has been taken iof the pjjjlachia of Lin- 

 nius, a naT.e now laid afidt-, as caufmg only confulion. 

 That v.-e have retained is indeed not unexceptionable, the 

 fegmeTitf of the corolla not being always abrupt. It is a 

 tall flender fpecies. Flowers fmali, rofe-coloured, fmcUing 

 like lily of the valley. 



14. l./cillaris. Linn. Sp. PI. 52. Ker in Curt. Mag. 

 t. 542. Redout, Lihac. t. 127. (I. pentandra ; Linn. 

 Suppl. 92. Thunb. Diff. n. 22. I. reflexa ; Andr. Re- 

 pof t. 14.) — Spatha as long as the tube. Segments of the 

 linfib fpatulate, concave. Stigmas funnel fhaped. Anthers 

 deflexed. — That this is the real I. fiillarls of Linnseus, not 

 "unaptly compared by him to Seilln amoena^ appears from hii 

 herbarium; tlioughThunberg induced Linn»us the younger 



'to ciil it fenlnndra, becaufe tlie IVamens are fometimcs four 

 "Or five, and led him to adopt his own fch'laris, Diff. u. 14. — ■ 



It diflcrs from rttufa in the above ch«ra£lerE, and has nir 



fcent. The leaves are broad, with many ribs. Fh-wert 

 rofe-colourcd, in a long fpike. 



ij. I. erifpa. Linn. Suppl. 91. Thunb. Diff. n. 8. t. 2. 

 f. 3. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 599. - Leaves llrongly undu* 

 lated. Stigmas funnel-lhaped, deflexed. — A beautiful little 

 fpecies, on account of its curioully waved and cui^cA leaves. 

 The Jlowers are rofe-coloured, inodorous ; their fegments 

 obovate and concave. — Tiiunberg fays they vary at the 

 Cape to blue or white. 



l.xiA, in Gardening, contains plants of the herbaceous, 

 bulbous, and tuberous-rooted perennial kinds ; of which 

 the fpecies principally cultivated are, the crocus-leaved ixia 

 (I. bnlbocodium) ; the Chinefe ixia ( I. chiiienlis) ; the rofe- 

 coloiired ixia (I. rofea) ; the bulb-bearing ixia (I. bulbi- 

 fera) ; the bearded ixia (I. ariilata); the bendir.g-dalked 

 ixia (I. flexuofa) ; the many-fpiked ixia (I. polyllacl.ia) ; 

 the fpotted ixia (I. maculata) ; and the crocus-flowered- 

 ixia (I. crocata.) 



The iirfl of thefe fpecies varies with white and yellow 

 flowers ; with purplifh and yellow flowers ; with blue and 

 white flowers ; with white flowers ; and vvith variegateft 



The third fort alfo varies with the three inner feg- 

 m.ents of the corolla yellow, and the three outer green ;. 

 with the three inner white yellow, and the three outer 

 grecnifh ; with the three ?hner blue white, and the three 

 outer greenifh ; with the three inner white, and the three- 

 outer green ; with corollas wholly yellow, or wholly blue, 

 or rofe-coloured, with a yellow bafe ; and in the fize of tht 

 flowers. 



The fourth fort likewife varies with the corolla purple, 

 red and white, yellow ; with the fcape very fhort and fira- 

 ple, higher and branched, and bulbiferous. 



The fifth fpecies varies with the fegments of the borders 

 of the corolla of a deep and elegant purple violet colour 

 within, three of them of the fame colour on the outfide, but 

 the three others alternately of a pale dirty violet ; one of 

 thefe, with two on the fide of it, has a double band in the 

 throat, meeting at one end ; and, according to Mr. Salif- 

 bury, vvith whitilh corollas, having a purple ftar, violet- 

 coloured and yellow. Alio in the figures of Miller, with 

 the corolla of a beautiful purple on the outfide, but white 

 within, and the ftem terminated by two or three flowers ; 

 with the ftalk terminated by two large flowers ; the outfide 

 of a violet colour, edged with white, and the itifide pale 

 blue ; and with one flower, and the corolla of a moft beau- 

 tifnl purple colour, both- within and without. 



The fever.th kind varies with, the corollas yellow andi 

 violet, of one colour. 



And the ninth fort varies^with a fliort, fimple, fivc-flowered 

 fcape, and a dark fpot above the windowed, or hyaline one ? 

 with a lofty, many-fpiked, many-flowered fcape ; and with 

 bright red flowers. 



Method of Culture. — Thefe plants may be increafod by- 

 feeds or off-fets from the roots. 



The feeds of fuch forts as can be procured fnould- be 

 fown in pots filled with light earth in the fpring, plunging 

 them in a mild hot-bed. \Vlien the plants liave attained 

 fome growth, they fliould be removed into feparate pots of 

 the fame earth, being placed under the prote&ion of a fnime 

 till they have taken root. They lliotild be placed dui-iiig, ifee 

 winter in a hot-bed frame. They may afterwards be rc- 

 inovcd into warm borders, being protefted from frolls in 

 the winter, and a few fclaincd in pots under the fraine^ 

 or in a dry ilovc. 



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