By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 321 



suits it best ; but it must not have any water after the flower- 

 stem appears, 



Hesperanthus Tenuifolius. MSS. Hesperantha ra- 

 diata <y. Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 790. cum Ic. 



A curious genus, the different species of which might be 

 cultivated, with great profit, by our nurserymen, to ornament 

 the midnight f&tes of this luxurious age ; for, contrary to 

 most others, their flowers are expanded, and diffuse a most 

 fragrant smell all night. This is the most tender and delicate 

 of any, requiring great care to preserve the root from much 

 wet at all "times ; and it thrives best when treated like the 

 Galaxias. 



Gissorhiza Secunda. Dryand. inHort. Kexv. ed. %,v. 1. 

 p. 83. Ixia secunda. Ker in Bot. Mag. n.597. cum Ic.—Jacq. 

 Ic. v. 2. t. 277. Collect, v. 4. p. 180. Ixia pusilla. Kenn.in 

 Bot. Rep. n. 245. 



This grows wild most abundantly in Roode Sand, at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, the soil of which is so similar to that in 

 some parts of Nottingham forest, that I could find no differ- 

 ence in a small parcel which, at my request, Mr. Francis 

 Masson was so kind as to send here from that district. It 

 is easily cultivated in such soil, and ripens seeds. 



Gissorhiza Ciliaris. MSS. Ixia ciliaris. Prodr.p. 36. 



A very tender species, which I formerly multiplied, and 

 gave to many collectors; yet few, except Mr. Donn, suc- 

 ceeded in preserving it. Although its leaves have a broad 

 flat margin, they are delicate, and when broken the root is 

 sure to suffer : they begin to decay a little before the flower- 

 stem shoots up, and from that time no more water should be 



