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ihured to bear the open air, into which they fhould 
be removed, placing them in a flickered fituation, 
where they may ftay till autumn •, but if they get root 
pretty early in the fummer, it will be proper to fe- 
parate them each into a fmgle fmall pot, letting them 
in the fh'ade till they have taken new root, after which 
they may be placed as before dire&ed ; but when it 
is late in the feafon before they take root, it will be 
better to let them remain in the fame pots till the fol- 
lowing fpring. In winter thefe plants mull be placed 
in a warm green-houfe, or in a moderately warm 
ftove, for they are impatient of cold and damp, nor 
will they thrive in too much warmth ; they will often 
require water in winter, but during ' that feafon it 
muft be given them moderately •, in fummer they 
muft be removed into the open air, but fhould have 
a warm flickered fituation, and in warm weather they 
muft have plenty of water. This plant flowers at 
different feafpns, but never produces fruit here. 
The fixth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 
whence the late Dr. Houftoun fent it to England ; 
this riles with many fhrubby fender ftalks about five 
feet high, fending out branches on every fide from 
the root upward, which grow erect, and are covered 
with a whitifh bark, garnifhed with fmall, oblong, 
oval leaves, coming out on each fide the ftalk op- 
pofite, and under the leaves are placed at every joint 
two fnarp thorns like thofe of the Berberry •, the Bow- 
ers come out fingly from the wings of the leaves, they 
are fmall, and of a pale red colour, fhaped like thofe 
of the other forts. 
The feventh fort was found by the late Dr. Houftoun, 
growing naturally at Carnpeachy. This riles with a 
ftrong woody ftem twenty feet high, dividing into 
many crooked irregular branches, covered with a light 
brown bark, garnifhed with fpear-fhaped oval leaves, 
near four inches long and two broad, which are co- 
vered with a foft down on their under fide. The 
flowers grow in fpikes from the end of the branches, 
three, tour, or five of thefe fpikes arifing from the 
fame point, the middle fpike being near three inches 
long, and the others about half that length. The 
flowers are fmall and white, but fhaped like thofe of 
the other fpecies. 
The eighth fort grows naturally at Malabar and in 
Ceylon ; this riles in its native foil with a ftrong 
woody ftem ten or twelve feet high, dividing into 
many branches, which are garnifhed with fpear-fhaped 
oval leaves five inches long, and two and a half broad, 
of a lucid green, placed oppofite. The flowers grow 
in very long fpikes from the end of the branches, they 
are of a greenifti colour with a fhade of blue •, the 
helmet of the flower is reflexed. 
Thefe three forts are propagated by feeds in the fame 
manner as the three firft, and the plants muft be 
treated in the fame way, efpecialiy while they are 
young but afterward the eighth fort may be more 
hardily treated, when they have gotten ftrength. This 
fort may alfo be propagated by cuttings, in the fame 
’ manner as the fifth fort ; and when the plants are two 
or three years old, they will thrive in a moderate de- 
gree of warmth in winter, and in the fummer they 
may be placed abroad for two months in the warmeft 
feafon of the year ; but they fhould have a warm fhel- 
tered fituation, and when the nights begin to grow 
cold, they muft be removed into the ftove, but they 
muft have free air admitted to them at all times when 
the weather is warm. The other two forts ihould 
conftantly remain in the bark-ftove, and require the 
fame treatment as other tender plants from the warmeft 
countries. 
IX I A. Lm. Gen. Plant. 54. Sifyrinchium. Com. Hort. 
Am ft. 
The Characters are, 
It hath oblong permanent fpatha {or Jh eat hs) which incloje 
the get men \ the flower has Jin oblong Jhear-ftaped petals 
which are equal , and three avol-jhaped jiamina which are 
porter than the petals , filiated at equal difiances ? termi- 
nated li fmgle fummils. It hath an oval three-cornered 
' gerrnsn fitmted below the power? fupporting a fmgle Jlyle 
which is the length of the ftamina ? crowned by a thick 
trifid fiigma ■? the germen afterward becomes an oval three- 
cornered cap file with three cells ? filled with rcundfij 
feeds. 
Phis genus of plants is ranged in the firft fed ion of 
Lihnteus’s third clafs, intitled Triandria Monogynia, 
which includes thofe plants whole flowers have three 
ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Ixi a ( Chincnfts ) foliis enfiformibus, floribus remotis 
panicula dichotoma, floribus pedunculatis. Hort. Up- 
fal. 1 6. Ixi a with fw or 'd- ft aped leaves? and fewer s ' funding 
remote in forked panicles upon foot -ftalks. Bennudiana 
iridis folio majori flore croceo, eleganter punctata. 
Krauf. Hort. 25. tab. 25. Bermudiana with a larger 
Iris leaf? and a Saffron-coloured flower? which is beauti- 
fully /potted. 
2. Ixi a ( Africana ) floribus capitatis, fpathis lacerh. Lin. 
Sp Plant. 36. Ixia with flowers growing in heads ? having 
ragged jheaths. Bermudiana Capenfis, capitulis : anu- 
ginofis. ret. Hort. Sicc. 242. Bermudiana from the Cape 
of Good Hope , with woolly heads. 
3. Ixia ( Still ariis ) foliis gladiolatis, nervous, hirfutis, 
floribus fpicatis terminaiibus. Icon. tab. 1 55. fig 1. 
Ixia with f wor d-paped? hairy ? veined leaves , and flowers 
growing in Jpik.es at the ends cf the ftalks . 
4. cxi a ( Polyftacia ) foliis linean-gladiolatis, floribus ala- 
ribus & terminaiibus. Icon. tab. 155. fig. 2. Ixia with 
narrow /word- ft aped leaves ? and flowers proceeding from 
the fides and lops of the /talk. 
5. Ixia ( Crocata ) foliis gladiolatis glabris, floribus co- 
rymbofis terminaiibus. Icon. tab. 1 56. Ixia with jmooth 
fpear fhaped leaves , and flowers growing in a corymbus 
terminating the ftalk. Sifyrinchium Africanum maius, 
flore luteo macula notato. Olden. Greater African Sify- 
rinchium with a yellow Jpotted flower. 
6 . Ixia ( Bulbifera ) f.diis lineari-giadiolatis, floribus al- 
ternis, caule bulbifero. Ixia with narrow fw- r d-paped 
leaves? flowers placed alternate ? and ftalks bear eng bulbs. 
7. Ixia ( Sparfa ) foliis gladiolatis, floribus diitantibus. 
Ixia with flwon 
aiftant. 
8 . Ixia ( Flexuofa ) foliis lineari-giadiolatis, floribus fpi- 
catis feflilibus terminaiibus. Ixia, with narrow jword- 
ftaped leaves ? and fefljile flowers growing in fpikes at the 
top of the ftalk. 
The firft fort grows naturally in India, where the 
ftalks rife to the height of five or fix feet, but in 
England they are feldom more than half that height. 
It hath a pretty thick flefhy root, divided in knots or 
joints of a yellowifh colour, fending out many fibres; 
the ftalk is pretty thick, fmooth, and jointed, gar- 
niflied with fword-ftiaped leaves a foot long and one 
inch broad, with feveral longitudinal furrows em- 
bracing the ftalks with their bafe, ending in acute 
points ; the upper part of the ftalk divaricates into 
two fmaller, with a foct-ftalk arifing between them, 
which fupports one flower •, the fmaller branches di- 
varicate again in the fame manner into foot-ftalks, 
which are two inches long, each fuftaining one flower. 
At each of thefe joints is a fpathaor fheath embracing 
. the ftalk, which at the lower joints are three inches 
long, but the upper are not more than one inch, 
ending in acute points which are permanent; the 
flowers are compofed of fix equal petals, of a yellow 
colour within, and variegated with dark red fpots; 
the outfide is of an Orange colour. Thefe appear in 
July and Auguft, and in warm feafons are fucceede 
by feeds. 
This fort may be propagated either by feeds or part- 
ing of the roots : if by feeds they fhould be fov/n in 
pots, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, which 
will bring up the plants much fooner than when they 
are fown in the full ground ; when the plants are fit 
to remove, they fhould be each planted in a fmall fe- 
parate pot filled with light earth, and if they are placed 
under a frame till they have taken good root in the 
pots, it will greatly forward their growth afterward 
they may be placed in the open air in a flickered fi- 
tuation, where they may remain till the autumn, when. 
they 
-paped leaves , and flowers growing 
