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grooved, fmooth; the Ioweft, ■ which is the Iongeft, fre¬ 
quently double the length of the fcape, or more, is lax 
and reflex; the two or three others are about the length 
of the fcape, and upright. Flowers at the ends of the 
branches, rather large, coming out one after the other. 
Outer fpathe ovate, green ; inner lanceolate, acute, mem¬ 
branaceous, fheathing the capfule. Tube of .the corolla 
very lhort: fegments of the border yellow within, with 
three brown flxeaks, greenifh-yellow on the otitiide. Fi¬ 
laments pubefcent. Stigmas fix, reflex. It varies with 
the three inner fexments of the corolla yellow, and the 
three outer green;—the three inner white-yellow, the 
three outer greenifh ;—the three inner blue-white, the 
three outer greenifh;—the three inner white, the three 
outer greenwith corollas wholly yellow, or wholly 
blue, or rofe-coloured with a yellow bafe. It varies alfo 
in the fize of the flowers. The fcape is really many- 
flowered, but fometimes one flower only opens. The 
leaves are filiform, linear, or enfiform, ufually longer 
than the fcape, and frequently reflex. This and the pre¬ 
ceding were feparated in the thirteenth edition of Syftema 
Vegetabilium; but were confidered as one fpecies by 
Murray in the fourteenth; as they are by Thunberg in 
liis Monographia. They feem, however, to be very dif- 
tinCl ; the leaves of this being three or four Tided from 
the rib raifed on both fides, and thickened at the edge. 
The fame bulb alfo puts up feveral fcapes. It is a native 
of the Cape; and was cultivated in 1758 by Mr. Miller. 
5. Ixia parviflora, or fmall-flowered ixia : leaves linear, 
comprefled, fegments of the corolla lanceolate, retufe, the 
inner fcarcely wider, ftigmas bifid, fpreading, revolute. 
The leaves of this are very narrow, being only half a line 
in width. The tube of the corolla is only a line long. 
It was gathered wild in Jerl'ey, by Mr. R. Finlay. It is 
probably only a variety of the third fpecies. 
6. Ixia fugax, or fugacious ixia:, leaves linear com¬ 
prefled, fegments of the corolla linear-lanceolate, blunt, 
the inner wider and more ereft, ftigmas bifid, horizontal, 
recurved. Leaves only one line in width ; tube of the 
corolla only a quarter of a line long. Found at the Cape 
by Mafl'on. This and the preceding are very nearly al¬ 
lied to I. bulbocodium. 
7. Ixia humilis, or liurable'ixia : fcape branched, flow¬ 
ers pointing one way, leaves grooved, ere£l, longer. Bulb 
fmooth, the fize of a hazel-nut. Scape Ample or branched, 
filiform, upright, from a hand to a fpan in height. Leaves 
two or three, linear, many-grooved, fmooth, longer than 
the fcape. Flowers in racemes, three to eight on a 
flexuofe rachis. It varies with the corolla yellow, whitifh 
rufefcent, or flefh-coloured ; with an undivided few-flow¬ 
ered fcape, and a branched many-flowered fcape. 
8. Ixia pilofa, or hairy ixia: leaves linear, hairy, fliort¬ 
er, flowers alternate. Bulb globular, fmooth, fcarcely as 
big as a pea. Scape fimple, round, upright, fmooth, many- 
flowered, a hand or more in height, dulky purple at top. 
Flowers feflile, fomewhat nodding : they open from four 
in the afternoon. 
9. Ixia hirta, or rough-haired ixia: leaves enfiform, 
rough-haired, fhorter; flowers pointing one way. It re¬ 
fembles the next fpecies very much, but the leaves are 
very villofe, with white hairs. 
iQ. Ixia fecunda, or one-ranked ixia: leaves elliptic, 
enfiform, fhorter, fcape-villofe, rugged. Bulb imbricate 
downwards, hard, the fize of a peaT Scape round, flexu¬ 
ofe, upright, feldom fimple, molt frequently branched ; 
the branches flexuofe and fpreading, from a fpan to a 
foot in height. Flowers generally four, five, or fix, fel- 
doin.fewer, upright, blue, pointing one way, on a flexuofe 
rachis. It varies with the lcape fimple and branched. 
11. Ixia crif'pa, or wave-leaved ixia: leaves linear, 
waved, fhorter, flowers alternate. Bulb netted, ovate. 
Leaves about five, linear-lanceolate, acute, molt elegantly 
curled (or waved) on the edge, fmooth, with a thick lon¬ 
gitudinal nerve, not half the length of the fcape. Scape 
fimple .or branched, round, fmooth,-flexuofe, upright, 
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many-flowered, about a foot in height. It varies with 
the lcape fimple and branched ; with the corollas blue 
and white. 
iz. Ixia cinnamomea, or cinnamon-coloured ixia: 
leaves lanceolate waved, iliorter; flowers alternate. The 
fpike of flowers refembles that of Gladiolus recurvus, 
vol. viii. p. 891. but the corolla is regular. In its curled 
leaves it refembles the preceding ; but the leaves are lan¬ 
ceolate, two lines wide. 
13. Ixia corymbofa, or corymbed ixia: leaves lanceo¬ 
late waved, fhorter; fcape ancipital. It varies with white 
and with blue flowers. 
14. Ixia linearis, or linear-leaved ixia : leaves linear, 
fhorter, fcape fimple, upright. Bulb ovate, fibrous, even, 
the fize qf a hazel-nut. Scape round, fmooth, a hand or 
a fpan high or more. 
15. Ixia capillaris, or flender-fcaped ixia: leaves li¬ 
near, fhorter; fcape branched, fpathe fcariofe. Bulb net¬ 
ted, fibrous, the fize of a hazel-nut. Scape round, di¬ 
vided at the tip, capillary, upright, two feet high, with 
pedicel-fhaped one-flowered branches. The flowers in 
this fpecies feem peduncled, but the branches are one- 
flowered. The tube of the corolla is fhorter than the 
braftes, broad-funnel-fliaped ; the border is contraCied at 
the bafe, and the fegments are linear. 
16. Ixia fetacea, or briftle-leaved ixia: leaves linear, 
fliorter; fcape flexuofe,’ fmooth. Leaves acute, very nar¬ 
row, fhorter than the fcape, with a raifed line in the mid¬ 
dle, fmooth, about three; in the middle of the fcape is a 
fliort leaf refembling the fpathes. Scape filiform, up¬ 
right, few-flowered, red, a finger’s length, fimple, branched, 
or bifid. The three outer fegments of the border of the 
corolla are white within, red-llreaked without; the three 
inner entirely white. It varies with a greenifh corolla, 
white at the tips, and with a yellow corolla, with the 
bafe of the border dufky—with the fcape one-flowered, 
many-flowered and fimple, many-flowered and branched. 
That with a dufky bale refembles I. maculata; but it is 
feveral times fmaller, branched, and the leaves linear and 
narrow. 
17. Ixia fcillaris, or fquill-flowered ixia: leaves linear, 
fliorter; flowers pointing one way ; rachis flexuofe. Scape 
round, upright, fmooth, fheathed, branched, a foot high. 
Leaves far-flreathing, about three, thickifli, fcarcely half 
a line in width, with a deep double ftreak, a fpan long. 
Flowers remote, frequently about ten. 
18. Ixia aulica, or clulter-flowered ixia: flowers in 
racemes; braCtes entire 5 leaves enfiform, flat, nerved, 
even. Introduced from the Cape by Mr. Mafl'on in. 
1774; flowers in April. 
19., Ixia bulbifera, orbulb-bearing ixia: leaves enfiform, 
fliorter; fpathes membranaceous, briftle-fliaped, jagged. 
Scape fimple or branched, fomewhat comprefled, filiated, 
fmooth, flieathed at bottom with leaves, from a hand to 
a foot in height; leaves nerved and filiated, diliicli, up¬ 
right, fmooth, a fpan long. Flowers three or more, large, 
with the rachis between the flowers flexuofe. It was 
cultivated in 1758 by Mr. Miller, as appears from his 
figures. According to him, the bulb has a netted coat ; 
the lialk rifes near a foot and a half high ; leaves at each 
joint, flat, fmooth, embracing, of a lucid green, and dif¬ 
fering greatly in fize; the flowers are produced towards 
the top of the ftalk ; the ftalks have bulbs formed at 
each joint at the bafe of the leaves. It flowers in May 
and June. In the Dictionary he fays, that the corolla is 
of a fulphur colour. His f'peciinen is in the Bankfian 
Herbarium, with the corolla purple on the outfide. 
20. Ixia arifiata, or bearded ixia: leaves enfiform, 
fmooth ; flowers alternate, feflile; fpathes the length of 
the tube, and jagged. Bulb netted, the fize of a hazel¬ 
nut. Scape fimple, round, upright, fmooth, from a hand 
to a foot in height or more. Leaves four or five, linear, 
five-nerved, the middle nerve and edges thicker, acute, 
upright, fhorter by half than the fcape. Flowers pointing 
one way on two branches, orfen from five to nine. There 
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