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are two varieties, the purple-flowered and the violet- 
flowered. Both were cultivated by Mr. Miller in 1758. 
21. Ixia reticularis, or netted ixia: border of the co¬ 
rolla four times as long as the tube, recurved, funnel- 
form at the bafe ; fegments fpatulate, fomewhat acuminate, 
the inner narrower; filaments ereft ; ftigmas at the bafe 
of the anthers:. Mr. Salisbury gives this as very dittinft 
from the preceding, but we have no farther defcription of 
it than is given in the fpecific character. 
22. Ixia villofa, or dark-red ixia : leaves oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, acute, villofe, fomewhat plaited, diftich ; tube equal 
to the fpathe. This is not the villofa of Jacquin, (Colledt. 
167. ic. vol. 2. t. 284.) though he lays it differs from the 
villofa of the Kew Catalogue only in the colour of the 
flower. Mr. Salilbury refers both the villofa of the Kew 
Catalogue and the purpurea of Jacquin to his Jlabelliformis ; 
and we have followed him in confidering them as one 
plant. He obferves that it differs from the Gladioli only 
rn the regularity of the corolla. This fpecies was intro¬ 
duced into the royal garden at Kew from the Cape in 
1788 by Patrick Rnffell, M.D. 
23. Ixia pendula, or pendulous-flowered ixia: leaves 
linear-enfifcrin, fhorter; fcape branched ; fpikes pendu¬ 
lous. Root jointed like a necklace; joints feveral in a 
ring, deprefled, approximating, flelhy, rufefcent. Scape 
round, fmootli, upright, the tbicknefs of a writing-pen at 
bottom, dividing at top into capillary, nodding, flexuofe, 
branches, a fathom in height. Corollas on the branches 
alternate, large, flelh-coloured, with a fhort tube. This 
is the loftieft of all the ixias, and the large pendulous co¬ 
rollas are very handfome. 
24. Ixia fiexuofa, or bending-ftalked ixia : leaves li¬ 
near, raceme flexuofe, many-flowered. Bulb very final], 
round. Stem very flender, round, a foot and a half high ; 
at the top the flowers are collected in a fpike fitting clofe 
to the ftalk, each having a thin dry fpathe, which covers 
the capfule after the flower is fallen ; the corolla is pure 
white, and fmall. It flowers at the end of May, and the 
feeds ripen in July. 
That which is figured by Mr. Curtis is a variety with 
a purple eye. He fays that the flowers are fragrant, and 
come forth in April or May. It was cultivated in 1757 
by Mr. Miller; his fpecimen is in the Bankfian Herbarium. 
Thunberg doubts whether the fiexuofa of Linnaeus’s fpecies 
may not be the fame with his fecunda. 
25. Ixia polyftachia, or many-fpiked ixia: leaves enfi- 
form, fhorter ; fcape branched ; flowers alternate, unfpot- 
ted ; border of the corolla incurved, and fpreading very 
much ; fegments lanceolate, blunt, equal in breadth ; fi¬ 
laments fpreading and recurved ; ftigmas at the bafe of 
the filaments. Leaves four, five, fix, or feven, inches 
long. Stalk flender, ten inches high, from the fide of 
which come out one or two clutters of flowers on fhort pe¬ 
duncles, and at the top of the ftalk the flowers grow in a 
loofe fpike ; they are of a pure white, and appear in May : 
the feeds ripen in July. 
26. Ixia longiflora, or long-flowered ixia : leaves enfi- 
form-linear, fluff; tube filiform, very long. Scape four 
or five fpans in height, the thicknels of rye-ftraw, upright, 
round, even, yellowifh, naked at top and branched. 
Leaves about fix, acute, three fpans long, ftriated and 
nerved, finooth, yellowifh green, upright, radical; inner 
fheathing. Flowers in fpikes, yellow ; tube of the corolla 
two, three, or four, inches in length, funnel-form. This 
fpecies is eafily diftinguithed by the extraordinary length 
of the tube of the corolla. Thunberg ranges it under 
Gladiolus, becaufe this tube is a little curved ; though he 
confeffes that it has the appearance of an Ixia. It was in¬ 
troduced in 1774 by Mr. Maffon ; and flowers here from 
April to June. 
27. Ixia plantaginea, or fox-tail ixia : leaves linear, ffiff; 
fpike diflich, imbricated. Root confifting of feverai little 
bulbs. Scape fheathed with leaves, round, from flexuofe 
upright, many-fpiked at top; fpikes alternate, wand-like; 
a (pan high. Flowers very fmall. It varies with the fcape 
I A. 
Ample and branched ; with the corollas white and blue. 
Introduced in 1774 by Mr. Maffon : it flowers in June 
and July. 
28. Ixia marginata, or broad-leaved ixia: many-fpiked, 
leaves enfiform, nerved, thicker at the edge ; fpikes preff- 
ed clofe ; tube curved inwards ; ftigmas fix. Scape fimple 
and many-fpiked, fomewhat woody, fheathed with leaves 
round, fmooth, ffiff and ltraight, almoft the thicknefs of 
a finger, from a foot to four feet in height. Flowers large, 
pendulous. 
29. Ixia patens, or fpreading-flovvered ixia : leaves en¬ 
fiform, fmooth; raceme terminating; corolla bell-fhaped, 
patulous ; alternate fegments narrower; filaments upright; 
ftigmas above the bale of the antherse. Scape fimple, 
round, fmooth, longer than the leaves, from fix inches to 
two feet in height. Flowers in a fort of fpike, contain¬ 
ing from ten to twenty. Mr. Salilbury, who, in his fpeci¬ 
fic characters of the ixias, gives the proportion between 
the tube and the limb or border, fays that the latter is one 
and a half longer than the former ; that the border Is 
curved inwards, and fpreads very much ; that the fegments 
are elliptical, retufe, the inner ones narrower. It was in¬ 
troduced in 1779 by William Pitcairn, M. D. and flowers 
in April. 
30. Ixia maculata, or fpotted [ixia : leaves enfiform, 
fhorter; fcape branched ; flowers alternate; corollas fpot¬ 
ted at the bafe. Bulb double the fize of a hazel-nut. 
Flowers in terminating fpikes ; the corolla, above the 
mouth of the tube, has a dufky fpot at the bafe of the 
border. It bears fo much refemblance to N° 25, as to 
differ in little elfe befides the fpot in the corolla. Miller 
fays that the bulb is oval and compreffed; that the leaves 
are fmooth, near a foot long, and a quarter of an inch 
broad, with two fharp edges, of a deep green, and ending 
in acute points. Stalk flender, ftiff, a foot and a half long, 
naked to the top, where it is terminated by a round bunch 
of flowers, each inclofed in an oblong fpathe, which is 
permanent, and fplits open on one fide. Flowers on fhort 
peduncles, deep yellow with a dark-purple bottom. It 
was cultivated by him in 1757 ; and flowers in May and 
June. 
31. Ixia deufta, or copper-coloured ixia: leaves lan¬ 
ceolate, nerved 5 flowers alternate, feflile ; tube fhorter 
than the brafles ; borders blunt, the outer fpotted at the 
bafe, and keeled ; ftigmas under the middle of the antherte. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, flat, fmooth, 
a fpan long. Introduced in 1774 by Mr. Maffon : it flow¬ 
ers in May. Mr. Salifbury changes the name from deufa 
to gibba, choofing to denominate it from the form rather 
than the colour of the flower. 
32. Ixia crocata, or crocus-flowered ixia : divided into 
two varieties : «. Floribus croceo-rufefcentibus, or com¬ 
mon crocus-flowered ixia ; | 3 . Florihus lsete rubris, or red 
crocus-flowered ixia : in both the leaves are enfiform ; 
flowers alternate ; tube the length of the braftes; borders 
of the corolla ovate, quite entire; hyaline at the bafe; 
ftigmas at the tip of the antherse. This is one of the 
handfomeft of the ixias, and like other forts becomes 
handfomer and more branched by cultivation. Mr. Salif¬ 
bury thinks that the name of hyalina agrees better with 
this fpecies ; and gives the name of fimilis to the hyalina 
of the younger Linnaeus’s Supplement; the fqualida, a, of 
the Kew Catalogue. According to Mr. Miller, the bulb 
is oval, fmall, a little compreffed, and bas a fmooth dark- 
coloured coat ; whence come up three or four narrow, 
thin, flat, fmooth, leaves of different lengths, forne four 
or five inches long, others feven or eight to near a foot, 
near half an inch broad where wideft, but narrow at both 
ends, and terminating in points. The flower-ftalk rifes a 
little above the leaves; it is very flender, naked, except at 
tire joint, where it is crooked, and has a fmall leaf embra¬ 
cing it. Flowers terminating, in a round clutter ; each 
having a fhort, withered, cloven fpathe. Tube fhort and 
fvvelling ; fegments of the border broad, blunt, fpreading, 
equal, bright orange or deep gold-colour, with a large 
black 
