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black fpot at the bafe. It was cultivated in 1758 by Mr, 
Miller; and flowers in May and June. 
33. Ixia fqualida, or fqualid ixia ; leaves linear-lanceo¬ 
late ; flowers alternate, feflile; tube longer than the brakes; 
borders ovate-oblong; ftigntas below the tip of the an¬ 
ther®. Of this there are two varieties. 
a. I. f. patula, or fpreading fqualid ixia: borders cunei¬ 
form-oblong, bluntly emarginate ; fomewhat hyaline at 
the bafe. Very nearly allied to the preceding, but the 
fegments of the border in the corolla are narrower and 
more pellucid, the veins therefore Hand more out; they 
are alfo flightly emarginate. The colour in this is pale 
rufefcent, or dirty flefti-colour, with a little tinge of yel¬ 
low. According to Salilbury, the border of the corolla is 
five times as long as the tube in the preceding, but only 
three and a half in this ; it fpreads at top in this, but is 
curved back in that: in the preceding the whole fides are 
hyaline at bottom, whereas the edges are only fo in this; 
the ftigmas reach up to the tip of the anther® in that, but 
in -this they are lower. 
/ 3 . l.f. ftricla, or upright fqualid ixia: leaves ftiffand 
ftraight; borders ovate-oblong, quite entire ; concolor at 
the bafe. Leaves acuminate, ftritt, flat, fmooth, fcarcely 
a fpan in length. Scape round, fmooth, twice as long as 
the leaves. Flowers remote ; corolla pale-yellow, with 
dufky veins ; tube funnel-form. Introduced in 1774 by 
Mr. Mafl'on. It flowers in May. Mr. Salifbury makes 
this a fpecies of Gladiolus, and gives this fpecific charac¬ 
ter : limb of the corolla four times as long as the tube, 
curved inw’ards, fpreading; fegments elliptical, with three 
parallel lines on the outlide ; the uppermoft larger, the 
outer ones retufe. 
34. Ixia lancea, or lanceolate-ixia : leaves enfiform, 
fhorter ; flowers pointing one way; fcape Ample flexuofe. 
Bulb clofely involved in the rudiments of leaves, larger 
than a hazel-nut. Leaves three or four, lanceolate-enfl- 
form, thicker about the edges and along the midrub, the 
edges turned back, very finely ftriated, fmooth, upright, 
a finger’s length. Scape round, comprefled, upright, 
fmooth, twice as long as the leaves. Flowers about fix, 
purplifli white. 
35. Ixia pentandria, or five-ftamened ixia: leaves enfi¬ 
form, (hotter ; flowers five-ltamened. Scape branched or 
Ample, round, flexuofe, fmooth, afoot high. Leaves ftri¬ 
ated, fmooth, feveral times (hotter than the fcape. It va¬ 
ries with three-ftamened flowers having three (tigmas; with 
four-ftamened flowers having four ftigmas ; and with five- 
five-ftamened flowers having five ftigmas. 
36. Ixia falcata, or fickle-fliaped-ixia : leaves enfiform, 
refiex-fickle-ftiaped, fhorter. Bulb conical, imbricate 
downwards, truncated with a (harp fibrofe margin, the flze 
of a pea. It varies with the fcape Ample or branched, a 
hand or a fpan in height; with flowers alternate or point¬ 
ing one way ; with the rachis very flexuofe or fcarcely fo 
at all. 
37. Ixia excifa, or (hort-leaved ixia: leaves ovate, 
(horter ; flowers pointing one way ; fcape flexuofe. Bulb 
globular, fmooth, lefs than a pea. Scape round, upright, 
fmooth, one flowered or many-flowered, a finger or a hand 
in length. 
38. Ixia Chinenfis, or Chinefe ixia : leaves enfiform ; 
panicle dichotomous ; flowers peduncled. There is a dif- 
agreement about the genus of this plant. Thunberg places 
it with the Moraeas, and fays that it cannot be referred to 
the Ixias, becaufe the flower is not in the lead tubular, 
but fix-petalled. Loureiro would unite the two genera of 
Ixia and Morrea, as fcarcely differing. Mr. Salifbury 
makes it a Ferraria ; which genus he fays differs from Iris 
only in having no tube to the corolla. This fpecies, he 
obferves, has the feeds, as in Iris feetidiflima, with a pulpy 
arillus. The accurate Gaertner deferibes the capfule as 
inferior, ovate, contracted towards the bafe, rounded-three- 
cornered, coriaceous ; receptacle awl-fbaped, three-fided, 
free in maturity; feeds feveral, fix to ten in each cell, 
fpherical, fmooth, black, Ihining, berried, fixed in a dou- 
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ble row to the angles of each cell. In India, the flalks 
rife to the height of five or fix feet; but in England they 
are ft-ldom more than half that height. It has a pretty 
thick flefhy root, divided into knots or joints of a yellow- 
i(h colour, fending out many fibres ; the (talk is pretty 
thick, fmooth, and. jointed ; leaves a foot long and one 
inch broad, with feveral longitudinal furrows, embracing 
the ftalks with their bafe, ending in acute points ; the up¬ 
per part of the ftalk divaricates into two fmaller, with a 
footft.alk arifing between them, which fupports one flower ; 
the fmaller branches divaricate again in the fame manner 
into footllalks, which are two inches long, each fuftain- 
ing one flower. At each of thefe joints is a fpatha em¬ 
bracing the ftalk ; thefe at the lower joints are three inches 
long, but at the upper not more than one inch, ending in 
acute points, and permanent; the flowers are of a yellow 
colour within, and variegated with dark-red fpots ; the 
outiide is of an orange colour. Thefe appear in July and 
Auguft, and in warm feafons are fucceeded by feeds. If 
is a native of the Eaft Indies, China, Cochin-china, and 
Japan. The Indians confider it as an antidote to poifons 
in-general, and regard the bruifed root as peculiarly effica¬ 
cious in curing the bite of the cobra de capello, or hooded 
ferpentof Hindooflan. See Colueer naja, vol.iv. p. 803, 
39. Ixia fallax, or uncertain ixia : border of the co¬ 
rolla incurved, and fpreading very much; fegments oval., 
(lightly emarginate, equal in breadth; filaments fpreading 
and recurved ; ftigmas at the bafe of the filaments. Co¬ 
rolla violet-coloured, limb three-fourths longer than the 
tube. This and the remaining fpecies are taken from the 
rich Catalogue of Mr. Salifoury’s botanic garden at Cha¬ 
pel-AUerton, publifhed by hknfelf. Of thefe he has given 
no deferiptions, but only copious fpecific diftin&ions. 
They are all natives of the Cape. 
40. Ixia mutabilis, or changeable ixia: border of the 
corolla reflex, falver-fhaped at the bafe; fegments broadly 
obovate, retufe ; the inner narrower ; filaments from up¬ 
right fpreading ; ftigmas below the apex of the tube. Bor¬ 
der of the corolla one and one-third longer than the tube. 
41. Ixia focialis, or focial ixia: border of the corolla 
horizontal ; fegments elliptical, the outer emarginate, the 
inner narrower, blunt; filaments from upright fpreading,; 
ftigmas at the middle of the filaments. Border of the co¬ 
rolla four fevenths longer than the tube. Colour white 
with a green bafe. 
42. Ixia lineata, or lineated ixia : border of the corolla 
incurved, and fpreading,very much ; fegments oval, blunt,, 
inner narrower ; filaments recurved at the tip ; (tigmas ■ 
below the tip of the filaments. Border of the corolla one 
and a half longer than the tube. 
43. Ixiaamoena, or handfomeixia: border of thecorolla 
incurved aud horizontal; fegment oval-lanceolate, fome- 
wliat retufe, inner narrower; filaments from upright 
fpreading ; ftigmas at the bafe of the filaments. Leaves 
all radical, a foot long, enfiform, ftriated, fmooth, quite 
entire, withering at the tip. Scape almoft two feet high, 
round, (lender, many-flowered,fometimes branched. The 
limb of the corolla is longer by half than the tube. 
44. Ixia retufa, or netted ixia : border of the corolla 
incurved, and fpreading very much ; fegments oval, retufe, . 
inner: narrower ; filaments upright; ftigmas at the middle 
of the filaments. Limb of the corolla as long again as the 
tube. 
45. Ixia fpe&abilis, or graceful ixia : border of the co¬ 
rolla incurved and horizontal; fegments lanceolate, outer - 
emarginate, inner narrower, blunt; filaments from upright 
fpreading ; ftigmas at the bafe of the filaments. Scape 
three or four feet high and more, round, Ample: Flowers 
peduncled, and forming a denfe pyramidal fpike; border' 
of the corolla three times longer than the tube, deeply, fix- 
parted, green or blue-green, with.a dark-purple bafe. It 
flowers from May to Auguft. 
46. Ixia concolor, or red ixia : border of the corolla in¬ 
curved and horizontal ; fegments elliptical, blunt, inner 
narrower; filaments from upright fpreading; ftigmas above 
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