Hexaglottis
(from hex, six, and glotta, a tongue; in reference to the six spreading lobes of the style). ORD. Irideae. A genus of two or three species of pretty greenhouse bulbous plants, from South Africa, rarely seen in cultivation. For culture, see Ixia.
H. longifolia (long-leaved). fl. yellow; segments nearly equal, oblong, spreading; filaments united in a cylinder. May. h. 1 1/2ft. 1766. SYNS. Homeria and Moraea flexuosa. (B. M. 695, under name of Moraea flexuosa.) H. virgata (twiggy). fl. yellow. May. h. 2ft. 1825.