Leucocoryne
(from leukos, white, and koryne, a club; referring to the sterile anthers). ORD. Liliaceae. A genus comprising three or four species of pretty half-hardy bulbous plants, natives of chili. Flowers white or blue, in terminal few-flowered umbels, pedicellate; perianth salver-shaped; scapes simple, leafless. Leaves radical, narrow, linear, channelled. Bulbs tunicated. For culture, see Ixia. The following are the best known species: L. alliacea (Onion-like). fl., perianth pale lilac, eight to nine lines long; segments linear-acute, longer than the tube. l., many, firm, green, 6in. to 8in. long, scarcely one line broad. h. 6in. to 12in. Chili. L. ixioides (Ixia-like). fl. white or pale blue; umbels from four to six-flowered. August. l. about 1ft. long. h. 1ft. Chili, 1826. SYN. L. odorata. (B. R. 1293; B. M. 2832, under name of Brodiaea ixioides.) L. odorata (sweet-scented). A synonym of L. ixioides.