Ixia linderi Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 300-450 mm high, base enclosed by a poorly developed fibrous collar. Corm 8-10 mm diam.; tunics of fine fibres. Stem unbranched. Leaves 3 or 4, ± linear, 1.5-3.0 mm wide, main vein prominent, margins slightly thickened. Spike 2-to 6-flowered; bracts membranous, evidently dry near tips, ± 5 mm long, outer without dark veins, truncate, inner 2-veined, veins pale, forked apically, slightly longer than outer. Flowers suberect, white or faintly pink, tepals flushed pale pink outside, presence of scent unknown; perianth tube subcylindric, gradually expanding from base to apex, 18-20 mm long; tepals subequal, oblong, obtuse, ± 10 x 4 mm, spreading horizontally. Filaments ± 1.5 mm long, inserted ± 6 mm below mouth of tube; anthers ± 4 mm long, apices just reaching mouth of tube. Style dividing shortly below anther bases, branches ± 1 mm long, reaching lower third of anthers.