ENSATÆ, in botany (from ensis, "a sword"); the name of the sixth order in Linnaeus's natural method, consisting of plants with sword-shaped leaves. It contains the following genera, viz. Antholyza, Callisia, Commelina, Crocus, Eriocaulon, Ferraria, Gladiolus, Iris, Ixia, Moraea, Pontaderia, Siphyrinchium, Tradescantia, Wachendorffia, Xyris.