G.B.Ellis Sc.
BOA ACUTA
IXIA ACUTA.
ACUTE-PETALLED IXIA.
Triandria Monogynia, Linn. hides ^ Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Spathe 2 ,3-valved, ovate, short. Corolla 6-parted, tubulose; tube somewhat slender,
with the style and stamina straight; border nearly salver-shaped, divisions
sub-elliptic, flat. Stigma almost filiform.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves linear-lanceolate, plaited, acuminate, ventricose and sheathing at the base;
petals acute.
Root bulbous. Plant from ten to twelve inches high. Stem cylindrical.
Leaves three in number, of unequal lengths, linear-lanceolate,
three-nerved, plaited, sub-ventricose, and sheathing at the base, striated,
terminating in a slender, nearly setaceous, discoloured acumina-
tion. Flowers large, handsome, generally two or three, of a beautiful
ultramarine-blue, very evanescent, becoming involuted a few
minutes after they are expanded. Petals six, ovate, unguiculate, sub
