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I X I A Bulbocodium.
D w a rf Ixia.
TR1ANDRIA Monogynia.
Gen. C har. Cor. in s ix d e ep equ al segm en ts ,su p e r io r .
Stigma th read -sh ap ed , th re e -c le ft. Sheath o f tw o
va lve s .
Spec. C har. S ta lk sh o rt, m o s t ly s in g le -flow e red .
L e a v e s lin e a r , ch a n n e lle d . S e gm en ts o f th e
s tigm a d e e p ly d iv id ed .
Syn. I x ia B u lb o c o d ium . Linn. S p .* P l. 51. Jacq.
Ic . Rar. t. 2 7 1 . Coll. v. 3. 265. Sm. FI. Grcec.
Sibth. v. 1. 26. t. 3 6 .
T r ic h o n em a B u lb o c o d ium . K e r in An n. o f Bot.
v. 1. 223. A i t . Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. 82.
W i l d specimens of this plant from the island of Guernsey
were sent long ago by Mr. Gosselin to Mr. Dickson; and bulbs
transmitted by the same accurate investigator to Sir Joseph Banks,
last year, have produced perfect plants in several gardens. From
the above, compared together, our figure is taken.
This plant grows on dry grassy sandy hillocks, flowering in
the spring. The root is a solid bulb, like the kernel of a hazelnut,
producing offsets from the base, enfolded in tom membranous
sheaths. Leaves several, radical, spreading in a curved
form, linear; channelled above ; sheathing at the base. Flow-!
erstalk solitary, much shorter than the leaves, recurved, bearing
one or two flowers in a wild state, in a garden often more. The
corolla is purplish, ribbed, sometimes larger than in our figure,
and varying to white or yellow, at least in the south of Europe,