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1 X 1 A CAPI T A T A . Far: flore auraiitio.
Bioich-flower'mg Ixia. Var: BioJJom gold colour.
C L A S S III. ORDER I.
TRUNDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHAEACTEE.
C O R O L L A 6-petaIa, patens, iequalis. Stigmata
tria, erecliufculo-patula.
B L O S S OM fix petals, fpreading, and equal. Summits
three, nearly upright, and fpreading.
See Plate XIV" . IXIA REFLEXA.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis radicalibus, eniiformibus; floribus
capitatis, confertis, aurantiis, petalis bafi
obfcuiis.
Ixia with leaves growing from the root, and
fword-fliaped; bloflbms grow in a clofe
bunch, gold coloured, and the petals dark
at the bafe.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two Sheatlis of the Empalement.
2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives attached.
3. The Shaft, Summit, and Seed-bud, (magnified).
T H I S variety of Ixia capitata was introduced at the fame time as the Ixia bulbifera, flore luteo, viz.
in 1784, by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfinith, from the Cape of Good Hope, and requires
the farne treatment. It flowers the latter end of May, or beginning of June; propagating itfelf
abundantly by the root, which produces annually numerous young bulbs.
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