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P L A T E XXIX.
I X IA SPIGATA. Far. viridi 7iigra,
Sea-greeTi fpiked Ixia.
C L A S S III. ORDER 1.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHAKACTEK.
COBOLLA 6 petala, patens, aqualis.
STIGMATA 3, ereaiufculo-patula.
BLOSSOM fix petals, fpreading, equal.
SUMMITS three, nearly upright, fpreading.
See IXIA KEFLEXA, Plate XIV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis linearibus, coflatis; corolla viridi,
petalis bafi obfcuris; fpicis longiffimis.
Ixia with linear, ribbed leaves; green bloflbm,
the bafe of the petals dark; fpikes venr
long.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two llieaths of the Empalement
2. A Bbffom cut open, to ihew its tubular charafter, and the infertion of the Cliives at the
3. Tlie Pointal complete, one of its Summits magnified.
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