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P L A T E CXXVIIL
I X I A P O L Y S T A C H I A . Far. iiicarnata,
Many-fpikecl Ixia. Far. flejii-colour.
C L A S S IIL ORDER L
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHAEACTEK,
C O R O L L A 6-petala, patens, aequalis.
S T A M I N A tria, ere£liufculo-patula.
BLOSSOM 6-petals, fpreading, equal.
SUMMITS three, nearly npright and fpreading.
S e e IXI A KEFLEXA, PI. X I V . Vol . I.
S P E C I F I C CHAEACTEK.
Ixia foliis linearibus; icapo fpicis plurlbus; corollae
laciniis lubreflexis, incarnatis.
Ixia with linear leaves; flower-ftem with many
fpikes of flowers; fegments of the bloirom
a little bent backwards, and fleih-coloured.
W EE F E K E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
2. A Bloffom fpread open.
3. The Pointal natural fize, with one of the Summits detached, and magnified.
T H I S fine variety of the Many-fpiked Ixia was introduced to our colleaions from the Cape of Good
Hope, about the year 1795, with the Reflex-flowered Ixia and many others, in bulbs, communicated
by J. Pringle, Efq. to Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfraith; where our drawing was taken in
April 1799. No particular care is required, for the culture or increase of this, other, than what is
required for the generality of Cape Ixias.
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