Ixia foliis linearibus, fcapo v a g i n a n t i b u s ; fcapus
g e n i c u l a r s , fubtriflorus; lacinhs corollas
obovatis, lineato-punctatis, purpureis.
I x i a with linear leaves i h e a t h i n g t h e f t e m ; flowerftem
jointed, moftly three flowered; fegments
of the bloilbm inverfely egg-fhaped,
dotted in lines, and purple.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e two valves of t h e fheath.
2. A Bloflbm cut open, with the Chives attached.
3 . The Seed-bud, Shaft, a n d S u m m i t s ; a divilion of one of the fummits magnified.
T H I S curious Ixia was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope, in t h e year 1SOO, by G. H i b b e r t,
Efq. and is, w e believe, in t h e pofleffion of no other in this kingdom. It is a tender bulb, flowering
about A p r i l , or May, and appears, either by t h e bulb, or feed, to be flow of mcreafe. The bulb,
from which our figure was taken, was p l a n t e d in l i g h t , fandy peat earth.
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I X I A P U N C T A T A.
Doited flowered Ixia.
CLASS TIL ORDER I.
TH1ANDRIA MONOG YN1A. Three Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 6-partita, patens, icqualis. || BLOSSOM 6 divilions, threading, equal.
S T I G M A T A 3 , crcfliufculo-patula. " SUMMITS three, nearly u p r i g h t , fpreading.
|l See Ixia reflexa, PI. X I V . Vol. I.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.