P L A T E CLXXXVI.
I X I A S P E C I O S A.
Deep crimfon Ixia.
C L A S S III. O R D E R I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O B O L L A fexpetala, patens, ajqualis. Stamina |i BLOSSOM fix petals, fpreading, equal. Chives
t r i a , erecuufculo-patula. three, u p r i g h t fpreading.
1| SeelxiA REFLEXA, PI, X I V . V o l . 1.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Ixia folds linearibus, medio coftatis, gramineis;
fcapus biflorus, filiformis; corollis fubcampanulatis,
profonde coccineis.
I x i a w i t h linear leaves ribbed in the middle and
grafiy; flower-ftem two-flowered and threadfhaped;
bloflbms rather bell-ftiaped and of
a deep crimfon.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Flower eut open.
3. T h e Pointai, one of t h e tips magnified.
A L T H O U G H this fpecies is not lcarce, yet, from the general method of treating it, that is, by giving
i t no more heat than has been found neceflary for the generality of Cape Ixias, few have feen its
blofi'oms though they polTefs the roots. To enfure their flowering, as foon as the bulbs are well
rooted which will be about J a n u a r y , if planted in October; they may be then put i n t o t h e h e a t of a
m e l o n ' o r cucumber frame, or taken into t h e hothoufe, where they will flower about the latter end of
Mav This Ixia was firft introduced, from Holland, about the year 1 7 7 8 , under the name of Ixia
K e i m o l i n a f p e c i o f a ; and, under t h a t title, is to be found, in moft collections; wherefore, confidenng
it a difUnct fpecies, having drawings of t w o varieties, we have continued the fpecific name of fpectofa.
Our d r a w i n g was made at t h e Hammerfmith nurfery, in May 1799-