P L A T E CCXIII.
I X I A C O L U M N A R1 S. n,
Colmnnar-chived Ixia. Broad-leaved var.
C L A S S III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointai.
E S S E N T - A L G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 6- p e t a l a , patens, equalis. Stigmata It BLOSSOM 6- p e t a l s , fpreading, equal. Summits
t r i a , e r e c t i u f c u l o - p a t u l a . lliree, u p r i g h t - f p r e a d i n g.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Ixia filamentis bad cohrcrentibus; floribus fub- jj Ixia with threads cohering at t h e bafe; flowers
c a p i t a t i s ; c o r o l l i s p a l l i d e c t c r u l e i s ; foliis la- grow nearly in heads; blotToms p a l e - b l u e;
t i o r i b u s , falcatis. || leaves broader, fcymitar ihaped.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
1 . T h e E m p a l e m e n t.
2. A Blollbm c u t open, w i t h t h e chives r e m a i n i n g attached.
3 . T h e T u b e of a bloflbm, w i t h t h e chives, the petals cut oft'.
4. The fame, cut open and magnified.
5 . T h e Seed-bud, Shaft, and S u m m i t s ; the fummits detached
a n d magnified.
T H E v a r i e t y h e r e given, was i n t r o d u c e d to E n g l a n d , w i t h die changeable-flowered variety, in 1 7 9 9 ,
f r om H o l l a n d . It is t h e ftrongeft marked variety of the fix we pofTefs; it flowers in May. The
p e t a l s of this v a r i e t y are r e m a r k a b l y t h i c k at the infertion i n t o the tube, and have a fott, beautiful
b r o w n on t h e outfide, when t h e flower is clofed, which frill is never fb fully fo, but a fmall margin
of the blue appears; which gives t h em a moft beautiful appearance in t h a t flate. No particular
r e g i m e is neceflary to this p l a n t , more t h a n w h a t is neceffary to all the common fpecies.