P L A T E CLIX.
Bunch-flowering Ixia. Far. white flow,
Hack bottom.
C L A S S III. O R D E R
TRUNDRIA MONOGYNU. Three Chives. One Pointai.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R.
C O R O L L A 6 p e t a l a , patens, acqaalis. Stigmata | BLOSSOM fix petals, Spreading, equal. Summits
t r i a , e r e t t i u f e u l o - p a t u l a . three, nearly u p r i g h t , Spreading.
I See I X I A R E F L E X A , Vol. I . P l a t e X I V .
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
I x i a , foliis e n f i f o n n i b u s ; Acribus c a p i t a t i s , confertis,
albidis, petalis bali nigriffime not
a tis.
I x i a , w i t h fwoI'd-Hiaped leaves; flowers g r ow in
elofe bunches, w h i t i i h , the petals very dark,
m a r k e d at the bafe.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1. T h e two Sheaths of t h e E m p a l e m e n t.
2. A Bloflbna Spread open, w i t h the Chives r e m a i n i n g.
3. T h e Seed-bud and S'ointal, one Summit detached, magnified.
As n o difference, either in c u l t u r e or increafe, is necefiary for this p l a n t , more t h a n is r e q u i r e d for
t h e o t h e r varieties of t h i s fpecies of I x i a ; we ihall refer our readers to the directions for t h e t r e a t m e nt
of t h e m , for t h e m a n a g e m e n t of this. Our figure is from a d r a w i n g t a k e n at t h e H a r u m e r f m i t b nurfery
i n t h e year 1 7 9 9 , a b o u t the m o n t h of May. It is one of thofe i n t r o d u c e d to t h e Royal Gardens
a t K e w by M r . F. M a f l ó n about t h e year 1 7 7 4 , a l t h o u g h loft to us for fome years, but fince received
from the collections in H o l l a n d.