I X I A M A C U L A T A . R ™ ; £ °"
Spotted-flowered Ixia. S<™"J'"- ™ithap,rpi,
1 ** flower.
CLASS 1 1 1 . ORDER I.
TRIAN DRÍA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One PointaL
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA G-parfita, patens, sequalis. Stigmata 11 BLOSSOM l i s divilions, fpreading, equal. Sumt
r i a , erectiufculo-patula. [} raits three, between upright and fpreading.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis enliformibus, glabris, fcapo duplo Ixia with fword-fhaped leaves, fmooth, twice as
b r e v i o r i b u s ; floribus alternis, fub-fpicatis, fliort as t h e flower-ftem; flowers alternate,
minoribus, p u r p u r é i s ; petalis bafi obfcuris, rather fpiked, imaller, and purple; petals
ovatis, concavis; ftigmatibus bifidis. dark at the bafe, egg-tbaped, concave;
fummits two-cleft.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1 . T h e Empalement.
2. A Flower c u t and fpread open.
3. T h e Seed-bud, Chives, and Summits, one fummit magnified.
T H I S variety of Ixia bloflbms about J u n e ; and, like the reft of this fpecies, continues in flower near a
month. It is o n e of the hardieft, and certainett blowers, amongst the whole genus, and propagates
freely; no particular treatment is necefiary for i t , but w h a t has been often repeated for the management
of thefe plants.