P L A T E CCXXXII.
I X I A C A P I T A T A . nr. a***.
Hunch-flowering 1x1(1. Far. Star-Lowered.
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 G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 6 p a r t i t a , p a t e n s , fequalis. Stigmata BLOSSOM fjdivifions, i p r e a d i n g , e q u a l . Summits
t r i a , e r e a i u f c u l o - p a t u l a . three, between upright and fpreading.
See I X I A R E F L E X A , Plate X I V . Vol. I.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
I x i a foliolis enfiformibus, ereftis, fcapo brevior
i b u s ; floribus capitat'is, confertis, pallide
c a r n e i s ; petalis b a h ftellatis.
I x i a with fword-fliaped leaves, u p r i g h t fhorter
t h a n the ftem; flowers grow in heads,
crowded, of a pale flelh-colour; petals
ftarred at the bafe.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
J . T h e two valves of t h e llieath.
2. A flower cut open, the Chives r e m a i n i n g.
3 . T h e Pointal.
S 3
As we cannot t h i n k this plant poffefles fufEcient diftinctive. c h a r a c t e r , to e n t i t l e it t o a particular
fpeclfic t i t l e , we have placed it as a b o v e ; a l t h o u g h w e muft eonfefs t h a t the root, in this p l a n t , is
v e r y diffiniilar from moft of the b u n c h - f l o w e r i n g fpecies. It is a very h a r d y b i d b , and in no ways
l i a b l e t o rot, increafing very a b u n d a n t l y , and flowering, w i t h o n t any aflitlance from heat, about the
e n d of M a v . Our figure was t a k e n at t h e H a m m e r m i i t h nurfery i n 119Q; to w h i c h it h a d been i n t r o d
u c e d , a b o u t four years previous.