P L A T E CCCXCII.
I X I A COLUMNARIS, mr. angustifolia.
Cohimnar-chived Ixia. Narrowed-leaved Far.
C L A S S III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA sex-petala patens aequalis. Stigmata
tria erectiusculo-patiila.
BLOSSOM 6-petals spreading equal. Summits
tliree upright-spreading.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
IxiA, filamentis basi cohaerentibus ; floribus
subcapitatisj petalis purpureis basi saturatioribus,
foliis lineari-ensiformibus.
IXIA, with threads united at the base, flowers
rather in heads, petals purple with darker
bases, and linear-sword-sliaped leaves.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two valves of the sheath.
2. An entire flower, cut open in the tube only, which is extended nearly to the end of the threads.
3. The chives cut open and magnified.
4. The pointal complete, one of the summits detached and magnified.
THE figure which accompanies tliis description represents the narrowest-leaved variety of the columnar
chived Ixia hitherto introduced into the British gardens.
Like the other varieties already figured in this work, it is a native of the Cape of Good Hope; and
like them must be treated as a Cape-bulb j requiring only the protection of the green-house, and a
mixture of loam and peat; and no water during its quiescent state.
It flowers in June or July, and is a very brilliant variety. Our figure was taken some time since at
Messrs. Colvill's, Nurserymen in the King's Road.