1903 
* LAPEYRÓUSIA ánceps. 
Two-edged Lapeyrousia. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. IRIDACEA. 
LAPEYROUSIA. Pourr.—Perianthium hypocrateriforme ; tubo lon- 
gissimo gracili; limbo sexpartito subregulari. Stamina 3, tubo superné in- 
serta. Stylus filiformis ; stigmata 3, gracilia, bifida, patentia. Capsula mem- 
branacea, triangularis. Semina numerosa, triquetra (spheerica). Dietrich. 
L. anceps; caule folioso ancipiti angulis dentatis, foliis ensiformibus rectis, 
bracteis cucullatis subcrispis foliosis, laciniis limbi subspathulatis. 
Gladiolus anceps. Thunb. dissert. no. 17. t. 2. f. 3. 
Gladiolus denticulatus. Lamark illustr. 1. 118. 
Ixia Fabricii. De la Roche dissert. p. 18. no. 5. 
Ixia Lapeyrousia. Gmelin syst. veg. 108. 
Ixia pyramidalis. Lamark Enc. Meth. 2. 334. IMustr. 1. 109. 
Lapeyrousia compressa. Pourr. act. tolos. 3. t. 6. 
Lapeyrousia anceps. Ker. Ann. Bot. 1. 238. 
Ovieda anceps. Spreng. syst. 1. 147. 
Meristostigma anceps. . Dietr. Sp. plant. vol. 2. 596. 
Flores albi, odoratissimi. Ovarium triloculare, polyspermum, ovulis 
serie duplici affixis, horizontalibus. Stylus filiformis; stigmata 3, bipartita, - 
Jiliformia, equalia. Capsula membranacea, obcordata, triquetra, corrugata, 
pisi marimi magnitudine; semina spherica, minutissime papillosa, testà 
papyraced, raphe tenui simplici, chalazà carnosá depressd. Embryo teres, 
albus, in axi albuminis cornei. 
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An uncommon, though long known, Cape plant, having 
nothing to boast of in point of rich colouring or fantastical 
structure, but with a pretty modest aspect and a delicate 
delightful perfume. 
It is usually cultivated in a greenhouse, but will thrive 
perfectly in a cold frame, well drained in winter, and ex- 
* Named in compliment to Mons. Picot de la Peyrouse, author of figures 
of Pyrenean Plants, and a short history of the Pyrenean Flora. 
