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 Ixia Conica. Orange-Coloured Ixia. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cor. 6-partita patent azqualis. Stigma 3, erc&iufcula patula. 

 Sem. fubrotunda plurima. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



IXIA conica 

 coar&a 

 ftigm 



ltigmaubus non ultra bairn antherarum divnis. (uiwler. 

 IXIA conica. Salijb. prod. Hort. 36. Martin Mill. Did. a. 47. 

 IXIA maculata, var. flava apicibus purpureis. c l'hunb. DijJ. 19. 



mild. Sp. PL i. 205. 

 IXIA maculata. L. Mant. 20 ? Barman, fl. Capcnf. Ait. Kcw. 



1. 60. 

 IXIA Milleri. Berg.fi. Cap. 8. quoad defcriptionem fed fig. 1. 



r\or\ fig. 2. Milleri. 

 IXIA capitata. Andr, Bot. Repqf. 50. Ejufque Rcccnfionis. 



Ixia maculata. 

 IXIA foliis gladiolatis glabris, floribuscorymbofisterminaHbus. 



Mill. Icon. 156./. 1. 

 SISYRINCHIUM africamtm, majus flore luteo macula notato. 



Olden' and. Afr. 32. 



Descr. Spike broad-thyrfiform ; rachis flexuore, 1 — 8 

 flowered; fpathe membranaceous; outer valve broad-ovate, 

 toner one narrower, bifid, both fhorter than the tube, and this 

 J 3 times fhorter than the limb, which is horizontally patent; 

 fegments oblong-oval, firm, the outer ones fomewhat broadeft 

 a "d more obtufe, generally fuflfufed on the outfide towards 

 tn e points with crimfon, when folded up (which they are upon 

 every flight obnubilation of the fun) they form a narrow-pointed 



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