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Ixia Grandiflora. Velvet-Flowered 



Ixia. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



. Cor. 6-partita patens aequalis. Stigm. 3 erecliufcula patula. 

 Seta, fub rotunda plurima. 



Specific CharaSer and Synonyms. 



IXIA grandiflora ; foliis fubtiliter ftriatis, fpatbis ariftato- 



laceris, tubo brevi : laciniis ftellato-patentib'us oblongo- 



cuneatis apice rotundatis, ftaminibus lateralibus. GavoL 

 IXIA grandiflora. De la Roche Dif. p. 23. Hotitt. Nat. Mijf. 



p. 17. pi. 77 .f. 3. Linn. Pfl. Syft. u. 37. /. 77. J. 3. 



Salijb. Prod. Hert. 37. 26. 

 IXIA bulbifera (a) flore purpureo. Tbunb. Dif. 16,17. 

 IXIA ariftata. Hort. Keiv. 1. p. 57. Willd. Sp. PL 1. 203. 



And. Bot. Rep. t. 87. ejufque Recenf. — (nee vero Thunb.) 

 IXIA uniflora. Mant. 27. Herb. Linn. Jacq. Coll. 4. p. 181. 



ic. rar. 2. t. 283. 

 IXIA holofericea. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. v. 1. cum 3 var. 

 IXIA foliis gladiatis glabris, caule uniflora. Mill. ic. 237. 



fig 3. cum 2 aliis var. 

 SISYRINCHIUM cetbiopicum majus. Comm. Hort. Am. v. 1. 



t. 42. p. 83. Anne fpecies diftin&a? 



.Descr. Bulb ovate, about the fize of a hazel nut, covered 

 J"ih a white filky fibrous tunic, bafe umbilicated. Leaves 

 f rom five to eight, enfiform, fliorter than the fcape, difticb, 

 outer ones gradually fhorter. Scape from fix inches to a foot 

 Jor >g, thickifh, ftiff, and nearly of equal thicknefs. Rachis 

 Ver y flexuofe. Spatbe membranous, light brown with dark 

 W&L more or lefs torn into irregular awn-like jags, accord- 

 J."g to the time it has been in flower (for, if not at firft, it is 

 ,ur e to be fo fooner or later). Flowers from one to five, 

 ncv er more, large, fhewy. Tube fhort, nearly the length of 



the 



