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Ixia Scillaris, var. Latifolia (a). Squill- 

 Flowered Ixia . — B road- Leaved Variety, 



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Cfo/jr a»i Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 

 Cor. 6-partita patens Eequalis. Stigma 3 ereEiufcula patula. 

 Sent, fubrotunda plurima. 



Specific CbaracJer and Synonyms, 

 IXIA Jcillaris ; corollae laciniis obtufiflimis, antheris brevifii- 



mis fulcato-didymis capitato-conniventibus, ftigmatibui 



infundibuliformibus hiantibus infra antheras recurvatis. 



Gawler. v 



IXIA frill arts. Linn. Sp. PI. 52, ejnfque Herbarii. Hort. 



Kew. 1. 59. Burm. Prod. 1. Hoult. Nat. Hi/I. v. 12. 



/. 77. Houtt. Linn. Pfl. Syft. v. 11. /». 33. f. 77. /. 2. 



Nee vero Thunbergii. 

 IXIA pentandra. Linn. Fil. Snppt. 92. Thunb. Dijf. 18.22. 



Prod. 10. Syft. Veg. Murr. 85. #W. Sp. PL v. 1. 



/>. 207. 

 IXIA retura. Salifi. Prod. Hort. 35. 11. Mzr/. AfirY/. Dill. 



n. 44. 

 («) latifolia. Spica elongata, corollae tubo fpatham brevem fub- 



aequante : laciniis reflexis, foliis latere excifis (fepij/ime 

 Jubundulatis) fcapo 3-4-plo brevioribus. G. 

 IXI^E polyftachiae var. Jacq. Coll. Suppl. 15.9. tab. 2. /. 1. 

 IXIA reflexa. And. Bot. Rep. t. 14, ejnfque Recenf. IXL\ 



rotata — Calyx herbacca ^-fida, fores pedicellati, folia 



inte^crrimafunt picloris errores. 

 (0) anguftifolia. Floribus minoribus, tubo capillar! fpatha 



duplo longiore laciniis patcntibus (modo retufis) eequali, 



foliis fubexcifis longioribus. G. 

 !XIA polyftachia, Jacq. Coll. 3. 269. Ic. Rar. 2. t. 275. 



Gmet. Syjl. Nat. p. no. And. Bot. Rep. t. 128. ejufque 



Recenf 



Qescr. Bulb fcarcely bigger than a pea, round, covered 

 w, th a dark brown fmooth tunic. Stem from a foot to 

 a foot and a half high, fimple or with one or two branches. 

 The fpike of this variety has from ten to twenty flowers, 

 fomewhat remote, efpecially towards its bafe. Leaves 3-4. 



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