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IXIA BULBIFERA. SuLPHUR-CoLOURED 



IXIA. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor, 6-partita patens cequalis. Stigm. 3 ere&iufcula patula. 

 Sem. fubrotunda plurima. 



Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 



IXIA bulbifera; foliis multiftriatulis, fpatha lacera, corolla 

 infundibuliformi fuperne patente : tubo brevi : laciniis 

 ovato-oblongis, ftaminibus iateralibus divergent bus. 

 Gawler. 



IXIA bulbifera. Linn. Sp. PL 51. Syji. Veg. 85. Reichard. 

 1. 99. Am<en. Acad. 4. 300. Hort. Kezv. 1. 57. Willd. 

 Sp- PL 1 204. Bot. Repof. 48. Ejufq. recenf. 8. Bur- 

 man, prod.fl. cap. 1. 



IXIA bulbifera, var. y. flava. Thunb. Diff. 16. 



IXIA bulbifera. Mill. Diff. Hi enim fores fijlit fiilphureos s 

 ejus J "pec men vera apud Herb. Banks, ceque action 

 pffafioribus gaudent a^bo-purp'ireis ! 



JXIA monanthos. De la Roche, Diff. 2\ ? 



This is alfo termed by the Dutch Vluweel Bloemje, or Velvet- 

 fl°wer y as well as Ixia grandiflora of the laft number, to which 

 n is very clofely allied, but generally taller, leaves paler or 

 m ore tinged with yellow; (tern bearing from one to four bulbs 

 *j each joint, which fall off when mature; corolla likened to 

 Hsmerocallis in the Amtenitat. Academic*, fomewhat fmaller 

 an d narrower than in grandiflora-, fegments with the fides 



curved 



