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Babiana Villosa. Crimson Babiana, 



Ofl/j flwi Onfrr. 



TrIANDRIA MONOCYSIA. 



Generic Character. — Fid. No. 576* 



Specif c Ckaracler and Synonyms, 



&ABIANA villofa ; fpatha tubo fub<equata, corolla regulari : 

 laciniis oblongis obtufis, itigmatibus linearibus an- 

 theras craffas majufculas fubaequantibus. G. 



I XI A villofa. Hort. Kew. u 58. 



IXIA punicea. Ja.cq.ic. rar. 2. /. 287. Coll. Suppl 12. Willi* 

 Sp. PL 1. 198. 



IXIA flahelliformis. Satijb. Prod. Hort. 37. n. 23. 



GLADIOLI plicati. var. purpurea. Tbun£>. Diff. n. 24* 



Stem declined. Flowers fcentlefs. Outer fegments of the 

 corolla are traverfed by a hairy fubcarinate line on the outfide, 

 and terminated by a fmall mucro. Anthers deep violet or 

 black, at firft furrounding the ftigmas, but ultimately inclining 

 to a parallel front, though not afcendent. 



Differs from Babiana (Ixia) rubra- cyanea> No. 410 of this 

 work, chiefly in not having the ftigmas fo broad and rounded, 

 nor fo markedly curled and fringed. — Are they feally diftinct 

 fpecies ? 



Our figure was taken at the nurfery of Mr. Co lvii- lE > 

 King's-Road. 



Flowers in May. Introduced into Kew garden by v** 

 Patrick. Russell, in 1778.* G. 



* Hort, Kcwr, 



