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 Ixia Excisa. Dwarf Ixia. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Cbaracler. — Vid. No. 566. 



Specific Qharatler and Synonyms. 



IXIA excifa j rachi dichotomoideo-flexuofa, fpatha herbacca 

 naviculari glaberrima ; floribus remotiufculis ere&iffimis : 

 limbo rotato-patente ; ftigmatibus revolutis fimbriato- 

 pilofis antheras fupereminentibus. G. 



IXIA excifa. Thunb. Dijf. n. 24. tab. 1. fig. 4. Prod. 10. Linn. 

 Suppl. 92 quoad varietatem fecundam, prior enim 

 Gladiolum (nobis Lapeyroufiam) junceum fpeftat. Syfi. 

 Veg. Murr. 85. Gmel. Syji. Nat. 110. Wiild. Sp. PI. 

 1. 207. 



IXIA cvata, foliis radicalibus binis ovatis connatis, fcapo in 

 fummitate inflexo. Planta fefquipalmaris , foliolo ad 

 Jcapi divifuram oblongo t qui a fiore ad fiorem infietlitur 

 et inftar dichotomize adparet ; flores in fummitate albi et 

 •violacci. Burm. Ft. cap. Prod. 



Bulb round, fmaller than a pea, tunic brown, hard, bafe ob- 

 liquely femitruncate. Radical leaves two, three times fhorter 

 than the ftem, narrow-ovate, fub-coriaceous, diltich, fub- 

 falcate, very fmooth, rather mining, with a flight excifion to- 

 wards the bafe, and the middle nerve nearly obfolete. Stem 

 ftiff, round, flexuofe, 2 — 4 inches long, generally wiih a 

 cauline leaf. The fpike has the appearance of a d;chotomous 

 mflorefcence, owing to the rachis being ftrongly flexuofe and 

 the flowers rifmg ftraight from the angle of the bends or 

 knees, feem as if each terminated a diftinc\ peduncle. Spathe 

 uiorter than the tube, outer valve very finooth, con- 

 duplicate, keeled, flightly bifid. Flowers 4—6, large in pro- 

 portion to the bulb. Tube ftria, thickifh, flefhy, obfoleieiy 



triquetral, 



