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 Ixia Aristata. Salver-Flowered Ixia. 



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Triandria Monogynia. 

 Generic Charatler. — TO. A Taw - 549. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



IXIA arijiata ; fpica fubthyrfiformi, fpatha tubo 3 — 4pIo 

 breviori ariftato-dentata, laciniis rotato-complanatis 

 oblongis longitudine tubi, ftaminibus ereclis piftillo 

 fubsequalibus. G. 



IXIA arijiata. Thunb. Dif. n. 15, prod. 9. Syfi, Veg. Murr. 

 85. Gmel. Syft. Nat. 109. Nee vero Hort. Kew. aut 

 Willd. Sp. PI. 



IXIA patens. Herb. Bank/, quoad fpecimen fpontaneum 

 capenfe. 



Leaves four, enfiform, nerved, acuminate, with a filiform 

 cartilaginous margin : midrib prominent, inner leaf fheatbing 

 the ftem nearly its whole length. Stem from a foot to two 

 feet high, ftricl, round, fomewhat compreffed downwards, 

 limple, or with two or three (hort patent branches. Spike 

 fomewhat fcattered, with from five to nine flowers. Nearly 

 allied to Ixia patens and fiexuofa, but a far more robuft plant ; 

 fegments quite flat, rotate, and blunter ; fpaihe more dentate, 

 lefs membranous, and the parts of fru£tiri cation more ere£t 

 and collected. Scentlefs. Flowers in May. The Ipecific 

 name was undoubtedly fuggefted to Thunberg by the fpathes, 

 ■which however he defcribes as " arijiato-dentat<e /' and we 

 guefs that the inappropriate application of the word w arijiata" 

 Vas in fome meafure the caufe of the miftake in Hort. Kew. 

 where Spar ax is grandifiora (Ixia grandifiora> Bot. Mag. 

 iVb. 541, and Ixia bulbifera, var. purpurea, Fbunb.) is taken 



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