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 Ixia Crateroides. Crimson Ixia. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. — Vid. No. 549. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



IXIA crateroides; pauciflora, foliis gramineis, tubo breviflimo 

 fpatham fcariofam patentem vix sequante, limbo hemif- 

 phserico-campanulato : laciniis ovalibus firniulis, ftig- 

 matibus antheras fuperantibus. G, 



\X\k fpeciofa. Bot. Rep. tab. 186. 



IXIA campanulata. Herb. Bank/. 



Bulb irregular, of a more fucculent fpongy fubftance, and 

 not fo farinaceous as ufual in the genus. Leaves 5 — 6, 

 graCs-like, fmooth, with a flightly prominent midrib, fhorter 

 than the ftem. Flowers 1 — 2, rarely three, upright, largifli, 

 fcentlefs. Stem fimple, round, wiry, from fix inches to a foot 

 high. Spathes fcariofe, denticulately fplit, patent ; tube feveral 

 times fhorter than the limb, fcarcely equal to the fpathe. Limb 

 fubfphieroid-bell-ihaped, fegments feparate to the tube, oblong- 

 oval, bluntifh, fomewhat concave, mining, of a more fub- 

 ftantial confiftence than in mod fpecies, deep crimfon 

 on the infide, on the out purplifh-red, traverfed longitudi- 

 nally by a paler {tripe. Filaments upright, patent, much 

 fhorter than limb, about the length of the anthers, purplifh. 

 Stigmas recurved, feparated but little beyond the fummits of 

 the anthers, which they generally overtop. Out of many 

 hundred fpecimens, both indigenous and from our own gardens, 

 this is the only one we have ever feen with fo many as three 

 flowers, though the fpecies is as liable as its congeners to vary 

 in fize of leaf and height of ftem. Does not bloffom fo freely 

 as many others, perhaps requires tenderer treatment. Flowers 

 in July. Propagates abudantly by offsets. A pot of them 

 exaclly refembles a pot of our common graffes. Found, ac- 

 cording to. Mr. Nevin, at the Cape, in fandy fpots near the 

 twenty-four rivers. 



Our figure was taken at Mr. Colville's nurferv, in tne 

 KingVRoad, Chelfea. G. 



