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Clafs and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MonocGyYNIA. 
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Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. ses 
IXIA Rochenfis; caule foliifque nudis, fpatha fubventricofo-— 
ovali faucem cum tubo equante, laciniis lanceolatis 
foveola melliflua bafi infculptis, piftillo corollam fere 
equante. G.— eer J : 
(«) Palmaris, non ramofa, 1—2 flora, foliis fubulatis angufti- 
|  oribus, limbo radiatim patente. G.— : 
IXIA azurea. Herb. Bankf. exemplarium capenfe. 
(8) Spithamea, ramofa multiflora, foliis linearibus, floribus 
fpicato-fecundis, rachidis flexubus arcuatis, corolla — 
campanulato-patente. E /pecimine ficco. An lacinie 
foveolato-infeulpte, neene indeque {pecies diftinfla? Gu 
IXIA violacea. Herb. Bankf. exemplarium capenfe. 
IXIA /fecunda de la Roche, diff.17. Houtt. Linn, Pf. Syft. 11+ 
p- 40. t. 78. fig. 1. | i 
Bulbs precifely as in Ix1a fecunda, Leaves firm, ftreaked, 
fheathing at the bafe. Flowers upright. Spathe large, ftriated, 
-convolute-oval. Anthers fmall, fagittate-ovate: filaments 
ere&t, upwards flightly patent. _Piftil nearly equal to the limb: 
ftigmas recurved over the anthers. Variety (@) we have only — 
‘Seen in a dried ftate, by which we could not afcertain whether _ 
it poffeffed the fmall ne€tareous excavation at the bafe of each 
fegment fo remarkable in (a), and confequently are uncertain 
whether it ought to be confidered as y ora 
diftinet fpecies. Flowersin May. 
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