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Ix1A FLEXuoSA, FLEXUOSE Ixta.~ 
HEHEHE ESE iiiee 4 
oe Clafs and Sinton, 7 
Tatanpaia Monocynta. 
“> Generic Charafter—Vid, Nem: 566. 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms, 
IXIA flexuofa ; tubo gracili paulatim ampliato: limbo infra _ 
breviter campanulato-contragto : laciniis ovali-oblo i 
, _/ patentibus, ftigmatibus haud ufque tubum difcretis. G,.. 
IXIA flexuofa. Linn. Sp. Pl. 51. Mill. Did. 8. Hort. Kew. 1. 
P- 68. Houtt. Linn. Pf. Sy. 11. p. 31. Willd: Sp. Pl 
1. 202, : 
IXIA polyfachia. Burm. flor. cap. prod. 1. var. maculata more 
- Ixia maculate. i se 
IXIA ereGa var. violacea. Thunb. Diff. 18.2 
XIA capitata. Bot. Rep. tab. 232. 
IXIA foliis linearibus, floribus fpicatis feffilibus. Mill. ic. : 
tab. 156. f. 2. cujus fpecimen apud Herb. Bankf. re-_ 
ponitur. : a 
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Bulbs plano-convex or rather fomewhat depreffedly flat up- — 
_ Wards and umbilicately convex underneath. _ Leaves linear, 
enfiform, grafly, nerved, three inner ones fheathing the ftem 
_ Pearly to the flowers. Stem upright, gracilefcently filiform, 
_ 8&nerally lax and fomewhat bent, longer than the leaves, 1—3 
feet high, fimple or branched; branches 3—6, paniculately 
difpofed, often fubdivided, upright. Flowers 6—10, in a 
_ “ort oblong fpike. Spathe feariofe, membranous, com- 
-. Monly denticulate. Tube moftly fhorter than the limb, 
Which is fomewhat campanulately narrowed at its bafe, feg- 
ments obtufe: alternate ones rather narrower. Stigmas diftintt 
to about the bafe of the anthers, recurved. Anthers loofe, or 
hot {queezed together, fometimes curved and connivent at the 
_ ““mmit and bafe, Varies with white, white with red ftreaks, 
= ted and violet-coloured flowers, which are alfo frequent! ee 
