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Ix1a COLUMELLARIS. VarieGaTeD Ixia, 
JEM SHEE MEHdiiebiie 
Clafs and Order. 
~ Trianpria Monocynia, 
ee = A ata ae e ee Hee, 
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Generic Charatter-—Vid. Nom 566, 
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Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
IXIA columellaris ; foliis gramineis, a brevi, tubo ftri@o, 
| lacintis fubcoriaceo-firmulis ligulato-oblongis rotatis, — 
ftaminibus columnariter compaé@tis bafi tantum con- 
 seretig. « Ge. | ae : 
IXIA variegata, Herb, Bankf. exempl. capenfe. 
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pands its flowers about eight in the morning if the weather is 
_ hot, clear, and ftill, but clofes again about noon, opening in 
_ the fame manner feveral days in fucceflion. Differs from 
Txra monadelpha in the filaments not bein connate beyond — 
their bafe, in habit of expanfion, and i | being fragrant ; . 
— flowers in Auguft ; is eafily increafed both by feeds and off- _ 
lets. "Phe drawing was taken from a plant purchafed a 
- Meffrs, Les and Kewnepy’s Nurfery, Hammerimith, G. 
