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Ixia Maculata. var. 0. Amethystina. 



Amethystine Ixia. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char after. 



Spatha bivalvis. Cor. tubus gracilis, pedunculoideus, ere&us, 

 fuperius vix dilatatus ; limbus ferme ad tubum ufque partitus, 

 regularis, fubaequalis, patens : laciniae planiores, raro deorlura 

 in faucem conniventes aut breviter turbinato-confervcmes. 

 Til. limbo multo breviora, aut patentia, aut confleclentia, aut 

 fafciculata, vel etiam cuniculato-concreta. Cap/, membranacea, 

 orbiculato-ovata, torulofa. Sem. plurima, globofa. G. 



Obs. Bulho-tuber deprej/o-rotundum, interdum plano-convexum atque^ 

 umbilicato-deprcj/um, /emel/ucculeniius et JubdeJ'orme, qhando tunica pertenm 

 laxa et pramolli indutum ; in crifpa hocce angujiius pyramidal um, et t 

 Jlupaceo-textilibus involutum. Caulis teres gradlejcens, Jape nutnero ratntt* 

 Jus. Corolla limbus Jere rotatus y perraro ima parte campunulato-vel turb ni~to- 

 artlata, Jemel faciem prabens tantijpcr irregularem. Spatha ja r -M 

 membranacea, tuboque multo brevior, bis terve majujcula pretenuis atqut 

 Jcarioja. G. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



IXIA maculata; tubo capillari, limbo ex campanulato paten- 

 tiflimo baG maculato, laciniis oblongiufculis, ttigmatibus 

 ufque tubum divifis infra antheras recurvatis. G. 



0. amethyjVina. Scapo breviore, laciniis latioribus concavis. 



For a full account of the fynonyms of this very variable 

 fpecies confult No. 549 of this work, where there is a fynop- 

 tical view of the genus Ixia, fome of the feBions of which 

 have fince been feparated into diftincl. genera ; fee Annals of 

 Botany, vol. 1. p. 219. 



Our drawing was taken at Meffrs. Whitley and Brame's, 

 Old-Erompton. flowers in June, and requires the fai» c 

 treatment as the green variety. 



