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 Hesperantha Radiata, var. y. Caricina. 

 Carex-Leaved Hesperantha. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monocynia. 



Generic Character, 



Spatha 2-valvis, herbacea, majufcula, ovali-lanceolata, na- 

 viculari convoluta. Cor. tubus furfum paulatim ampliatus : 

 limbus 6 partitus, regularis, ferrae sequalis. Stig. 3, longa ef- 

 fufa, ad tubum ufque diftincla. Cap/, oblonga, obtufe trigona, 

 torulofa, membranacea. Sem. numerofa, fere fubbaccata, ru- 

 gofa atque e rotundis angulata. G. 



Obs. Bulbo-fuber campanlformt indufiis am: Hum putam'tne'is mah 

 coriaceo-kntis, modo ligneo-duris, quandoque ojjeis atque jugis ve?t:calibus 

 angulatim percurjis. Flora vefperi explicare, mane iterum je claudere 

 ceperunt, inverjo coordinatorum more, quas quoque perfequuntur vices in- 

 fpattum plurimarum dierum. Stigmata longiora, graclllima y lineana t 

 canaliculata, laxa atque effufe projecla. Antbera grandiores, leviter 

 appicltz, interdum tremuh-incumbentes et verjatiies. Semina e minoribus. 

 Folia baud raro plano-fijluhjay inde Jpeciem exbibentia crajfam, nunquam 

 vera videntur teretia. G. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



HESPERANTHA radiata; foliis fiftulofis, deorfum vagt- 

 nanter teretibus, exinde compreflb planis 

 linearibus, fpathis adpreflis, corollis cer- 

 nuis : limbo retroflexo. G. 



IX I A radiata. Bot. Mag. 573, ubi fynonyma petenda. 



y. caricina. foliis anguftiflimis, fcapo capillari. G. 



In No. 549 of this work, we divided the genus Ixia into 

 different feHions, from the 7th of which we have fince con- 

 ftrufted this genus. Vide Annals of Botany, v. 1. p. 220 and 

 224. 



