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Ixia Erecta. (v. lutea; odorata.) Yellow 



Sweet-Scented Ixia. 



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 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. — Fid. N um - 846, et Nos in Ann. of Bot. 

 v. 1. p. 226. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



IXIA ere El a ; (bulho-tuber ghbofo-ovatum y indumentis' mem- 

 branaceo-fibrqfis vejiitum ;) foliis fubtrinis, gramineo- 

 enfiformibus, nervofis, centrali re&o longiori caulem 

 altiorem atque tereti-gracilefcentem (f<eptus ramulo unico 

 vel gemino aucittm) longinque vaginante; fpica multi- 

 flora fparfa oblonga ; fpathae valvula extima fubulato- 

 acuminata,- corolla hypocrateriformi j tubo fpatha lon- 

 giori, limbi Iacinias fubaequante, recto, e filiformi 

 fubtubatim latefcente ; laciniis rotato-patentibus, fub- 

 sequalibus, oblongo-ellipticis, concaviufculis, bafi 

 parum coar&atis ; ftaminibus his duplo brevioribus, 

 conniventer ere&iufculis ; antheris fagittato-Iinearibus, 

 ereftis ; ftigmatibus ferme ad tubi os difcretis, infra 

 antherarum bafin recurvatim difTufis. G. 



IXIA erefla. Vid. Jupra N is - 623 et 846 ; unde fynonyma 

 habenda. G. 



(y) corolla minor ; lutea ; odorata. G. 



JXIA ere Ha. J acq. Hort. Schxnb. v. 1. tab, 18; quod ad fi- 

 gurant minoretn pro hac varietate. 



This variety of erecta is the mod fragrant of the genus. 

 Probably a diftind fpecies ; but as we are unable to define 

 l he difference to our fatisfaclion, we have thought fit to leave 



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