PLATE XIV. 
IXIA REFLEXA. 
Reflex flowered Ixia. 
CLASS HE. 
ORDER I. 
ay TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx. Spathz bivalves, oblongz, perfiftentes, 
germina diftinguentes. 
Corotzra. Petala fex, oblonga, zqualia, lan- 
ceolata. 
Sramina, Filamenta tria, fubulata, - corolla 
-__ breviora, fitu zequalia. Antherz fimplices. 
Pistiztum. Germen inferum, ovatum, tri- 
: fimplex, erectus, longi- 
Stigma trifidum, craffi- 
guetrum. Stylus 
eae um. 
‘Psricareium. Capfula fubovata, triquetra, 
trilocularis, loculis comprefiis, trivalvis. 
Semina fubrotunda, plurima. 
SPECIFIC 
Txia floribus fpicatis, reflexis; foliis enfiformi- 
bus, glabris. 
EmpaLeMeNtT. Cup two valves, oblong, re- 
maining, and dividing the feed-buds. 
‘ Biossom. Six oblong petals of an equal length, 
and {pear-fhaped. : 
Cuaives. Three awl-fhaped threads, fhorter than 
the bloffom, placed equally. Tips fimple. 
Pointau. Seed-bud beneath egg fhaped, and 
three-fided. Shaft fimple, upright, the 
length of the chives. Summit cut into 
three, and thickith. 
Srzp-vesseL. Capfule, nearly egg-fhaped, 
three-fided, three cells, prefled together, 
three valves. 
Seeps many, nearly round. 
CHARACTER. 
Ixia, with flowers growing ina fpike, and bent 
backward; leaves fword-fhaped, and fmooth. 
Sa 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The two Sheaths of the Empalement (magnified). 
2. The Bloffom. 
3. The Chives (magnified). 
A. The Pointal (magnified). 
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No genus exhibits greater diverfity, either in the figure, or colour of the bloffoms, of its various {pe- 
cies than Ixia; the extreme delicacy of their colours, rendering it abfolutely neceffary to protect them 
~~ both ) h from wind and rain ; ven watering them over their heads (as is ufual with greenhoufe plants), 
at once deftroys their brilliancy. The bulbs of this {pecies were gathered at the Cape, by J. Pringle, 
_ -Efq. from whom they were fent to Mefirs. Lee and Kennedy in 1795, at whofe nurfery they flowered 
ae a a ie — “pi figure was taken. No particular treatment is neceffary for this plant, 
_. other than what is given to Cape bulbs in general, viz, an airy fituati light foil. Is propa- 
= gated by feeds, and by the roots. sib ituation, and light fo P' | 
