PLATE 



DLXIV. 



XIA 



RTA. 



Short Ixia. 



CLASS III. 



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TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



ORDER I 



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Three Chives 



One Pointal 



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ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 6-petala, patens, aequalis. Stigmata 



tria, erectiuscula, patula. 



petals 



Sum 



mits three, nearly upright, and spreading. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ixia foliis falcatis : floribus alternis, tri-colori- 



bus : caule humili. 

 Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 



Ixia with scimitar- shaped leaves : flowers alter 



nate, and three-coloured. Stem low. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The two sheaths of the empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified 



This new species of Ixia was delineated from a plant in the collection of J. Vere, esq. the summer 



be- 



fore last, and although low in stature is certainly high in beauty, and surpassed by very 



growth. It flowers about the middle of April, and requires the same treatment as 



few of loftier 

 most other Cape 



species 



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