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PLATE CXXXIV. 



IXIA CROCATA. 



Far, 7iig* maculata. 



Crocus flowered Ixia. Far, llack spotted. 



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CLASS 



III. 



ORDER 



I. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 6-petalaj patens^ sequalis. 

 SiAMiNA tria, ereSiufculo-patula. 



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Blossom 6-petals, fpreading, equal, 

 CtiivES three;, upright and fpreadlng. 



See IXIA REFLEXA. PL XIV. Vol. I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ixia folHs falcatis, flaccidls; florlbus alternis, fef- 



filibus; petalis tribus exterioribus bafi gib- 

 bis maculatiique. 



Ixia with fcimitar-lliaped limber leaves ; flowers 

 grow alternate and clofe to the ftemj the 

 three outer petals are gouty and fpotted at 

 the bafe. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The two Spaths of the Empalement. 



2. The Flower cut open and expanded, with tlie Chives attached. 



3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits, the Summits detached and 



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Mr. F. Maffon 



under 



having nineteen diftina varieties of this one fpecles, and in the clofe inveftigation we have given them, 

 in their flowering, for a number of years ) having found them to fport in colour, &c. from the lame 

 root, but much more fo from feed ; enables us declfively to place this plant as a variety to I. croca a. 

 It is one of the moft hardy of the Genus, and propagates itfelf by the root. The flowers are produce 

 about May, in which month 1799, our drawing was taken, at the Haramerfmith nurfery^ nnce, w 

 have not feen it in any collection j which leads us to think it is not a free blower, as the roots are no 

 fcarce. 



