PLATE CLIX. - 
I X I A | G A P T ZS A + A. Var. flore alto, 
Sundo nigro. 
. . . Var. white flowered, 
Bunch floweri ug Ixia. black Lottom. 
cm 
CLASS Ill... ORDER IL 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. . 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARA CTER. 
tria, erectiufculo-patula, three, nearly upright, {preading. 
Coroiza 6-petala, patens, equalis. Stigmata Bvossom fix petals, {preading, equal. Summits 
: See Ixta REFLEXA, Vol, I Plate XIV. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Ixia, foliis enfiformibus; floribus capitatis, con- 
Ixia, with {word-fhaped leaves; flowers grow in 
fertis, albidis, petalis bafi_ nigrifime no- 
clofe bunches, whitith, the petals very dark, 
marked at the bafe. - 
tatis 
REFERENCE TO* THE PLATE, 
1. The two theaths of the Empalement. 
2. A Bloffom fpread open, with the Chives remaining, | 
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, one Summit detached, magnified. ; 
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As no difference, either in culture or increafe; is neceffary for this plant, more than js required for 
the other varieties of this {pecies of Ixia; we thal] refer our readers to the dire@ions for the treatment 
of them, for the management of this. Our figure is from a drawing taken at the Hammierfinith nur- 
fery in the year 1799, about the month of May. It is one of thofe introduced to the Royal Gardens 
at Kew by Mr. F. Maffon about the year 1774, although loft to us for fome years, but fince received Le 
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