PLATE CXcvr, 
IXIA MACULATA. 
Spotted-flowered Ixia. 
CLASS 81. OR DER 1. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, 
~ Coroura 6-petala, patens, zequalis. Bossom 6 petals, {preading, equal. 
’ Stamina tria, erectiufculo-patula. Curves three, upright, {preading. 
See I 
xXIA Rerrexa, Pl. XIV. Vol. 
‘ SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Ixia foliis enfiformibus, glabris, fcapo du- 
Ixia with {word-fhaped, {mooth leaves, half the 
plo brevioribus ; floribus alternis, fub-fpi- length of the flower-ftem ; flowers alter- 
catis ; petalis bafi obfcuris, ovatis, con- nate, rather fpiked; petals dark at the bafe, 
cavis ; ftigmatibus bifidis, egg-thaped and concave; fummits two- 
cleft. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1. The two valves of the Empalement. 
2. A Flower cut and {pread open, with the Chives in their natural ftation. 
_ 3. The Pointal complete, with one of the Summits detached and magnified, 
Tuts Ixia has been long cultivated in Britain, fo fays Millar, 
have not feen it in our 
. from the length of time 
beginning to expand, It 
tivated as other common Ixias. Flowers in May or June, 
