PLATE CCXIII. 
Ix 7 A &: O L U M N A R 1s _ Far. latifolia. 
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Columnar-chived Ixia. Brond-leaved var. 
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of TRIANDRIA MONOGYNILA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. : 
Conon 6-petala, patens, equalis. Stigmata | Buossom $6-petale ff = equal, Summits 
tria, ereCtiufculo-patula. three, upright-fj gee 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Ixia filamentis bafi coherentibus; floribus fub- 
capitatis; corollis pallide wks 3 foliis la- 
tioribus, falcatis. 
Ixia with threads cohering at the bafe; flowers 
grow nearly in heads; bloffoms pale-blue; 
leaves broader, fcymitar fhaped. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Eimpalement. 
2. A Bloffom cut open, with the chives remaining attached. 
. 3. The Tube of a bloffom, with the chives, the petals cut off. 
4. The fame, cut open and magnified. 
5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits; the fummits detached 
and magnified. 
Tue vieaity ess given, was oroauaal to to England, with the chaaiable Bowers variety, in 1799, 
from Holland. Itis the ftrongeft marked variety of the fix we poffefs; it flowers in May. The 
: petals of this variety are remarkably thick at the infertion into the tube, and have a foft, beautiful - 
_ brown on the outfide, when the flower is « ed, which ftill is never fo fully fo, but a finall margin 
of ~ Bases, appears 5 which gives them.a oft beautiful appearance in that fiate. No particular 
ar, “ to this 2 es more than at is —e to all - common {pecies. 
