PLATE XIV. 



IXIA REFLEXA, 



Reflex flowered Ixia. 



CLASS III. ORDER I. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Spathae bivalves, oblongae, perfiftentes, 



gertnina diltinguentes. 

 Corolla. Tetala fex, oblonga, aequalia, lan- 



ceolata. 

 Stamina. Filamenta tria, fubulata, corolla 



breviora, fitu aequalia. Antherae fimplices. 

 Pistillum. Germen inferum, ovatum, tri- 



quetrum. Stylus limplex, erectus, longi- 



tudine ftaminum. Stigma trifidum, crafli- 



ufculum. 

 Pericakpium. Capfula fubovata, triquetra, 



trilocularis, loculis comprellis, trivalvis. 



Semina fubrotunda, plurima. 



Empalement. Cup two valves, oblong, re- 

 maining, and dividing the feed-buds. 



Blossom. Six oblong petals of an equal length, 

 and fpear-fhaped. 



Chives. Three awl-fliaped threads, fhorter than 

 the blolfom, placed equally. Tips hmple. 



Pointal. Seed-bud beneath egg fliaped, and 

 three fided. Shaft fimple, upright, the 

 length of the chives. Summit cut into 

 three, and thickilh. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule, nearly egg-fhaped, 

 three-fided, three cells, piefled together, 

 three valves. 



Seeds many, nearly round. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ixia floribus fpicatis, reflexis ; foliis enfiformi- 

 bus, glabris. 



Ixia, with flowers growing in a fpike, and bent 

 backward; leaves fword- fliaped, and fmooth. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement (magnified). 



2. The Bloflom. 



3. The Chives (magnified). 



4. The Pointal (magnified). 



No genus exhibits greater diverfity, either in the figure, or colour of the blofloms, of its various fpe- 

 eies than Ixia; the extreme delicacy of their colours, rendering it abfolutcly neceflary to protect them 

 both from wind and rain; even watering them over their heads (as is ufual with greenhoufe plants), 

 at once deliroys their brilliancy. The bulbs of this fpecics were gathered at the Cape, by J. Pringle, 

 Efq. from whom they were fent to Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1/95, at whole nurfery they flowered 

 the eniuing fpring, when this figure was taken. No particular treatment is neceliary for this plant, 

 other than what is given to Cape bulbs in general, viz, an airy fituation, and light foil. Is propa- 

 gated by feeds, and by the roots. 



