PLATE LIX. 



IXIA FISTULOSA. 



Hollow-leaved Ixia. 



CLASS III. ORDER I. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 6-petala, patens aequalis. Stigmata 

 tria, ere£tiulculo-patula. 



Blossom fix petals, fpreading, equal. Summits 

 three, nearly upright, and fpreading. 



See Ixia reflexa. Plate XIV. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ixia foliis linearibus, fiftulofis; floribus fecundis, Ixia with linear, hollow leaves; flowers pointing 



no£tu fragrantes; bulbus campanulatus, one way, and fragrant by night ; bulb bell - 



margine acuto-fibrofo. fhaped, the margin edged with iharp fibres. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The outer fpath of the Empalement. 



2. The inner fpath of the Empalement. 



3. A Flower cut open. 



4. The Pointal, and Chives. 



5. The Pointal. 



This Ixia is of a very delicate nature, the root being fubjeft to rot fooo after the flower decays, if 

 not then removed from its pot, and dried; the flowers expand about four o'clock in the afternoon, 

 and are fo extremely fragrant that they are fmelt at a considerable diftance. For this plant, our 

 gardens are indebted to the Dowager Lady De Clifford, who received the bulbs from the Cape of 

 Good Hope in the year l"g4 The drawing was made from a plant, which flowered laft year at 

 MelTrs. Lee and Kennedy's, Hammerfmith, who had fome of them in a prefent from her ladylhip. 

 Like other Ixias, it fhould be planted in light peat, and watered but feldom; its propagation is but 

 flow, as feldom more than one new bulb is produced, upon the decay of the old one. 



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