PLATE CLIX. 



IXIA CAPITATA. ^;>-;!J- 



Bunch flowering Ixia. ' '"v^^^'J';;,'^""''"''"'' 



CLASS IIL ORDER I. 



TRIJNDRIA MONOGYNU. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 6 petala, patens, aequalis. Stigmata 

 tria, eredtiufculo-patula. 



Blossom fix petals, Spreading, equal. Summits 

 three, nearly upright, fpreadiiig. 

 See Ixia reflexa. Vol. I. Plate XIV. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ixia, foliis enfiformibus; floribus capitatis, con- 

 fertis, albidis, petalis bafi nigrillime no- 

 tatis. 



Ixia, with Iword-lhaped leaves; flowers orow in 

 elofe bunches, whitilh, the petals verv dark, 

 marked at the bale. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The two iheaths of the Empalenient. 



2. A BlolVom fpread open, with the Chives remaining. 



3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, one Summit detached, magnified. 



As no difference, either in culture or increafe, is neceflary for this plant, more than is required for 

 the other varieties of this fpecies of Ixia; we fhall refer our readers to the direftions for the treatment 

 of them, for the management of this. Our figure is from a drawing taken at the Hammerfmith nur- 

 fery in the year 1"99, about the month of May. It is one of thofe introduced to the Royal Gardens 

 at Kew by Mr. F. MalVon about the year 17/4, although loll to us for fome years, but fiiice received 

 from the coUeSions in Holland. 



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