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PLATE CCXIII. 



I X I A C O L IT M N A R I S. ;-.,•. /.,/o/.,. 



Coliimnar-chk'ed Ixia. 



Brnad-leavcd vnr. 



CLASS IIL ORDER L 

 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTEK. 



Corolla 6-petala, patens, equalis. Stigmata 

 tria, ereftiufculo-patula. 



Blossom 6-petaIs, fpreading, equal. Summits 

 three, uprigiit-fprcadiiig. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ixia filamentis bafi cohrerentibu<; floiibiis fiib- 11 Ixia with threads cohering at the bafe; flowers 

 capitatis; corollispallidecasruleis; foliis la- grow nearly in head^; blniloms pale-blue; 



tioribus, falcatis. |i leaves broader, fcymitar fliaped. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Einpalement. 



2. A BlolRim cut open, with the chives remaining attached. 



3. The Tube of a blollbm, with the chives, the petals cut oft". 



4. The fame, cut open and magnified. 



5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits ; the fummits detached 



and magnified. 



The variety here given, was introduced to England, with die changeable-flowered variety, in 1799i 

 from Holland. It is the l^rongelt marked variety of the fix we poffels; it tlowers 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 clofed, which ftill is never fo fully fo, but a fmjll margin 

 of the blue appears; which gives them a mofl beautiful appearance in that flate. No p -.rticular 

 regime is necelfary to this plant, more than what is nccelfary to all the common Ipecies. 



