PLATE CCXXXII. 



IXIA CAPI TATA. ;V Siellata. 

 BlincllJlo'Werblg Ixia. Var, Slar-Jlowered. 



CLASS m. ORDER L 

 TRIJNDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



CoRotiA 6 partita, paten<:, sequalis. Stigmata 

 Uia, erettiulculo-ijatula. 



Blossom Gdivifions, fpreading, equal. Summits 

 three, between upright and fpreading. 

 See Ixia reflexa, Plate XIV. Vol. I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ixia foliolis enfiformibus, ereftis, fcnpo brevio- 

 ribus: fioribus cipitatis, contertis, pallide 

 cariieis; petalis bali ftclLiis. 



Ixia with fword-fliaped leaves, upright {horter 

 than the fteni; flowers grow in heads, 

 crowded, of a pale flefti-colour; petals 

 flarred at the bafe. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The two valves of the flieath. 



2. A flower cut open, the Chives remaining. 



3. Ihe Toiutal. 



As we cannot think this plant poflXTes fufficient diflini5li\'e chamber, to entitle it to a particular 

 fpecitic title, we have pbccd itasabve; altiiough we niuA confefs that the root, in this plant, is 

 very diflimilar from mnft of the bunch-flowering fpecifs. It is a very hardy bulb, and in no ways 

 liable to rot, increafing very abundantly :<n1 flowering;, without any allillance from heat, about the 

 end of May. Our figure w:is lakm at ihe llammerfmiih nurfery iu \7QQ; to which it had been intro- 

 duced, about four }'ears previous. 



