IXIA ACUTA. 



ACUTE-PETALLED IXIA. 



Triandr'ia Monogynia, Linn. Iridcs, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spathe 2, 3-valved, ovate, short. Corolla 6-parted, tubulose ; tube somewhat slender, 

 with the style and stamina straight ; border nearly salver-shaped, divisions 

 sub-elliptic, flat. Stigma almost filiform. 







SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, plaited, acuminate, ventricose and sheathing at the base,; 

 petals acute. 



Root bulbous. Plant from ten to twelve inches high. Stem cylin- 

 drical. Leaves three in number, of unequal lengths, linear-lanceolate, 

 three-nerved, plaited, sub-ventricose, and sheathing at the base, stri- 

 ated, terminating in a slender, nearly setaceous, discoloured acumina- 

 tion. Flowers large, handsome, generally two or three, of a beauti- 

 ful ultramarine-blue, very evanescent, becoming involuted a few 

 minutes after they are expanded. Petals six, ovate, unguiculate, sub. 



