The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 01 & 02 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 6-petala, patens æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo-patula.

Blossom six petals, spreading, equal. Summits three, nearly upright, and spreading.

See Ixia reflexa. Plate XIV.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Ixia foliis linearibus, fistulosis; floribus secundis, noctu fragrantes; bulbus campanulatus, margine acuto-fibroso.

Ixia with linear, hollow leaves; flowers pointing one way, and fragrant by night; bulb bell-shaped, the margin edged with sharp fibres.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The outer spath of the Empalement.
2. The inner spath of the Empalement.
3. A Flower cut open.
4. The Pointal, and Chives.
5. The Pointal.