PLATE LXXXVII.
IXIA ARISTATA. Var. atropurpurea.
Ragged-sheathed Ixia. Var. dark purple.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla 6-partita, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo-patula.
Blossom six divisions, spreading, and equal. Summits three, nearly upright and spreading.
See Pl. XIV. Vol. I. Ixia reflexa.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.