PLATE XIV.
IXIA REFLEXA.
Reflex flowered Ixia.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Spathæ bivalves, oblongæ, persistentes, germina distinguentes.
Corolla. Petala sex, oblonga, æqualia, lanceolata.
Stamina. Filamenta tria, subulata, corolla breviora, situ æqualia. Antheræ simplices.
Pistillum. Germen inferum, ovatum, triquetrum. Stylus simplex, erectus, longitudine staminum. Stigma trifidum, crassiusculum.
Pericarpium. Capsula subovata, triquetra, trilocularis, loculis compressis, trivalvis.
Semina subrotunda, plurima.