Empalement. Cup two valves, oblong, remaining, and dividing the seed-buds.
Blossom. Six oblong petals of an equal length, and spear-shaped.
Chives. Three awl-shaped threads, shorter than the blossom, placed equally. Tips simple.
Pointal. Seed-bud beneath egg shaped, and three-sided. Shaft simple, upright, the length of the chives. Summit cut into three, and thickish.
Seed-vessel. Capsule, nearly egg-shaped, three-sided, three cells, pressed together, three valves.
Seeds many, nearly round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia floribus spicatis, reflexis; foliis ensiformibus, glabris.
Ixia, with flowers growing in a spike, and bent backward; leaves sword-shaped, and smooth.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.