PLATE XXIII.
IXIA CAPITATA. Var. ovata.
Bunch-flowering Ixia. Var. Egg-shaped purple Petals.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla 6 petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.
Blossom six petals, spreading equal. Summits three, nearly upright, spreading.
See Ixia reflexa, Plate XIV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia, foliis radicalibus, ensiformibus; floribus capitatis, consertis, purpureis, petalis basi obscuris.