1. A Petal of the Blossom, with its Chive, as attached to its base.
2. The Seed-bud, on its foot-stalk, with a part of the tube of the blossom, to which the Chives are fixed.
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, magnified.
This species of Hypoxis is from the Cape of Good Hope; and, we believe, solely in the possession of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham; from whose collection our drawing was made, in June, this year, 1801. It appears to be a hardy green-house plant; but, is certainly more curious than handsome, and, from its general character, we should judge the propagation would be from the root.
Professor Jacquin has given the Hypoxis Obliqua in his Icones Plantarum Rariorum, 2. t. 371; and in his Supplement to the Collectanea, 54; but, we must suppose from a more vigorous specimen than ours; as, the appearance of a woolly character, at the margin of the leaves, was not to be traced in our plant, although every other part is exact. Wherefore, we have retained his name, though we have rejected the latter part of his specific character, to introduce one, which we consider, of more consequence, as opposed to those with bulbous roots, this being fibrous.[Pg 208]
PLATE CXCVI.
IXIA MACULATA.
Spotted-flowered Ixia.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.