ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla 6-petala, patens, æqualis.
Stamina tria, erectiusculo-patula.
Blossom 6 petals, spreading, equal.
Chives three, upright, spreading.
See Ixia Reflexa, Pl. XIV. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis ensiformibus, glabris, scapo duplo brevioribus; floribus alternis, sub-spicatis; petalis basi obscuris, ovatis, concavis; stigmatibus bifidis.
Ixia with sword-shaped, smooth leaves, half the length of the flower-stem; flowers alternate, rather spiked; petals dark at the base, egg-shaped and concave; summits two-cleft.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.