ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla 6 partita, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo-patula.
Blossom 6-divided, spreading, equal. Summits three, between upright and spreading.
See Ixia reflexa, Pl. XIV. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis sublinearibus, costatis, crassis; scapo bifloro, longitudine, foliorum; floribus distantibus, cæruleis.
Ixia with nearly linear leaves, ribbed, thick; flower-stem two-flowered, the length of the leaves; flowers grow distant, and are blue.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two valves of the sheath.
2. A Flower cut open, with the Chives in their place.