Corolla sex-petala, patens, æqualis. Stigmata tria, erectiusculo-patula.
Blossom six petals, spreading, equal. Summits three, upright-spreading.
See Ixia reflexa, Pl. XIV. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia filamentis basi cohærentibus; floribus subcapitatis corollis purpureo-violaceis, maximis.
Ixia with threads united at the base; flowers grow nearly headed: blossoms purple violet, very large.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two valves of the sheath.
2. An intire flower cut open in the tube only, which is extended nearly to the end of the threads.
3. The Chives cut open, magnified.