CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla 6-partita, patens, equalis. Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.
Blossom 6-divisions, spreading, equal. Summits three, nearly upright and spreading.
See Ixia reflexa, Vol. I. Plate XIV.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixa foliis linearibus; scapo spicis pluribus; floribus oppositis, spicatis; corollis albidis.
Ixia with linear leaves; flower-stem with many spikes; flowers grow opposite and spiked; blossoms white.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.