Stigmata 3, erectiusculo-patula.
Blossom 6 divisions, spreading, equal.
Summits three, nearly upright, spreading.
See Ixia reflexa, Pl. XIV. Vol I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ixia foliis linearibus, scapo vaginantibus; scapus geniculatus, subtriflorus; laciniis corollæ obovatis, lineato-punctatis, purpureis.
Ixia with linear leaves sheathing the stem; flower-stem jointed, mostly three flowered; segments of the blossom inversely egg-shaped, dotted in lines, and purple.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two valves of the sheath.
2. A Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached.