The botanist's repository, for new, and rare plants : containing coloured figures of such plants, as have not hitherto appeared in any similar publication, with all their essential characters, botanically arranged, after the sexual system of the celebrated Linnaeus : in English and Latin : to each description is added a short history of the plant, as to its time of flowering, culture, native place of growth, when introduced, and by whom . 36. n. 18; and continued, from him, by Profeffor Martyn, in his Edit, of Millers Ixia, 50; in the following therefore fuch fuperiour judgments to
The botanist's repository, for new, and rare plants : containing coloured figures of such plants, as have not hitherto appeared in any similar publication, with all their essential characters, botanically arranged, after the sexual system of the celebrated Linnaeus : in English and Latin : to each description is added a short history of the plant, as to its time of flowering, culture, native place of growth, when introduced, and by whom . 36. n. 18; and continued, from him, by Profeffor Martyn, in his Edit, of Millers Ixia, 50; in the following therefore fuch fuperiour judgments to our own, we have thought itproper, not to make any alteration; and in eonfequence, have retained his Generic and Specific extreme brilliance of the flowers of Ixia Columnaris, pervading all the varieties, (of which wehave drawings of 6,) is not exceeded by any in the whole Genus; they generally, are not longer ex-panded than for about foul hours, and that only under a hot fun ; from about twelve oclock;when they clofe for the day; but neverthelefs they have a permanence not ufual in Ixias, as the fameblofibms will open diurnally for above a week. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and camefir ft to England, by the way of Holland, about the year 1/94. It flowers iii June and July, amongttthe lateft of the tribe, and increafes by the root in abundance. Our figure was taken at the Hammer-fmith Xurfery. jm:. : T PLATE CCIV. GERANIUM LACINIATUM. v*.^**^. Ragged-leaved Geranium. pVrph flowered variety. CLASS XVI. ORDER DECANDRIA. Threads united. Ten Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. WoNooYNA. Stigmata roftratus, penta-coccus. One Pointal. Five furnifhed with long awns; five dryberries. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Geranium foliis radicalisms, integris laciniatif-que, petiolis filiformibus; calycibus mono-phillis; ftaminibusquinquefertilibus; radicetuberoia; floribus purpureis. Geranium with leaves growing from the roo
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