Hesperantha radiata, native to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Hollow-leaved ixia, Ixia fistulosa. Copperplate engraving drawn, engraved and hand-coloured by Henry Andrews from his Botanical Register, Volume 1, published in London, 1799.

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