The singular sporting of Nature in the Ixia bulbifera is not uncommon; its viviparous character (if it may be so called) constitutes a specific difference in many genera; Lilium, Lysimachia, &c. partake of it. The bulbs produced from the stem blow the second year, whereas those from seeds do not till the third. The flowers of this variety are the first that open, amongst the numerous species yet introduced, of this extensive genus; they are of a brilliant yellow, and seldom expand more than one at a time. The usual treatment of other Cape Ixias is suitable for this. The drawing was made at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, in the month of March 1798, they having introduced it about the year 1784. [Illustration] PLATE XLIX. MALPIGHIA CRASSIFOLIA. _Thick-leaved Malpighia._ CLASS X. ORDER III. _DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA._ Ten Chives. Three Pointals. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Perianthium pentaphyllum, erectum, minimum, persistens, connivens. Glandulæ melliferæ duæ, ovales gibbæ, foliolis calycinis externe inferneque adnatæ. COROLLA. Petala quinque, reniformia, magna, plicata, ciliata, patentia, concava; unguibus longis, linearibus. STAMINA. Filamenta decem latiuscula, erecta, in cylindrum posita, parva. Antheræ cordatæ. PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, minimum. Styli tres, filiformes. Stigmata obtusa. PERICARPIUM. Bacca globosa, torulosa, magna, unilocularis. SEMINA tria, ossea, oblonga, obtusa, angulata. EMPALEMENT. Cup five leaves, upright, very small, remaining and closing at the points. Two honey-bearing glands, oval and gouty, are fixed to the outer and lower part of the leaves of the cup. BLOSSOM. Petals five, kidney-shaped, large, plaited, lashed, spreading, and concave; claws long, linear. CHIVES. Threads ten, rather broad, upright, placed cylindrically, and small. Tips heart-shaped. POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, very small. Shafts three, thread-shaped. Summits blunt. PERICARPIUM. Berry globular, knobby, large, of one cell. SEEDS three, bony, oblong, blunt, and angulated. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Malpighia foliis lanceolato ovatis, subtus tomentosis, integerrimis; floribus terminalibus, spicatis, pallide-luteis. Malpighia with oval spear-shaped leaves, downy beneath, and entire; flowers terminate the branches in spikes, and are pale yellow. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Empalement, Chives, and Pointal, (natural size). 2. The Empalement, (magnified). 3. The Chives spread open, (natural size). 4. A Thread, and its Tip, (magnified). 5. The Pointal complete, (natural size).