This extremely delicate, and beautiful little Ixia, flowered, for the first time, in March this year, 1801, in the collection of G. Hibbert, Esq. Clapham Common; the bulbs having been received the preceding autumn from the Cape of Good Hope. It appears to be one of those plants, which seldom survive the second season, in this climate; and we much fear, without a fresh supply, it will be soon lost to this country; as it does not ripen its seeds, and the roots do not seem as if inclined to increase by offsets. [Illustration] PLATE CLXXI. HYPOXIS LINEARIS. _Linear-leaved Hypoxis._ CLASS VI. ORDER I. _HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. COROLLA 6-partita, persistens, supera. Capsula basi angustior. Spatha 2-valvis. BLOSSOM 6-parted, remaining, above. Capsule narrower at the base. Sheath 2-valved. See HYPOXIS STELLATA, Pl. CI. Vol. II. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Hypoxis foliis linearibus, glabris, canaliculatis, longiore scapo unifloro; corolla intus aurea, extus viridis. Hypoxis with linear leaves, smooth, channelled, and longer than the flower-stem, which has but one flower; blossom orange within, green without. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. Chives and Seed-bud. 2. Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified. 3. The Seed-bud cut transversely. At first, we had some doubts whether this plant should not be considered as a variety of Hypoxis stellata, to which it undoubtedly affines; but, upon due examination, find it a distinct and new species; as well, from the shape and length of the leaves, as the shape, character, and colour of the blossom, and figure of the root. Like Hypoxis stellata it is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced, from thence, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in the year 1792. For its treatment, &c. we must refer our readers to the above species, Pl. 101. Vol. 2. Our drawing was taken in March 1801 from a plant in the Hibbertian Collection, Clapham Common. The flower of this plant, like many of the Ixias, &c. is expanded but a few hours each day, and that only, whilst under the influence of a strong morning sun; as, if the weather is gloomy, it keeps close shut, but does not speedily decay, for it will continue to open, with equal brilliancy, for eight or ten days. [Illustration] PLATE CLXXII. ANEMONE PALMATA. _Cyclamen-leaved Portugal Anemone._ CLASS XIII. ORDER VII. _POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA._ Many Chives. Many Pointals. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX nullus. COROLLA. Petala duorum triumve ordinum, in singula serie tria, oblongiuscula. STAMINA. Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, corolla dimidio breviora. Antheræ didymæ, erectæ. PISTILLA. Germina numerosa, in capitulum collecta. Styli acuminati. Stigmata obtusa. PERICARPIUM nullum. Receptaculum globosum, sive oblongum, excavato-punctatum. SEMINA plurima, acuminata, stylum retinentia. EMPALEMENT none. BLOSSOM. Petals in two or three rows, three in a row, rather oblong.