P L A T E LXII.
GLADIOLUS GRAMINEUS.
Grafs-like Gladiolus.
C L A S S IIL ORDER L
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A fexpartita, ringens.
STAMINA adfcendentia.
BLOSSOM with fix divifions, gaping.
C H I V E S afcending.
See GLADIOLUS LONGIFLOKUS. Plate V .
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus polyftachyus, fcapo laxo, fpicis capillaribus,
flexuofis; foliis enliforinibus ; corollae
fexpartitae, abfque tubo.
Gladiolus with many fpikes, upon a flexible
flower ftem, fpikes hair-like, growing zigzag;
leaves fwoid-fliape; bloiTom of fix divifions,
without a tube.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two {heaths of the Empalement.
2. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal (magnified).
3. The Pointal, (magnified).
T H I S fpecies of Gladiolus has been defcribed by Thunberg, and from him by Linnasus, in his Suppl.
Plant, p. 95, under the fpecific name it here bears. It is a little fi:raining on the genus to introduce
this fpecies into it; as it is deficient in mofl: of the eflential charadters; having a bloffom without a
tube, and the petals equal. From the Kew Catalogue we learn it was introduced in the year 1787,
by Mr . F. Maflon, to the royal gardens; is there faid to flower moft part of the year; a plant of fuch
charaiSer is moft defirable, but unfortunately we have never feen it in blofl"ora but at the ufual feafon
for the flowers of this tribe; that is, from April till June. The capfules of this plant bear a ftrong
refemblance to thofe of the Euonymus: generally perfe&ing their feeds. It is a very hardy bulb, blows
early, and may be kept in a pit proteftcd from the froft.