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P L A T E XL
GLADIOLUS ROSEUS.
Rofe-coloured Gladiolus.
CLASS IIL ORDER L
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pouita!.
G E N E K I C
CALYX. Spathae bivalves.
C O R O L L A , fexpartita ringens. Pétala oblonga,
omnia unguibus in tubum conata.
STAMINA. Filamenta tria, fubiilata, divifuris
alternis petalorum inferta. Antherae oblongs.
PisTiLLUM. Germen inferam. Stylus fimplex,
longitudine ftaminium. Stigma trifidum,
concavum.
P E R I C A K F I U M . Capfula oblonga, obtufa, trilocularis,
trivalvis.
SEMINA plura, fubrotunda.
C H A R A C T E R .
EMPALEMENT Sheath two valves.
BLOSSOM, of fix divifions, and gaping. Petals
oblong, having their claws formed into a
tube.
C H I V E S . Three awd-fhaped threads fixed into
the alternate divifions of the petals. Tips
oblong.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple,
the length of the chives. Summit cut into
three, and concave.
SEED-VESSEL, Capfule oblong, blunt-ended,
three cells, three valves.
SEEDS many, nearly round.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortls, rubro marginatis,
pubefcentibusj floribus rofeis odoratiflimis.
Gladiolus, with fpear-fliaped leaves, twifted,
red-edged, and downy; bloflbms rofe colour,
and fweet fcented.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The two.Valves of the Sheath.
2. A Flower cut open, to expofe the infertlon of the Threads, (he Threads, and Tips remaining
attached. . .
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified.
4. A Seed natural fize, inclofed in its Tunic.
T H I S m o f t beautiful fpecies of Gladiolus, is but of very recent date in tlngland; in the year 1795 it
was feen firft to blo^Y here, in the colleaion of J . Ord, Efq. Purfer's-crofs, Fulham; but has fince, repeatedly,
at the nurfery, Hammerfmith, from whence this figure was taken. Profeflbr Jacquin has
figured this plant, in his laft Fafciculus; but, undoubtedly, from a dried fpecimen, as his figure gives
no idea of the brilliancy of this delightful plant. The fragrance of its flowers, added to the Angularity
and beauty of its leaves, muft place it in the foremoft rank of its congeners. To preferve the
bulb of this delicate Gladiolus, as foon as tlie ftem begins to decay, it fliould be taken from the pot,
and kept dry till Oaober; when it fliould be replanted, and treated as other Cape bulbs. It increafes
by offsets, and flowers about the month of May, or Jupe.