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P L A T E XXXVIII.
GLADIOLUS PRECOX. Far. fore rubro.
Red early-flow ering Gladiolus.
C L A S S III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 6-partita, ringens.
S T A M I N A adfcendentia.
BLOSSOM fix divifions, gaping.
C H I V E S afcendlng.
See Plate XI. GLADIOLUS KOSEUS.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus foliis enfiformibus, apicibus tortis,
lineari-cruciatis; corollis fub-campanulatis,
rubris ; petalis acuminatis.
Gladiolus with fword-fliaped leaves, twifted at
the ends, linear, and crofs-lliaped; bloffoms
nearly bell-ihaped, and red; petals iharppointed.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The two Sheaths of the Empalement.
2. A Bloflbm cut open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives.
3. The Pointal, one of the Summits magnified.
4. A Seed.
OF all the fpecies of this numerous Genus, this is the firll to expand its blofiibms, feldom flowering
later than April; is extremely hardy, fcarce requiring the warmth of a greenhoufe for its protedion,
although a native of the Cape. About the year 1791, the bulbs of this plant were purchafed of
Meffi s. Voorhelm, and Co. of Haarlem, in Holland, by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, at
whofe nurfery it has repeatedly flowered, and where this figure was taken. It is propagated by the
root, as other Gladiolus, and requires the fame earth, a light fandy peat.
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