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P L A T E CXVIir.
G L A D I O L U S G R A N D I F L O R U S .
L a f g e floivered Gladiolus.
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T R I A N D R I A M O N O G Y N I A . T h r e e C h i v e s . O n e P o i n t a l .
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R .
COROLLA fexpartita, ringens.
STAMINA adfcendentia.
B L O S S OM, fix divifionSj gaping.
C H I V E S afcending.
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S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E K .
Gladiolus foliis enfiformibus nervoCsi fcapo
fubtrifloro, longitudine foliorum; floribiis
e r e a i s , maximi s j laciniis corollae emarginatisi
undulatis, Itriatis, fub-aequalibus.
Gladiolus with sword- i l i ape leaves, nerved;
flower-ftem having moffly three flowers,
and of the length of tlie leaves ; flowers
grow upright, and very large; the fegments
of bloflbm are notched at the ends,
waved, ftriped, and nearly of an equal
length.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E .
1. The two iheaths of the Empalement .
2. The BloiTom cut open, with the Chives attached.
3. The Pointal, and Seed bud.
FBOM the figures in the Colleft. and Ic. rar. of J a cquin, we were led to think, tliis muft be the fame
wuh our plan , we have continued .t under that, by which it was fent to Engl and in J 7 8 8 I t