C L A S S TIL O R D E R 1.
TRIJNDRIA M O NO G YNI A. Three Chives. One Pointal.
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.
C O R O L L A f e x - p a r ü t a , r i n g e n s . tj BLOSSOM fix divifions, g a p i n g.
S T A M I N A a d f c e n d e n t i a . || C H I V E S a i c e n d i n g.
See G L A D I O L U S KOSEUS, Plate X L V o l . 1,
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
G l a d i o l u s foliis l i n e a r i - e n f i f o m i i b u s , g l a b r i s ; cor
o l l a r i n g e n t e ; laciniis longiffimis, a c u m i -
natiSj crifpaiis, i u b x q i i a l i b u s , t r i b u s i o f e r i -
o r i b u s in m e d i o m a c u l a oblonga n o t a t i e;
c o r o l l i s a l b i c a n t i b u s.
G l a d i o l u s with linear - f w o r d - t l i a p e d fmooth
l e a v e s ; bloflbm g a p i n g , f e g m e n t s very l o n g,
t a p e r e d to t h e p o i n t . c r i f p e d a n d n e a r l y e q u a l ,
t h e t h r e e lower ones in t h e m i d d l e h a v e an
oblong f p o t ; bloflbms w h i t i i h.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1. T h e t w o valves of t h e E m p a l e m e n t.
2. T h e B l o i l bm cut open, w i t h t h e chives.
3 . T h e S e e d - b u d , Shaft a n d S u m m i t , one divifion of t h e i i i m m i t magnified.
A L T H O U G H t h i s fpecles of G l a d i o l u s is as old i n our g a r d e n s as, almoft any, we h a v e ; yet, it is n ot
m u c h k n o w n , f r om t h e u n f r e q u e n c y of its f l o w e r i n g , of w h i c h t h e r e is n o c e r t a i n t y . T h e belt m e t h od
t o allift it w i t h a v i g o r o u s g r o w t h , is t o p l a c e it in a c o n f i d c r a b l e d e g r e e of w a r m t h , fuch as t h e h e at
of t h e h o t - h o u f e , t h e p o t b e i n g k e p t in a p a n , w i t h w a t e r . With this afliflancc, it may be m a d e to
flower, fometimes, a b o u t the e n d of M a y . It is a v e r y h a r d y b u l b , in w h a t regards t h e r o o t , a n d its
p r e f e r v n t i o n . Our figure was m a d e in May, 1 8 0 0 , f r om a p l a n t w h i c h h a d been t r e a t e d iu t h e above
m a n n e r , at t h e H a i u m e r l m i t h n u r f e r y.
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Spear-fpotted Gladiolus. Var, with cr'i/pedpetals.