G L A D I O L U S RINGENS.
Var. undulatus.
Gaping-flowered Gladiolus.
Waved-flowered Var.
CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 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.
COROLLA s c x p a r t i t a , ringens. Stamina adfccn- BLOSSOM fis divifions, g a p i n g . Chives afcendd
e n t i a . lug.
II See G L A D I O L U S ROSEUS, PI. X I . Vol. I.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
Gladiolus foliis linearibus, coftatis; floribus tin- || Gladiolus with linear leaves, r i b b e d ; flowers
gentibus, c i n e r i i s ; petalis u n d u l a t i s . gaping, afli c o l o u r e d ; petals waved.
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 Empalement.
2 . A Elofibm fpread open, with t h e chives in their place.
3 . The Pointal, one of t h e divifions of t h e fummit magnified.
T H E C l a p h am collection we believe to be t h e only one which, at prefeut, poffefles this handfome
v a r i e t y of the G a p i n g Gladiolus. It was introduced, from the Cape, by Mr. Niven in 1800. Onr
d r a w i n g was made in A u g u f t o f the above year, but its natural feafon of flowering, if w e may j u d ge
by analogy, mould be about May or J u n e , at lateft. It increafes by t h e root, and lbould be treated
as a tender Gladiolus. The flower is w i t h o u t fmell.