G L A D I O L U S R I N G E N S . ^ . ^ O R A,
Gaping Gladiolus. Many-fiowered Far.
C L A S S III. ORD.ER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A f e x - p a r t i t a , ringens. [| BLOSSOM fix-divided, gaping.
S T A M I N A a d f c e n d e n t i a . J C H I V E S a t t e n d i n g.
See G L A D I O L U S ROSEUS, Plate X I . Vol. I .
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 f u b - l i n e a r i b u s , c o i l a t t s ; floribus Gladiolus w i t h n e a r l y l i n e a r - r i b b e d l e a v e s ; blofr
i n g e n t i b u s c i n e r i i s , o d o r a t i f l i m i s ; fcapo foms g a p i n g , afli-coloured, a n d v e r y fweet
m u h i f l o r o . fcented; Hem m a n y flowered.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E.
1. T h e t w o - v a l v e d Sheath.
2. A Blohom, w i t h t h e c h i v e s i n t h e i r place, f p r e a d open.
3 . T h e P o i n t a l c o m p l e t e.
T H I S is a tine v a r i e t y of t h e G l a d i o l u s ringens, given on P l a t e X X V I I . V o l . I . of this w o r k ; the
o n l y l p e c i m e n we h a v e ever feen of i t , is i n t h e H i b b e r t i a n c o l l e c t i o n , f r om w h e n c e o u r f i g u r e was
t a k e n , laft year, 1801, in t h e m o n t h of M a y . It is a flroug variety, b u t w e c a n n o t confider t h e diff
e r e n c e it e x h i b i t s , from our tirit figure, of fufficient p r o m i n e n c e to w a r r a n t a fpecific diftinclion.
T h e b u l b s w e r e received a t C l a p h a m , in t h e a u t u m n of 1S00, from t h e C a p e o f Good H o p e ; they
a r e r a t h e r d e l i c a t e , and t h e t r e a t m e n t muft b e fuch as d i r e d e d for t h e f o r m e r v a r i e t y of t h i s fpecies.