C L A S S lit. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIJ MONOGYNIJ. Three Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENE1UC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A fexpartita, ringen*. ]l BLOSSOM f i x divifions, gaping.
S T A M I N A a d t c e n d e n t i a . CHIVES amending.
0 |{ See G L A D I O L U S ROSEUS, PI. 11. Vol. I.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Gladiolus foliis enfiformibus, coftatis, glabris;
floribus fccundis, cernuis, carneis; petalis
t r i b u s fuperioribus divergentibus, inferiór
i b u s fupra m e d i um p u n t t a t i s.
Gladiolus w i t h fword-thaped leaves, ribbed, and
fmooth; flowers pointing o n e way, nodding
a n d flclh-coloured; the three upper petals
diverge, the three lower are dotted upon
t h e middle.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
1. T h e two valves of the ftieath.
2. T h e Bloffom fpread open, with the Chives in t h e i r place.
3 . T h e Pointal, complete.
C , p r e l i m plant has a n i g h affinity w i t h G. communis, and indeed might, perhaps, he onfidered
"s a variety of i t ; but, a. upon a elofe examination this will be found ,0 differ, , n many refpecb we
l.ave adopted the name, quoted by W i l l d e n o w , from J a c q u i n , De la Heche, Barman, 8tc. It ts a
„ v « of Cape of Good Hope; and introduced, from thence, to us, in 1800 Our figure was
made at the H a J m e r f r n i t h Nurfery, .bis year, being t h e « of i t . flower.ng m t h u c o u n t r y . It ts
a very h a r d y b u l b , and increafes freely. Flowers i n May.
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G L A D I O L U S C A R N E U S.
Fleß-coloured Gladiolus.