G L A D I O L U S O R C H I D I F L O R U S,
Orchis-like-flowered Gladiolus*
C L A S S III. O R D E R I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointai.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A fexpartita, ringetis.
S T A M I N A adfeendentia.
BLOSSOM fix divifions, gaping.
C H I V E S aicending.
See G L A D I O L U S ROSEUS, PI. I I . V o l . 1.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Gladiolus foliis l i n e a r i b u s ; fcapo polyftacbio;
floribus fpicatis, fecundis; laciniis binis
l a t e r a l i b u s corolla; latiflimis, fumma erecta,
t r i b u s inferioribus dependentibus, maculatis.
Gladiolus -with l i n e a r leaves; flower-ftem branche
d ; flowers grow in fpikes, all from one
fide; the two fide fegments of the bloflbm
are very broad, the top one upright, the
t h r e e lower h a n g down, and are fpotted.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
1. T h e two valves of the i h e a t h.
2. A Blotlbm fpread open, w i t h the Chives in their place.
3 . T h e PointaJ, one of the divisions of t h e fummit magnified.
As a Angularity a m o n g its fellows, this Gladiolus ftands prominently diftinct; and the uncommon and
curious formation of i t s flowers will, u n d o u b t e d l y , counterbalance, in t h e eye of the botamft, what they
w a n t Ín b r i l l i a n c y of colour. It is a hardy bulb, and appears to r e q u i r e only t h e ufual treatment of
t h e hardier fpecies of t h e genus. The C l a p h am collection is, w e b e l i e v e . J h e only one in which it is to
b e found Ín E n g l a n d ; to w h i c h it was introduced, by Mr, N i v e n , in t K e f p r i n g of the year 1 8 0 1 , and
w h e r e our d r a w i n g was m a d e , this prefent year, in the m o n t h of March 1802.