P L A T E CCCXXXV.
G L A D I O L U S PYRAMIDATUS.
Pyramidal-fpiked Gladiolus.
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TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointai.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHAEACTEK.
COROLLA fexpaitita, ringens. Stamina adfcendentia.
BLOSSOM fix-divided, gaping. Chives afcending.
S e e GLADIOLUS KOSEUS, PL X I . Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHAEACTEK.
Gladiolus follis enfiformibus, utrinque attennatis,
glabris; fpathis praemorfis; fpicis
pyraraidatis; ñorlbus imbricatis, fubringentibus.
Gladiolus with fwovd-ihaped leaves, tapered to
both ends, and fmooth; iheaths appear bitten
at the ends; fpikes pyramid-lhapedj
flowers tiled, a little gaping.
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Part of a leaf.
2 . The two Valves of the Sheath.
3. A BloiTom cut open, to ihew the infertion of the Chives.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summits.
THIS fine Gladiolus from the Cape of Good Hope, we believe, has not flowered, or is to be found, in
any other colleaion than that of the Dowager Lady De Clifford, Paddington; where our drawing
was taken in Aiiguft, this year, 1803. It grows to the height of three feet; and the flowers continue
to blow, from four to fix at a time in fucceflion, from the bafe of the fpike. It is a hardy bulb, and
has every appearance of being a free blower.