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Giapiotus Communis. ComMoN Corn- 
FLaG. 
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| Clafs and Order. 
TRIANDRIA MoNOGYNIAe 
Generic CharaGer. 
Corolla {expartita ringens. Stamina ad{cendentia. 
Specifie Chara&er and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS communis foliis enfiformibus, floribus diftan- 
tibus. Linn. Sy/t, Vegetad. p. 86. : 
GLADIOLUS utrinque floridus? Baub. Pin. 41. 
Fae : 
The French Corn-Flag. Park. Parad. p. 189. 7. 191. ft l. 
Grows-wild in the corn-fields of moft of the warmer parts — 
of Europe, varies with white and flefh-coloured bloffoms, © 
increafes fo faft, both by offsets and feeds, as to become 
troublefome to the cultivator; hence, having been fupplanted 
_ by the Greater Corn-Flag, the Byzantinus of Mirter, whole 
bloffoms are larger, and more fhewy, it is not fo generally” 
- found in gardens as formerly, : 4 
It flowersin June, = 
