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Giapio_us Tristis. SouarE-LEAVED 
Corn-Fiac. S 
EEK EREEERE EERE ER a 
Cla/s and Order. 
TRIANDRIA Monocynlia. 
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Generic Charaer. 
- Cor, 6-partita, ringens. “Stamina ad{cendentia. oe 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
GLADIOLUS ?rifiis foliis lineari-cruciatis, corollis campanu- 
latis. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 
86. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 63. eS 
~LILIO-GLADIOLUS bifolius et biflorus, foliis quadrangulis. 
Trew. Ehret. t. 39. 
GLADIOLUS i#rifis foliis linearibus fulcatis, caule bifloro, 
ee tubo longiffimo, fegmentis aqualibus. Mill, — 
Did, ed. 6. 4to. a 
_ Linneus gave to this fpecies of Gladiolus the name of 
_triflis, from the colour of its flowers, which however poflefs 
{earcely fufficient of the fombre to juftify the appellation; ftill” 
lefs fo if they vary in the manner reprefented in Trew’s Ehret, 
‘where they are painted in gay and lively colours: in the fpe- 
cimens we have feen, the bloffoms have been of a fulphur- 
colour, fhaded in particular parts with very fine pencillings, 
efpecially on the under fide: -moft authors defcribe the flower- 
ing ftems as producing only two flowers, Linn aus has obferved 
that they fometimes produce many, we have feen them do fo 
where the plant has grown in perfeétion ; in their expanfion, — 
which ufually takes place in April and May, they give forth a_ 
are highly deferving of notice, inftances of fuch rarely occur; 
as the bulbs produce numerous offsets, the plant is propagate¢ 
_ by them without difficulty, and requires the fame treatment 
other Cape bulbs. Se ee 
