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Gladiolus Undulatus, var. /3. Waved- 

 Flowered Gladiolus, or Corn-Flag. 



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Clafs and Order. 



TR I AN Dili A MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Char a tier. 



Spalh<e valvula exterior lanceolata, concava, intcgerrima. 

 Cor tobjUlofa : limbus 6-partitus. Stamina adfcendentia : an- 

 thers parallels. Stigmata 3, furfurn dilatara, complicata, de- 

 mum canaliculato-explicata. G-pfulaovua, oblonga, fubtrigona, 

 letna. Sem. numerofa. Gazvler inedit. 



Obs. Radix tuber fib rofo -tunica turn fubrotv.ndum. Folia multimodis 

 tn/ijormia. Scapus laxulus, teres, modo tnqueUr et alatus. Tubus jdi- 

 jornus cylmdricus, modo brevijjimus, modo longior, vd etiam in faucet* 

 cyiindricarn produclus. Limbus faeprffike incequalis, modojiibcequahs, raro 

 aqiudu, ittfundibuliformi — vtl cantpanulato — v4 divancato-ringens, rariui 

 hpocralcrt/onni-regulans. Capfuia ovato-oblonga, ob/olete tnquetra, mem- 

 branacea, ttnuijjima. Seminis integument um exterius ?naximu?n, mtmbnum- 

 cajw, tenus, peilucidum, Jpadiceum, in marginem Jub&quaUm latijfuuam. 

 Comprefjo-afnptiatam. Nucleus parvus, Jkbrotundus. G. 



In Glad, communi (nee in G. byzantiuo etfi pro varietate hahto) 

 fimina pauciora, nucleus major integimentum nnplens, mar go obfoleta. In 

 Glad. Cunoniayoo^uj Jtnclus, crajfus, tuber nudum. G. 



Specific Cbaraf/er and Synonyms. 

 GLADIOLUS undulatus ; corolla ereBa infundibuliformi : 



laciniis undulatis obtufis, fuperioribus ovato- 



oblongis, fumma majore: mferioribus tluplo 



minoribus asqualibus fubrecurvis. Gazvler. 

 GLADIOLUS augujlus (angujlusf). Tbunb. D<f 19. 21. 



prod. 8. 

 W GLADIOLUS undulatus. Jacq. coll. 256. Jc. rar. t. 251. 



Willd. Sp. PL v. 1. p. 218. Nee Unnxi. 

 GLADIOLUS Jtriafus. Andr. Bot. Rep. 91. ejufque Recenf. 



Gladiolus undulatus. 

 (P) GLADIOLUS undulatus, corolla rofeo-alba, lucida: laciniis 



infimis fafcia atrofanguinea percurfis. G. 

 GLADIOLUS, foliis enfiformibus flonbus alternis patentibus. 



Mill. ic. 198. /. 292. /. 2. 

 GLADIOLUS undulatus. Schneev. 6? Geuns. Ic. 19. 



This beautiful Gladiolus is without fcent. Stem from 

 ei ght inches to a foot high, fometiraes fimple, fometimes 



branched. 



