which is Gladiolus carina t us of Hort. Kew. and punffatus of 

 Tacquin) ; from the firft it differs in not having quadrangular 

 leaves, from the laft in not having riblefs ones, from both in 

 the proportionately longer outer valve, befides {lighter diftinc- 

 tions. 



The name of verficolor was probably given to variety (a) 

 from a flight change perceptible in its colour after fun-let, 

 proceeding from the difference of light : in our variety this 

 is not at all obfervable. Our figure was taken from a 

 plant at Meffrs. Grim wood and Wykes's, who are pretty 

 certain they raifed it fome time ago from Cape feeds, but it 

 never flowered till this year; perhaps when the bulb is ftronger 

 and older it may approach nearer to var. («,) or may prove a 

 permanent variety ; fcarcely a diftincl fpecies ? (x) frnells pre- 

 cifely like the common red pink, but very powerfully fo, and 

 only in the evening ; the prefent plant in the day-time, but 

 we are at a lofs to fay what the fcent refembles, though very 

 fragrant. IFhju-nberg (we prefume from his completing his 

 defcriptions at his Herbarium, where the leaves of all the tall 

 fingle-ftemmed ones, which are much of the fame breadth, are 

 prelfed into nearly an uniform appearance) has collected fixteen 

 varieties, under Gladiolus trijlis, moil of which we fliall 

 be enabled to Chew to be perfectly diftinct fpecies, at leaft 

 poffeffing fufficient fpecific diftinclion, the only rule we can go 

 by where experience fails. 



Erratum in laji Number* 



Ix i x. Sjn. Sett. -j.—Jor effufis os tubi ufque vel ultra, read efFufis, OS tubi 

 ufque vel ultra e*e*&«. e/Vv, >t 'i 



