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Gladiolus Gracilis. Slender Corn- 

 Flag. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 

 Spalba valvula exterior lanccolata. Cor. ball tubulofa ; limbus 

 6-partitus irregularis vel fubirregularis. Stant f adfcenden- 

 tia. Anther* parallels. Stigm. 3 furfum dilatata ex com- 

 plicate) explicata. Cap/, trigono-oblonga, lenta. Sem. nu- 

 merofa. G. 



Obs. Retro (n.538.) " Vtmbum tnterdum Jed ranus hypseratcrifimt- 

 rcgularem" diximus ; iterato vera fedulo examine idem oimnno regularts nuj~ 

 quam prodit ; unde irreguiaritatem in carafierem rcjumpjimus. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



GLADIOLUS gracilis ; corolla fubmuante campanulato- 

 bilabiata; foliislinearibus margirnbus utrinque 

 laminato-coftatis, nervo medio coftis valde 

 deprefliore, lateribus fulcato-paginatis. 0. 



GLADIOLUS gracilis. Jacq. ic. far. 2. /. 246. Coll. 4. p. 

 159. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 1. p. 211. 



GLADIOLUS pundatus. 0. So/and. ined. Herb. Bankf. 



The leaves of this fpecies have the appearance of being thick 

 and flat, with a deep f'quare groove on both fides, owing to the 

 midrib being nearly obfolete and the marginal ones projecting 

 far forwards ■ 3 — 4, about a line broad, far meathing, and fhort 

 beyond; ftem very {lender, ftraight, fimple, geniculately- 

 flexuofe upwards, 1 — 3 feet high, generally longer than the 

 leaves, with two browmfh root-fheaths at the bafe, not fpotted, 

 as in Gladiolus recurvus. Flowers 3 — 4, fcentlefs. It ap- 

 proaches Gladiolus Watjonius in the leaf, which is however 

 in this more linear with a depreffed midrib ; in the flower it 

 comes near to Gladiolus recurvus, but has a different leaf. 

 Bulb very fmall in proportion to the height of the Item. A 

 native of the Cape, and is faid by Jacqui h to vary with white 

 flowers. Our figure was taken at Meffrs. Grim wood and 

 Wykes's nurfery at Kenfington, who have been long in po/- 

 feflion of the plant. It flowers freely about March and April* 

 and is by no means one of the tenderer fpecies. 



