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 Gladiolus Watsonius {var. /3.) Dwarf 

 Watson's Corn-Flag. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Spathx valvula exterior lanceolata. Cor. bafi tubulofa: 

 dS fe 7^ tltUS lrre g«^is vel fubirregularis. Stam. adfcen- 

 aentia. ^»/W parallels Stigm. 3. furfum dilatata ex com- 

 pl.catoexphcata. C^ trigona, oblonga, Icnta. «5m. nuroe- 



Specific Cbaratler and Synonyms. 



GLADIOLUS Watfonius foliis enfiformi-linearibus utrinque 

 tricoftatis : lateribus fulcatis, fauce cyiindrica, 

 laciniis recurvis fubaequalibus: fuprema rec- 

 tiore. G. 



*. Corollis rubris. 



GLADIOLUS Watfonius. Bot. Mag. 450. To the Synonyms 

 there quoted may be added, 



GLADIOLUS recurvus. Houtt. Linn. Pfi. Syji. 11. p. 59. /. 

 79. /. 1. nee vero Linnaei vel Thunbergii. 



ANTHOLYZA revoluta. Bum. Prod. ft. cap. 



GLADIOLUS precox. Bot. Rep. 38. ejus Recenf. 16. Gla- 

 diolus Watfonius. 

 P« Corollis majoribus luteo variegatis. 



We are induced from the beauty and rarity of this plant 

 (though a variety differing in little elfe than colour from that 

 already publifhed by Mr. Curtis) to offer it to the public. 

 It has been very lately imported from Holland by Mr. Col- 

 Vi *-le, of the King's-Road, Chelfea, and we believe has never 



before 



