flattened, linear, and obfoletely three-nerved, but ft ill hollow, 

 inner one longeft, nearly reaching to the flowers, and fheathing 

 the whole way. Stem round, kneed, flexuofe. Flowers 8 — 20, 

 though diftich at their bafes ultimately inclining one way, ex- 

 panding about funfet and doling again before midnight; whilft 

 open they diffufe a very pleafing caryophyllaceous fragrance ; in 

 the day-time, being clofed, they are club-fhaped, nodding, 

 and the outer fegments alone are perceived. Spathe fhorter 

 than tube, outer valve herbaceous, rigid, ftriated, obliquely 

 truncated, flem-embracing, entirely enclofing the inner valve. 

 Tube upright, recurved, about the length of the fegments, 

 greenifh. Segments lanceolate-oblong, acute, inner ones all 

 ■white, outer ones ftreakedly coloured with brown on their 

 outfide. Filaments dependent, femicylindrical; anthers ftraight, 

 linear, orange-coloured, fhorter than ftigmas. Stigmas patent, 

 linear, finely channelled, rather fhorter than fegments, white. 

 Capfule triquetral, columnar, narrow. Seeds very fmall* 

 Flowers in April. Thunberg obferves its clofe affinity to 

 Ixi a falcata> though it does not prevent his making it a Gla- 

 diolus. Jacquin fays the flowers are fcentlefs, which is only 

 true in the day-time. He gave it the fpecific name of radiate 

 from the edge of the bafe of the tunic being dentately or what 

 he calls radiately-lacemte. We have adopted his name becaufe 

 ive found it, but think it themofi uncertain and inexpreflive he 

 could have given ; befides, that this chara&eriftic is often ob- 

 folete, or nearly fo. Introduction uncertain. Our figure was 

 taken from a fpecimen afforded us by Mr. Colville, Nurfery- 

 man, King's-Road, Chelfea, with whom it flowers in May, 

 propagates flowly, and is ftili a rare plant. Should be careful)/ 

 guarded againft moifture when out of flower. G. 



