what are now efteemed diftinct fpecies ; we have only referved 

 fuch as appear to us really to belong to this fpecies, and (hall 

 apply the others as we publifh the plants for which we con- 

 ceive they were intended. Miller's plant, figured in the 

 155th plate, ufually quoted as a fynonym to this, is we believe 

 the Gladiolus Jlriclus of Hort. Kew, The whole plant, ex- 

 cept the corolla, is pubcfcent and very tender, from fix inches 

 to a foot high. Flowers emit a pleafing caryophyllaceous fra- 

 grance. Cultivated, according to the Bankfian Herbarium, at 

 Kew-Gardens in 1778. We venture to predict that this genus 

 will turn out one of the molt numerous of the whole natural 

 order. For the derivation of the generic name, and an enumera- 

 tion of fuch fpecies as areas yet defcribed, revert to Ixia 

 cornea. No. 339 of this work. From, this lift Gladiolus 

 crifpus fhould be excluded. Thunberg enumerates many 

 varieties from dried fpecimens, which will nearly all be 

 found to be diftinct fpecies. Found- by him at the Cape, on 

 the loweft hills beneath the weft fide of Leuwebild near the 

 fhore, near Cape-Town, in Swartland-Rode-Sand, and other 

 fpots, in great abundance. Flowers with us in May. Our 

 drawing was taken at Meifrs, Wykes and GrimwoodX 

 Kenfington. G. 



