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Gladiolus Alatus. Wing-Flowered 

 Cornflag. 



C/4/} #»i Order. 



Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. — Fid. No. 569. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



GLADIOLUS alatus i foliis rigidis denfe ftriatulis, fpathis fub- 

 ventricofis decurrentibus, corolla lacinia fu- 

 prema cuneato-lanceolata plana ere£lo-recurva: 

 lateralibus latiffimis ovato-rhombeis : infima 

 fpatulato-rhombea. G. 



GLADIOLUS alatus. Sp. PL 53. 4*Hm. Acad. 6. Afr. 2. 

 (exclitfa jynoujmo Pluken.) Tbunb. Diff. n. 15. 

 var. 3. Nee Gladiolus alatus Hort. Kew. 

 aut Jacq. ic. rar, vel coll. 



GLADIOLUS flore fingulari miniato, inferioribus laciniis 

 luteo-viridibus. Breyn. Prod. p. 25. /. 12. f. 2. 

 Seb.Thef. 1. t. 7.7.3. 



GLADIOLUS. Herb. Gronov* apud Herb. Bank/. 



GLADIOLUS galeaius. Burm. Prod, cap. 2. t 



GLADIOLUS alatus. Bot, Rep. tab. 8. ejufque Recenf. No. 14. 



Bulb round, corripreficcl. Leaves 3 — 4, enfiform-linear, 

 ftiff, fomewhat coriaceous, outermoft one bluntifh, nearly 

 equal with the fcape, twice the length of the others, all 

 without a chief or middle nerve, ftreaked with clofe pa- 

 rallel fine furrows. Stem 6 — 8 inches high, upright, flexuofe, 

 femiancipital. Spathe much longer than tube, exterior 

 valve ventricofely-concave, fomewhat keeled, item-embracing, 

 decufrenf, the margins of which projecting fomewhat beyond 

 the ftem give it fomething the appearance of being winged. 

 Flowers 5 — 10, divaricately ringent, patent. Tube fhort, 



turbinate, 



