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Gladiolus trichonemifolius. Tricho- 

 nema-leaved cornflag* 



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Generic Charailer. — VideN is - 538, 569, 992. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms, 



GLADIOLUS irichonemifolius ; bulbo-tubere fubglobofo, teg- 

 mine externo fibrofo-textili ; foliis trinis, gracilibus, ftriflis, 

 nitidis, longe fiftulofo-vaginantibus, inde lineari-attenuatis, 

 tetraquetris angulis fulcatis, infimo caulem plurimum ex- 

 fuperante, reliquis ultra vaginam breviffimis fubulatis ; 

 caule fimplici, gracili, ereclo, toto fere vaginato; fpica 

 2 — 3-flora, fubfecunda ; fpatha herbacea, convoluto- 

 lanceolata, denfe ftriatula, integerrima, valva exteriore 

 parum longiore, floris faucem fuperante ; corolla ere£to- 

 fubnutante, infundibuliformi-fubringente, fubaequalij tubo 

 brevi, gracili, ftriato, germen aequante j fauce fubventricofo- 

 turbinata, quam tubus multum longiore, quam limbus 

 fubbilabiato-patulus parum breviore ; laciniis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis acumine convoluto, fuprema fublongiore, unguiculata, 

 incumbente, a reliquis inter fe fimilibus tubo tenus dif- 

 jun£ta ; ftaminibus fauci ifometris ; filamentis antheras fub- 

 aequantibus; ftigmatibus anguftis, lineari-complicatis. G. 



IX I A Jpathacea. Herb. Bank/. Exemplar fpontaneum. 



Desc Bulb-tuber about the fize of a common nut, integu- 

 ments brown ; lower leaf about a foot and half high, of a dark 

 polifhed green colour, fcarcely half a line in diameter, fheathed 

 at the bafe by a purple rootjheath j Jlem 6 — 9 inches high ; 

 flowers about an inch and an half long, exceeding fragrant, the 

 fcent refembling that of the violet, of a deep bright yellow 

 colour ; faux and the lower part of the limb that forms the 

 under-lip marked with purple rays on the infide, tips of all the 

 fegments purple. The Bankfian Herbarium contains a three- 

 flowered fpecimen, gathered at the Cape of Good-Hope, by 

 Mr. Masson. 



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