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 Gladiolus hastatus. The Spade-Corn- 



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Clqfs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia^ 



Generic Character, 



Infer, alterna, difticho-fpicata, pauci-multiflora, fpalhis fin- 

 gulatim interftinftabivalvibus oblongo-}anceolati.s,valva exteriorc 

 oppofitam fimilem anguftiorem convoluto-comple&ente. Cor. 

 lupera, tubulofa, fexfida, infundibuiiformi- irregularis, tubo 

 erefto, gracili, in faucern brevem tnrbinatam f. cylindrico- 

 elongatam ampliato, limbo fexpartito, campanulato-bilabiato, 

 lubasquali divaricato-ringente f. inasqualiffimo labio fummo 

 porreclo. Fil. ori tubi impofita, collaterali-afcendcntia, inclufa. 

 Anih. lineari-oblongae, antrorfura a dorfo verticali-penfiles, vi- 

 bratiles. Stylus decurfu ftaminum, triquetro-filiformis. Stipn. 

 3j lamellofa, obverfe attenuata, conduplicato-explicanda, di- 

 vergentia. Cap/, membranacea, ovato-oblonga, obtufe trigona, 

 3-loc, 3-valv., valvis medio feptigeris. Sent, numerofa, gemino 

 ordine in loculis imbricata, interns fepti margini utrinque 

 annexa, obovato-orbiculata, mcmbranofo-alata, nucleo parvo 

 cardlagiueo. G. 



Obs. Bulbo-tubcr cvato-glohfum, plexibus membranaceo-fbrofs texiura 

 tt craffuie magnopere vuriantibus tedium, rarius fubnudutn ; folia duo-plura, 

 cr ' ll 'iterah-dijHcba> infra vaginantia tt vagina radicali cincla, Lmina 

 '"fata, rarius decufato-quadrangula, modo utrinque bifuka, interdum carti- 

 la g>n trajfa margtnata ; caulis cubnaceus, fapiusjhiplex, teres, nunc jub- 

 "Wimtriqueter. In Gladiolo fegetum hi''- Jupernris 719 (quern > 

 ^ biota ad A* uw - 1267 ejje G. imbricatum Linnai monuimus) nucleus 

 Jtminum major et parva puipa obvolutus integumentum externum adeo explet ut 

 Me obliteretur ala ; bine -encre fun abiudens Anthol yzas et Babianas 

 "Pproximat. G. 



Specif c Characlcr and Synonyms. 



GLADIOLUS hafatus ; foliis radicalibus binis, divaricate 

 divergentibus, gramineo-cniatis, iiriatis, uno Utiore caule 



fimplici 



