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GLADIOLUS PSITTACINUS. SPLENDID 
CorRN-FLAG. 
KEKE EERE EEE EEE EEEEEEEK 
Class and Order. 
Trianpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Inivex. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. tubulosa, limbo 6-partito, irregulari. Stamina ads- 
cendentia. Stigmata filiformia, indivisa. Semina alata. 
Spr. , 
Specific Character. 
Guiapio.us * psittacinus; foliis ensiformibus bicostatis ob- 
scureque nervosis, corollz limbo campanulato laciniis 
obtusis mucronatis, tribus exterioribus late oyatis, 
tribum interiorum suprema obovata concava, reliquis 
oblongis. : 
Descr. Stem three feet high, erect, rigid, stout, clothed 
for the greater part of its length with the sheathing bases 
of the leaves. Leaves distichous; the lower ones a foot or 
more long, ensiform, attenuated, rather rigid, having two 
principal nerves or coste, and several lesser and more ob- 
scure ones. Spikes terminal, a foot or more long, of many, 
(ten to twelve,) bifariously inserted, but secund and truly 
splendid flowers. Each is surrounded for more than half 
its length with a double convolute sheath ; the inner one 
pale yellow-green, the outer ones larger and purplish. 
Tube of the Corolla about half the length of the flower, 
greenish with purple streaks, expanding upwards into a 
campanulate, and, at the mouth, much spreading limd, of 
which the three outer laciniz are considerably the largest, 
nearly equal, broadly ovate ; the inner and upper one 
obovate and concave, the two inner and lower ones oblong 
and 
* From gladius, a sword, in allusion to the shape of its leaves, 
