and reflected, all obtuse and mucronate. The general 
colour of the three upper laciniz is a rich scarlet, with a 
central, deep yellow line, and spotted with yellow at the 
base, that of the three lower ones a rich yellow scarlet at 
the extremity. In the state of bud, the colour is a deep 
velvety purplish-blood colour, with obscure yellow spots. 
Stamens fixed within the tube below the middle. Fila- 
ments ascending. Anthers yellowish, linear-sagittate, the 
margins of the cells purple. Style as long as the stamens: 
Stigmas linear, furrowed and downy within ; Germen ob- 
long, with six, obscure furrows, three-celled : each cell 
bearing, in the central angle or axis, several imbricated, 
obovate ovules. 
For this truly splendid addition to the hardy bulbous 
plants of our collections, we are indebted, in part to RicHarD 
Harrison, Esq. of Liverpool, in whose garden at Aigburgh 
it flowered during the latter part of the summer and autumn 
of the present year (1830), and in part to Mr. Hrrcnin of 
Norwich, the eminent cultivator of Succulent plants. On 
taking up the root, at the end of the flowering season, Mr. 
Harrison was surprised to find the solitary original bulb 
had been replaced by several fine large ones, and, between 
them lay hundreds of gemme, each of which is doubtless 
capable of forming a new plant. These, we will venture to 
say, will be distributed with a liberality very different from 
the line of conduct pursued by the gardener at Leyden, in 
Holland, where Mr. Harrison first saw the plant; and who, 
upon this gentleman’s expressing a wish to possess a bulb, 
offered to send him one, “ when he should have received a 
collection of Orchideous plants from Mr. Harrison.” Such 
a want of confidence towards a well-known Horticulturist, 
could not impress our friend with a very favourable opinion 
of the possessor of this charming Gladiolus, and of course 
he declined all further communication with him. On his 
return, no sooner were Mr. Harrison’s wishes made known 
to Mr. Hircury, than he wrote to his friend and fellow-culti- 
vator of Succulents, the Prince De Satm Dyck, for a bulb 
of Grapiotus psittacinus, and it was forwarded to Mr. 
Harrison forthwith. 
Our figure only represents the upper half of the spike of 
the plant, and though we have taken the utmost pains in 
the colouring of the flowers, their hues fall far short of the 
rich tints of the original. 
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Fig. 1. Inner Spatha. 2. Pistil and Stamens, and base of the Corolla, with. 
which the latter are combined : nat. size. 3. Back view of an Anther. 4. 
Front view of ditto. 5. Stigmas. 6. Section of the Germen.—Magnified. 
