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GLADIOLUS 
Rofe-coloured Gladiolus. | 
CLASS. III. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. 
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ROSEUS. 
ORDER I. 
One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
“Canyx. Spathe bivalves. 
Corotta, fexpartita ringens, Petala oblonga, 
. omnia unguibus in tubum conata. 
Stamina. Filamenta’ tria, fubulata, divifuris 
® __ alternis petalorum inferta. Anthere ob- 
longe. 
Pistiztum. Germen inferum. Stylus fimplex, 
longitudine ftaminium. Stigma trifidum, 
concavum, 
Pericartivm. Capfula oblonga, obtufa, trilo- 
‘cularis, trivalvis. 
Seana plura, fubrotunda. 
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EmraLtement Sheath two valves. 
Biossom, of fix divifions, and gaping. Petals 
oblong, having their claws formed into a 
tube. 
Cuives. Three awl-fhaped threads fixed into 
the alternate divifions of the — bas. 
oblong. : 
Potnrat. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple, 
the — of the chives. Summit cut into” 
and concave. 
‘Aeon Capfale oblong, beat one 
three cells, three valves. 
*. SzEps many, nearly round. 
Ae ie SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
_ Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortis, rabro margi- Gladiolus, with fpear-fhaped leaves, twifted, 
# natis, pubefcentibus; floribus rofeis odora- red-edged, and downy; bloffoms rofe co- 
—— tiffimis. lour, and fweet-fcented. 
REFERENCE TO 7 PLATE. 
¥: Phe fase Midee Ad Bs Sinath. 
2. A Flower cut open, to expofe the infertion of the Threads, the Threads, and Tips remaining 
at 
3. The Seed. bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified, 
> A Seed natural fize, inclofed in its Tunic, 
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figured this plant, in bis lat Fas 
no idea of the brilliancy 
_ and kept dry till O&ober ; when it should be x 
: eee and flowers abont the month of 
