

PLATE DLXXXIX. 



GLADIOLUS ANGUSTUS, minor. 



Small Narrow-leaved Coriijftag. 



CLASS III. ORDER I. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscen- 

 dentia. 



Blossom six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending. 





SPECIFIC CHARACTER* 



Cladiodus foliis linearibus, longis, costatisj 



corollis flavescentibus ; petalis tribus in- 



ferioribus rubro notatis. 



Gladiolus angustus. Jacquin. Icones, tab. 252, 

 vol. ii. 



Cornflag with linear leaves long and ribbed: 

 blossom yellowish ; the three lower petals 

 marked with red. 



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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



1 . The outer sheath of the empalement. 



2. The inner sheath. 



3 . A blossom spread open . 



4. Seed- bud and pointal. 



5. Flower of a larger variety; 



Will 



regard as a distinct species from the Gladiolus angustus of Jacquin : but meeting soon after with a 



Wh 



regular 



variation, the smallest link of which is (at present) the one now figured. 



Both plants are of easy culture, requiring no other treatment than what is common to bulbs of this 

 class. 



