PLATE CXLII. 



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Curled-leaved Gladiolus, 



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CLASS 



III. 



ORDER 



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TR IJNDR I A MONO G YNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Corolla fexpartita, ringens. Stamina adfcen- 

 dentin. 



Blossom fix divifions, gaping. Chives afcend- 

 ing. 



See Gladiolus roseus. Elate XL Vol. L 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



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Gladiolus foliis enfiformlbus, ad oras criipus^ 

 floribus fecundis, palide rubris j laciniis 

 coroUae rotundatis; tubo graclli, longif- 

 fimo. 





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Gladiolus with fword fhaped leaves, curled at 

 the edges ; flowers point all one way, and 



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are of a pale red ; fegments of the bloffom 

 rounded ; tube flender, and very long. 



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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2- A Flower cut open, the Chives remaining attached 



3. The Seed-budj Shaft, and Summit. 



A Rgure of this Gladiolus may be found in the Ic. rar. 2. of Profeffor Jacquin, t. 267, by thofe who 

 poffefs that elegant and invaluable work. The plant from which our drawing was taken, and \ve 

 believe the first that has been feen in Britain, flowered in the coUedion of G. Hibbert, Efq. Clap 

 ham Common, laft year in the month of July. We do not perceive that the treatment of this plant. 



ihould differ from the reft of its congeners. 



