PLATE CCXIX. 
GLADIOLUS CUSPIDATUS. rar. pcaiu cnf,h. 
SpedT-fpOtted Gladiolus, Var.withcriffedpetals^ 
CLASS III. ORDER I. 
TRIANDRIJ MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One PointaL 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Corolla fex-partita, ringens. j| Blossom fix divifions, gaping. 
Stamina adfcendentia. jl Chives afcending. 
See Gladiolus roseus, Plate XI. Vol. I. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Gladiolus foliis lineari-enfiformibus, glabris j co¬ 
rolla ringente ■, laciniis longiflimis, acumi- 
natis, crifpatis, fubaequalibus, tribus inferi- 
oribus in medio macula oblonga notatisj 
Gladiolus with linear - fword - fhaped fraooth 
leaves; bloflbm gaping, fegments very long, 
tapered to the point, crifped and nearlyequal, 
the three lower ones in the middle have an 
oblong fpot; bloflbms whitifli. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The two valves of the Empalement. 
2. The Bloflbm cut open, with the chives. 
3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, one divifion of the furamit magnified. 
Although this fpecies of Gladiolus is as old in our gardens as, almofi any, we have; yet, it is not 
much known, from the unfrequency of its flowering, of which there is no certainty. The beft method 
to aflift it with a vigorous growth, is to place it in a confiderable degree of warmth, fuch as the heat 
of the hot-houfe, the pot being kept in a pan, with water. With this afliflance, it may be made to 
flower, fometimes, about the end of May. It is a very hardy bulb, in what regards the root, and its 
prefervation. Our figure was made in May, 1800, from a plant which had been treated in the above 
manner, at the Hammerfmith nurfery. 
