PLATE CCLXXV. 
GLADIOLUS RINGENS. 
Far, undulatus. 
Gaping-flowered Gladiolus, 
Wdved-Jlowered Far. 
CLASS HI. ORDER I. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Corolla sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adfcen- ii Blossom fix divifions, gaping. Chives afccnd- 
dentia. ing. 
II See Gladiolus roseus, PI. XI. Vol. I. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Gladiolus foliis linearibus, coftatisj floribus rin- j| Gladiolus with linear leaves, ribbed j flowers 
gentibus, cineriis} petalis undulatis. *' gaping, afli coloured j petals waved. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The two valves of the Empalement. 
2. A Bloflbm fpread open, with the chives in their place. 
3. The Pointal, one of the divifions of the fommit magnified. 
The Clapham collection we believe to be the only one which, at prefent, pofleffes this handfomc 
variety of the Gaping Gladiolus. It was introduced, from the Cape, by Mr. Niven in 1800. Our 
drawing was made in Auguft of the above year, but its natural feafon of flowering, if we may judge 
by analogy, fhould be about May or June, at lateft. It increafes by the root, and Ihould be treated 
as a tender Gladiolus. The flower is without finell. 
