PLATE XL 



GLADIOLUS ROSEUS. 



Rofe- coloured Gladiolus. 



CLASS III. ORDER L 

 TRTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



GENERIC 



Calyx. Spathae bivalves. 



Corolla, fexpartita ringens. Petala oblonga, 

 omnia unguibus in tubum conata. 



Stamina. Filamenta tria, fubulata, divifuris 



alternis petalorum inferta. Antherae ob- 



longae 

 Pistillum. Germen inferum. Stylus fimplex, 



longitudine ltaminium. Stigma trifidum, 



concavum. 

 Pericarpiltm. Capful» oblonga, obtufa, trilo- 



cularis, trivalvis. 

 Semina plura, fubrotunda. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement Sheath two valves. 



Blossom, of fix divilions, and gaping. Petals 



oblong, having their claws formed into a 



tube. 

 Chives. Three awl-fhaped threads fixed into 



the alternate divilions of the petals. Tips 



oblong. 

 Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft fimple, 



the length of the chives. Summit cut into 



three, and concave. 

 Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong, blunt-ended, 



three cells, three valves. 

 Seeds many, nearly round. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortis, rubro margi- 

 natis, pubefcentibus; floribus rofeis odora- 

 tiffimis. 



Gladiolus, with fpear-fhaped leaves, twilled, 

 red-edged, and downy ; blolfoms rofe co- 

 lour, and fweet fcented. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The two Valves of the Sheath. 



2. A Flower cut open, to expofe the infertion of the Threads, the Threads, and Tips remaining 



attached. 



3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified. 



4. A Seed natural fize, inclofed in its Tunic. 



This moft beautiful fpecies of Gladiolus, is but of veiy recent date in England; in the year l"g5 it 

 was feen firft to blow here, in the collection of J. Ord, Efq. Purfer's-crofs, Fulham ; but has fince, re- 

 peatedly, at the nnrfery, Hammerfmith, from whence this figure was taken. ProfefTor Jacrjuin has 

 figured this plant, in his laft Fafciculus ; but, undoubtedly, from a dried fpecimen, as his figure gives 

 no idea of the brilliancy of this delightful plant. The fragrance of its flowers, added to the Angu- 

 larity and beauty of its leaves, muft place it in the foremoft rank of its congeners. To preferve the 

 bulb of this delicate Gladiolus, as foon as the item begins to decay, it mould be taken from the pot, 

 and kept dry till Odtober; when it mould be replanted, and treated as other Cape bulbs. It iucrcafes 

 by offsets, and flowers about the month of May, or June. 



