PLATE LXII. 



GLADIOLUS GRAMINEUS. 



Grafs-like Gladiolus. 



CLASS III. ORDER I. 

 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla fexpartita, ringens. 

 Stamina adfeendentia. 



Blossom with fix divifions, gaping. 

 Chives afcending. 



See Gladiolus longiilorus. Plate V. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Gladiolus polyftachyus, fcapo laxo, fpicis capil- 

 laribus, flexuofis; foliis enfiformibus; co- 

 rollas fexpartitoe, abfque tubo. 



Gladiolus with many fpikes, upon a flexible 

 flower ftem, fpikes hair-like, growing zig- 

 zag; leaves fword-fliape ; blolfom of fix di- 

 vifions, without a tube. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The two ftieaths of the Empalement. 



2. The Seed-bud, Chives, and Pointal (magnified). 



3. The Pointal, (magnified). 



This fpecies of Gladiolus has been defcribed by Thunberg, and from him by Linnxus, in his Suppl. 

 Plant, p. Q5, under the fpecific name it here bears. It is a little ftraining on the genus to introduce 

 this fpecies into it; as it is deficient in mod of the ellential characters; having a blolfom without a 

 tube, and the petals equal. From the Kcw Catalogue we learn it was introduced in the year I"S", 

 by Mr. F. Mallon, to the royal gardens; is there laid to flower moft part of the year: a plant of fuch 

 character is moft definable, but unfortunately we have never feen it in blolfom but at the ufual feafon 

 for the flowers of this tribe; that is, from April till June. The capfules of this plant bear a flrong 

 refemblance to thofe of the Euonymus: generally perfecting their feeds. It is a very hardy bulb, blows 

 rarly, and may be kept in a pit protected from the froft. 



