PLATE CLXVL 



GLADIOLUS ABREVIATUS. 



Shortened-petalled Gladiolus, 



CLASS IIL ORDER L 



TRI^NDRIA MONOGYNU. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



Corolla lexpartita, ringens. Stamina adlcen 

 dentia. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Blossom fix divifions, gaping. Chives afcend- 

 ing. 



See Gladiolus roseus, PI. XI. Vol. I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Gladiolus foliis linearibus, cruciatis, fcapo lon- 

 gioribus ; corolla tubulofa, ftriata, ima an- 

 guftata, lacinia fumma magna, reda, ovata, 

 reliquae veio parvae, abreviatae. 



Gladiolus with linear leaves, crofs fliaped, longer 

 than the flower-flem; blolVom tubular, 

 ftreakid, and narrowed at the lower part, 

 the upper petal is large, grows ftraight out, 

 and egg-lhaped, the others are imall, and 

 appear as if fliortened. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The outer flieath of the Empalement. 



2. T he inner llieath of the Empalement. 



3. A Bloirora fpread open, with the Chives attached. 



4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summits. 



This moft fingular Gladiolus was received,' among ft a variety of others, in the year 17.09. from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith; at whot'e nurfery it flowered in 

 March, this year 1801, for the firft time. It is a hardy bulb, and propagates freely from the root; 

 grows about two feet high, and, before flowering, has much the appearance of G. triftis. 



