PLATE CCXL. 



GLADIOLUS CARNEUS. 



Fie fh- coloured Gladiolus. 



CLASS in. ORDER L 

 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Polntal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla fexparlita, ringens. 

 Stamina adfcendentia. 



Blossom fix divifions, gaping. 

 Chives alcending. 



See Gladiolus ROSEus, PI. 11. Vol.1. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Gladiolus foliis enfiformibus, coftatis, glabris; 

 floribus Iccundis, cernuis, carneis; petalis 

 tribus fuperioribus divergentibus, inferio- 

 ribus fupra medium punttatis. 



Gladiolus with fword-fhaped leaves, ribbed, and 

 fmooth; flowers pointing one way, nodding 

 and flefli-coloured; the three upper petals 

 diverge, the three lower are dotted upon 

 the middle. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The two valves of the fheath. 



2. The Blolfom fpread open, with the Chives in their place. 



3. The Pointal, complete. 



Our prefent plant has a nigh affinity with G. communis, and indeed might, perhaps, be confidered 

 as a variety of itj but, as upon a clofe examination this will be found to differ, in many refpefts, we 

 have adopted the name, quoted by Willdenow, from Jacquin, De la Roche, Burman, &c. It is a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope, and introduced, from thence, to us, in 1800. Our figure was 

 made at the Hammerfmith Nurfer}', this year, being the firft of its flowering in this country. It is 

 a very hardy bulb, and increafes freely. Flowers in May. 



