PLATE CCXLI. 



GLADIOLUS ORCHIDIFLORUS. 



Orchis-like-flowered Gladiolus, 



CLASS m. ORDER L 

 TRIjINDRU MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla fexpartita, ringens. 

 Stamina adfcendentia. 



Blossom fix divifions, gaping. 

 Chives afcending. 



See Gladiolus ROSEUS, PI. II. Vol.1. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Gladiolus foliis linearibus; fcapo polyftachio; 

 floribus fpicatis, fecundis; laciniis binis 

 lateralibus corollae latiflimis, fumma ereiSta, 

 tribus inferioiibus dependeiitibus, macu- 

 latis. 



Gladiolus with linear leaves; flower-llem branch- 

 ed; flowers grow in fpikes, all from one 

 fide; the two fide fegments of the blofl^bm 

 are very broad, the top one upright, the 

 three lower hang down, and are fpotted. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The two valves of the (heath. 



2. A BlolTom fpread open, with the Chives in their place. 



3. The Pointal, one of the divifions of the fumrait magnified. 



As a fingularity among its fellows, this Gladiolus ftands prominently diftinft; and the uncommon and 

 curious formation of its flowers will, undoubtedly, counterbalance, in the eye of the bo'nnifl, what they 

 want in brilliancy of colour. It is a hardy bulb, and appears to require only the ufual treatment of 

 the hardier fpecies of the genus. 7 he Clapham colleftion is, we believe, the only one in wh'ch it is to 

 be found in England; to which it was introduced, by Mr. Niven, in the fpring of the year 1801, and 

 where our drawing was made, this prefent year, in the month of March 1802. 



