PLATE CCLXXV. 



GLADIOLUS RINGENS. 



Var. undulatus. 



Gaping -Jfowered Gladiolus. 



IVaved-floivered Var. 



CLASS IIL ORDER L 

 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla sexpartita, lingens. Stamina adfcen- 

 dentia. 



Blossom fix divifions, gaping. Chives afcend- 



ing. 

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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Gladiolus foliis linearibus, coftatis; floribus rin- 

 gentibus, cineriis; petalis undulatis. 



Gladiolus with linear leaves, ribbed ; flowers 

 gaping, alh coloured j petals waved. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The two valves of the Empalement. 



2. A Bloffom fpread open, with the chives in their place. 



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



The Clapham collection we believe to be the only one which, at prefent, poflefles this handfome 

 variety of the Gaping Gladiolus. It was introduced, from tlie Cape, by Mr. Niven in 180O. Our 

 drawing was made in Aiiguft of the above year, but its natural feafon of flowering, if wc may judi^e 

 by analogy, fliould be about May or June, at lateft. It increafes by the root, and Ihould be treated 

 as a tender Gladiolus. The flower is without fmell. 



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