GLADIOLUS. 



/«jw/of the f\vord-(haped many-ribbed kind like the two 

 laft. The floivirs vary in colour, from white to a pale pink, 

 their three "lower fegn'ients bearing each 2;encraHy a pair of 

 crimfon fpots. They vary alfo in fize, fomctimes vyeiiig 

 in tliis refped wiih the brg'elh Tliey have no fcent. 

 . We cannot but complain of tl-.ofe .nnthors who bi:rtl:en 

 the public with ligures of trillii'^ varieties of this and other 

 plants, for which a f:ns;le plate oejjht to have been !ufr;cient; 

 nor docs the contrivance of a new name, th.oi'gh it n.ay con- 

 ceal the impofilion, by any means itone for it. 



21. G.cv^'lftus. Linn. vSp. V\. S?,- Kort. Cliff, t. 6. 

 Jacq. Ic. RaV. t. 252. Ker in Curt. M;'g:. t. 6c2. Andr. 

 Repof t. 589. Mill. Ic. t. 142. f. 2 — Leaves lincr.r ; mid- 

 rib prominent on each tide. Tube of ihc corcUa longer than 

 either fpatlia or lin-b ; time upper fegir.cnts ovate ; three 

 lower each marked with 11 triangular llaiked fpot. — ^ative 

 of the Cape, from whence it was very early introduced into 

 the Dutch gardens. It is readily increafed, but does not 

 flower freely, otherwife its elegance could not fail to rendtr 

 it a general favourite. The narrow lit,v^s, ccmpared with 

 -thofe fpecies neareft akin to this, and efpccially the three 



fpade-hke marks of the blofloin, v.hicli are conllant, mark 

 4t fufiieientlv. 



22. G.u'tiduld'.m. Jacq. Ic Rar. t. 251. Ker in Curt. 

 Mag. t. 5^8. 647. Schnecv. Ic. t. 19. Redout. Liliac. 

 t. 121. (G. ftriaUis; Andr. Repof. t. III.) — Leaves 

 fword-ftiaped, many-ribbed. Flowers ercft, fnnnel-fhapcd ; 

 fegm.ents wavy, bkinlilli ; three lower ores 11111011 the 

 fmalleft. — Nat'ive of the Cape ; often cultivated in our gar- 



.dens. The leav:s ai-e numerous, broad and upright. I'lozv- 

 ers yellowifli-white, or pale blufli-coloured, eaell_ fegment 

 always marked with a deep crimfun central ilripe wh.ich runs 

 down into tlie tube. The latter is feldc;m longer than the 

 fpatha, often fliorter. — The name of unduhlKs, which Lin- 

 n;eus had applied to our cufpuhhis, has been mifapplied to 

 this, with « hich however it agrees tolerably well, and we 

 have already given our reafon for retaining it. This fpecies 

 •is the auguJJus of Thunberg, an appelktion which feems 

 corrupted"' from angiiftus, a totally different plant in evci-y 

 poflible refpeft, nor are his quotations of Lreynius, and of 

 Linn. Mant. lefs erroneous. There is no end of correcting 

 indifterent names, but uniliilaf.is ought, as Mr. Ker now 

 allows, to have remained with the Linnxan plant ; if fo, 

 "ultlatus, in allufion to the fomewhat fimilar Ar.iaryU'u viltata, 

 might have ferved for the fpeciei before us, though indeed 

 it alfo fuits the following. 



Z7,. G.foribimJi:s.. .Tacq. Tc. Rar. t. 254, Ker in Curt. 

 Mag. t. 610. (.G. grandillorus ; Andr. Repof t. 118.) — 

 Leaves fword-fhaped, maiiy-ribbcd. Tlowers ercft, funnel- 

 fhapcd ; fegments nearly' equals flattidi, emarginate, the 

 uppermoft broadelt — Native of the .Cape ; inti-oduced into 

 England bv Lee and Ktnr.cdy in 1788. Bu!b large. 

 Leaves broad, with a thick edge, and often falcate. Fk-iu- 

 trs numerous, generally larger than in moil other fpecies, 

 very pale pink, blue, or white, witli a dark central llripc 

 to each fegrnent. The fummits of the fegments are emar- 

 ginate, with a little point, and they arc fcarcely at all 

 undulated. 



24. G. MlHefi. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 632. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. 2. V. I. loi. (Antholyza, &c; MilL Ic. t. 4.0.) — 

 Leaves with many prommeut ribs. Flowers inclining one 

 way, bell-lhaped, nearly regular; upper fegrnent rather 

 narrower than the next ; tube flf-fliy, (lender. — Native of the 

 •Cape, but rare in gardens. Miller raifed it froin feed in 

 ,1757, and figured it as an yimholyza. It is of the fame 

 4j-ibe as. the tWo laft, but differs in having a more inclined 



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and more equal corolla, at firft vshite then yello-vvifli, witu a 

 darker purpl.fii central Ilripe on the three lower than on the 

 three upper iegments. The tube, according to Mr. Ker's 

 rema-k, though externally (lender and exactly cylindrical, 

 is peculiarly llefhy, refenibhng a flower-ilalk. The outer 

 /{■atha is inflated and convolute, oitener longer than the 

 tube. 



25. G. cardhialis. Curt. Mag. t. 135. Schnecv. Ic. 



t. 27. Redout. Liliac. t. 112 Leaves n-.anv-rihbed. 



S!.era branched. Flowers trecf, in one row, funnel-fliaped ; 

 fegments elliptical ; three lowermolt imalled, each with a 

 lanceolate white fpot. — Native of the Cape, froa'i vihence it 

 was brought to Holland, and irum the latter country to 

 Ei.glani by Mr. Grceft'cr ; before I78e;, unlefs we are 

 jjreatly millaken. It will bear an open border in a warm 

 iituation, but ir.e bulbs mull; be taken up yearly to make it 

 ilou-er in its natural magnificence. The rich fcarlet of its 

 l^offoKis", and their three white fpots, dii'inguidi this iViie 

 fpecies. Its green has a glaucous call, and the_/?«n is pro- 

 perly branched, two or tluce iect lagii. 



T"'hcjiame alludes to tJie fcarlet colour, hke that worn by 

 the caidin.iis at Rome, as ufed by Linnsus in LobJia and 

 Lo.xi.i. The piou3 Scopoli thor.ght the application profane, 

 and changed it in tlie latter inilance to rubra. See his 

 Annus primus, 139. 



26. Ci. iyzanlium. jNIilL Dift. ed. 8. n. 3. Ic. t. 14.2. 

 f. I. Ker 111 Curt. M.tg. t. 874. Dryandr. in Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. 2. v. I. 102. Park. Parad. 191. f. 3. — Leaves 

 many-ribbed. Spike two-rarked. Flowers liorizontal ; 

 upper fegrnent covered laleraily by the next ; tlirte lowia-- 

 moll equal, each with a linear-lanceolate Ilripe. — Sur~r 



s pofed to be a native of Turkey, it, having been for near 

 two centuries a hardy inhabitant of our gardens, under 

 th.e name of the Byzantine corn-flag, though gonerailv con- 

 founded, as G. cojr.niunis of L:nnjeus, with the two following. 

 We readily iubinit to Mr. Ker's corr^ ebons of tliis error, 

 in which we have, in common with moil botanills, been 

 involved, but which is now alfo corretled in the new edition 

 of Horl. Ki-zu. — All tlie three have broad, upright, acute, 

 miany-ribbed leaves, and handlomc criinfoiy7cii'c/^.f, projecf intr 

 horizontally, in a long upright, unbranched fpike, witk 

 lanceolate concave brafteas. The three iegments of the 

 lower lip are each marked with a central white or yeliowilh 

 Ilripe, bordered with deep red, and more or lefs dilated in 

 the middle. The Jlo'-Mcrs of the prefent fpecies a-re hu-ger 

 than in either of the other tv\o, their three lower Ieg- 

 ments very nearly equal in fize and fliape ; the uppermoil 

 is embraced and covered at its fides bv the lappiu'j- over of 

 the two lateral fegments, fo that the flower is clofed, not 

 pervious, at that part. It blofioms in June, rather before 

 the cQKimuais, but, according to Mr. Ker, never bears feeds 

 in England, nor does it increafe by root fo rapidly as the 

 other two. 



27. G. conmimu. Linn. Sp. PI. 52. Curt. Mao-, t. 86. 

 Jliv. Monop. Irr. t. 1 10. (G- narboncnfis ; Ger. ein. 104. 

 Park. Parad. 191. f. i.) — Leaves many-ribbed. Spike one- 

 ranked. Flowers horizontal ; upper fegjnent covered late- 

 rally by the next ; three low-ermoit each with a lir.ear-!an- 

 ceoiate ilripe; the central fegment very -large. — Native of 

 iields in the foulh .of Europe, efpecially in iv.oilt fiiuations,. 

 where it is a ti-uublefome v,-eed. It is wow lefs con.monlv 

 kept in Our gardens than the laft, from which it diflVrs \u 

 the fmaller frze of its l/o//oms, which are approximated nearly 

 into one row, only a little fpreadii.g alternately, and v.holo 

 lowernioil or central lobe is as broad as both the other 

 Uyo, and co:;f:derab!y longer. This is vifible even in drit J 



fpccinieiis. 



