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GLADIOLUS PUDIBUNDUS. 
(blush-flowered corn-flag.) 
CLASS. 
TRIANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
IRIDEvE. 
Generic Character. — Spathe two or three valved. Corolla tubular, six parted. Legume ovate, 
lanceolate. Seeds winged. 
Specific Character. — A bulbous plant. Stem two feet six inches high. Leaves sword-shaped, ribbed, 
bright green, sharp pointed. Flowers a bright and delicate rose colour, twelve or more in number, 
produced alternate on the stem. Corolla divided into six broad segments, three upper ones larger 
than the lower ones ; rich rose colour, becoming more faint towards the base, three lower ones 
narrow, having in each a pale yellow blotch, with a dark crimson edge ; the base of each segment 
nearly white. 
We understand this is a hybrid, raised by the Honourable and Reverend William 
Herbert, between the G. cardinalis, and G. hlandus. It is a very beautiful kind, 
flowering with the greatest freedom, with us at Chatsworth, in the greenhouse, and 
producing a succession for a long time. It requires precisely the same treatment as 
G. cardinalis and the other species. (Vol. 1, page 98.) 
For our present figure we are indebted to Richard Harrison, Esq., of Liverpool, 
who sent us the spike of flowers, previous to our own plants coming into bloom. 
The generic name is given in consequence of the sword-shaped leaves of the 
plants of this genus. 
ORDER. 
MONOGYNIA. 
