59^^ G L A D 
rcfpefts very like it. Stalk flender ; has more leaves 
upon it than G. triltis ; the flowers are ranged on one 
tide the ftalk towards the top, and Itand pretty far afiin- 
der; they have an agreeable odour ; appear at the end 
of IVIay, and the feeds ripen in July. It was raifed in 
the Chelfea garden, Iroin feeds which came from the 
Cape of Good Hope, and flowered there before the 
year 17^0. 
12. Gladiolus fpicatus, or fpiky corn-flag : leaves li¬ 
near ; (tern extremely fimple ; flowers in fpikes. Flow¬ 
ers diliich, imbricate, blue, about twelve pairs in a 
fpike of an inch in length. It differs from the next 
fpecies in having larger flowers, on a rtiorter fpike, but 
broader and ovate ; and a fiinple fcape. 
13. (iladiolus alopecuroidcs, or fox-tail corn-flag : 
leaves linear ; fpike diflich ; imbricate. The fpike co¬ 
vered as in plantain, with very numerous fmall flowers, 
hut in a double row ; it varies with the fcape fimple 
and branched, with corollas white and blue. This, 
.md N® 12. are natives of the Cape. 
14. Gladidlus angiiflus, or narrow-leaved corn-flag : 
leaves linear, fmooth ; flowers in fpikes, diftant ; the 
tipper fegment of the corolla ftraight ; fligmas fpatu- 
late, tindivided. The fame, according to Thunberg, 
with N® 10. 
15. Gladiolus fiaviis, or yellow corn-flag: leaves 
ianceolate-fword-fhaped, flat ; the throat of the upper 
lip of the corolla has three laminas, fliaped like tlie 
nail, and placed perpendicularly ; bradtes acuminate. 
I'his differs from the next fpecies in having the bradles 
acuminate, the whole corolla intenfely yellow, and the 
leaves a little broader. It was found near the Cape, 
by Mr. William Paterfon ; and was introduced in 1780 
by the countefs of Stnithmore. It flowers in February 
and iVIarch. 
16. Gladiolus fecuriger, or copper-coloured corn- 
flag : leaves linear-fword-fhaped, flat; the throat of the 
upper lip has three laminas, fhaped like the nail, and 
placed perpendicularly ; bradtes obtufe. Leavesfmooth, 
more than a fpan in length ; flalk roundifh, a little 
Ihorter than the leaves, fometlmes branched. Native 
of the Cape, and flowers in May. 
17. Gladiolus ramofus, or branched corn-flag ; ftem 
* branched ; leaves linear. 18. Gladiolus capitatus, or 
crowned corn-flag : Item branched ; heads peduncled ; 
root tuberous. A very large plant, with blue flowers. 
Thefe two are natives of the Cape. S.ee Mor.iEa. 
19. Gladiolus crifpus, or curled corn-flag : leaves 
lanceolate, crenate, waved ; flowers diredted the fame 
way ; fpikes two ; tube filiform, long. Wholly differ¬ 
ent from Ixia crifpa, in having lanceolate leaves, even 
on the ftem ; the tube of the corolla eight times as long 
as the glumes, and the petals lanceolate-; whereas that 
has linear leaves, and a leaflefs ftalk ; the tube of the 
corolla hardly longer than the glume, and the petals 
obovate. This alfo is two feet high, and that only 
about four inches. Found at the Cape by Sparrrnann. 
20. Gladiolus junceus, or flender corn-flag : leaves 
broad-lanceolate; culm branched ; flowers diredted the 
fame way; ftyle fix-parted. Stem a hand only in height, 
filiform, fmooth, v.'ith one or two patulous branchlets. 
Found at the Cape by Thunberg. 
21. Gladiolus anceps, or double corn-flag: leaves 
fword-fhaped, waved ; ftem branched, ancipital, diva¬ 
ricate. 22. Gladiolus gramineus, or graffy corn-flag : 
petals lanceolate, briftle-ftiaped, acuminate. 23. Gla¬ 
diolus marginatus, or margined corn-flag : leaves car- 
tilaginous-margined,fmooth, many-nerved; fpike length¬ 
ened ; flowers alternate, nodding. 24. Gladiolus mon- 
tanus, or mountain corn-flag: leaves fword-fhaped, 
nerved, fmooth ; flowers in fpikes ; corolla ringent. 
This, with the three foregoing, was found at the Cape 
by Sparrrnann. 
35. Gladiolus falcatus, or falcate corn.flag: ften? 
; o L u s. 
fimple ; leaves fickle-fliaped ; flowers alternate ; ftyle 
trifid. 26. Gladiolus flexuofus, or flexible corn-flag : 
leaves linear ; ftem fimple, flexuofe ; flowers in fpikes, 
ringent; tube long. 27. Gladiolus longiflorus, or long- 
flowered corn-flag: ftem round; tube ot the corolla very- 
long ; fpathes and leaves linear, fmooth. 28. Gladiolus 
fpathaceus, or flat corn-flag : ftem branched; flowers 
in imbricate fpikes ; fpathes membranaceous, awned ; 
leaves plaited. 29. Gladiolus fetifolius, or briftly 
corn-flag: ftem branched; corolla ringent; the loweli 
leaf filiform-fetaceous. Tliefe were all found at the « 
Cape of Good Hope by Thunberg. 
30. Gladiolus cardinalis, or fuperb corn-flag : leaves 
fword-fliaped, many-nerved ; flowers directed the fame 
way, many on a ftem ; corolla upright, with a beli- 
fhaped border. Flowers fine fcarlet, with large white 
fomewhat rhomboidal fpots on feveral of the lowermoft 
divifions of the corolla : ftrong plants will throw up a 
ftem three or four feet high, dividing at the top into 
feveral branches. It flov.-ers with us in July and Au- 
guft ; and is moft probably a native of the Cape. In¬ 
troduced from Ilolland a few years fince, by Mr. Graef- 
fer, gardener to Ferdinand IV. king of Naples. Itfirft 
flowered with MeflTrs. Lewis and Mackie, nurfery-men 
at Kingfland ; and in 1790 at Meffrs. Grirawood’s and 
Co. at Kenfington. Curtis’s Magazine, PI. 135. 
Propagation and Culture. The firft requires no care ; 
for when it is once planted in a garden, it will multiply 
too faft, fo as to become a difagreeable weed. The By¬ 
zantine corn-flag has now, therefore, generally taken its 
place. This is propagated by offsets which are fent oft' 
from the roots in the fame manner as tulips. The roots 
may be taken out of the ground the end of July, when 
their ftalks decay, and may be kept out of the ground 
till the end of September, or the beginning of October, 
at which time they ftiould be planted in the borders of 
the flower-garden, where they will thrive in any fitua- 
tion, and being intermixed with other flowers of the 
fame growth, they will add to the variety. The Cape 
forts may be increafed by oft'sets, which ftiould be 
planted in a warm border of kitchen-garden earth ; and 
where there is a conveniency of covering fuch border 
with glaffes in the winter, if thefe roots are planted 
in the full ground, and protedled from froft, there 
will be a greater probability of their flowering than in 
any method of culture. Tliey may be raifed alfo from 
feeds, which are frequently perfedfed in England ; thefe 
ftiould be fown at the end of Auguft, in pqts filled with 
light earth, and placed in a ftiady fituatioii till the mid¬ 
dle of September; then the pots ftiould be removed 
where they may have the fun great, part of the day, 
and in Odtober they muft be placed under a hot-bed -* 
frame, where they may be protected from froft and great 
rains, but enjoy the free air in mild weather. In the 
fpring the young plants will appear, when they will re¬ 
quire a little water once in eight or ten days, but it 
ftiould be given them fparingly, for too much wet will 
rot thefe tender bulbs. In May, when the danger of 
froft is over, the pots ftiould be removed to a ftieltered 
fituation, where they hkve the morning fun till noon ; 
and, if the feafon proves dry, they muft be now and 
then refreftied with water. Towards the latter end of 
June, the leaves will decay; then the roots ftiould be 
taken up, mixed with fand, and kept in a dry room till 
the end of Auguft, when they ftiould be planted again; 
and, as the roots are fmall, four or five may be planted 
in each halfpenny pot, filled with light earth ; thefe 
ftiould be placed where they may have only the fore¬ 
noon fun till the middle of September, when they 
ftiould have a warmer fituation; and in 06 tober they 
muft be placed under a hot-bed frame as before, and 
treated in the fame way during the winter feafon ; and 
in the fpring they muft be placed in the open air till 
their leaves decay, when they may be again taken out 
