19 SU’fet? Cif Gladiolus. p 
prema latior, intus alba; laterales fuperiorés 
albæ, apice extus intusque purpqrafcentes, in¬ 
tus medio fiavæ ftriis purpureis; in fima alba, 
apice utrinque purpurafcens. - 
Obf. Singularis efl: hæc fpecies folio in fimo crasfiu- 
fculo, lineari, intra marginem utrinque fiulco 
profunde exarato; reliqua folia fpathæ fimilia, 
convoluta, fpathis longiora. 
G- cordatus: fol i is enfiformibus nervofis, corolla 
curva incarnata macula cordata, fpathis lævi- 
bus tubo brevioribus. 
Gladiolus cordatus. Prodrom. Capenf. p. 185. 
Scapus fimplex, eredlus, apice flexuofus, teres, gia¬ 
ber , pedalis. 
Folia plura, usque 4, vaginantia, plana, enfifor 
mia, apice attenuata, marginata coflis tribus y 
quarum media major, flavefcentibus, glabra; 
infimum fcapo longius; reliqua fenlim breviora. 
Flores 1, 2 usque 5, alterni, campanulati, cernui, 
bipollicares. 
Spatkce oblongæ, scutæ, nervofæ, læves, glabræ, 
tubo paulo breviores, fubpollicares. 
Corolla albido-incarnata : laciniis infimis macula cor¬ 
data purpurea. Tabus curvus, fenfim amplia- 
tus, fesquipollicaris. 
G. 
