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1 9 ?(tfev af Gladiolus. 
Fotia radicalia unum vel duo, vaginantia, enfifor- 
mia, attenuata, ftriata nervis elevatis 5 vel 7 
lutefcentibus, villofa; infimum fcapo brevius, 
alterum adhuc brevius. Cauliuum fupra me¬ 
dium fimile, pollicare. 
j Flores bini usque quatuor, inearnati tubo curvo, 
immaculati, pollicares. 
Spathæ lanceæ, acutæ, læves, nervofæ, glabræ\ 
vix tubo longiores. 
G. equitans: foliis enfiformibus marginatis multiner- 
viis, fcapo compreffo, corolla campanulata tubo 
brevisfimo. Tab, II. 
Gladiolus equitans. Prodrom. Capenf. p. 186. 
Scapus fimplex, compreffus, erettus, flexuofus, 
pedalis. 
Folia circiter quatuor, equitantia, vaginantia, mul- 
tinervofa nervis & margine craflo fiavefcenti- 
bus, glabra, fcapo breviora; infimum latius 
latitudine plus quam pollicari, fubfalcatum, 
patens; alterum ereftum; tertium 8 c quartuin 
tenuiora fe breviora. 
Flores alterni, purpurei. 
Spathæ oblongæ, convolutæ, acutæ, pallidæ mar¬ 
gine & carina purpureis, læves, glabræ, co¬ 
rolla longiores. 
Tubus corollæ campanulatæ brevisfimus. 
Similis Gladiolo Alato, fed longe major fe fimplex. 
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