TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla sexpartita, ringens.
Stamina adscendentia.
Blossom with six divisions, gaping.
Chives ascending.
See Gladiolus longiflorus. Plate V.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus polystachyus, scapo laxo, spicis capillaribus, flexuosis; foliis ensiformibus; corollæ sexpartitæ, absque tubo.
Gladiolus with many spikes, upon a flexible flower stem, spikes hair-like, growing zigzag; leaves sword-shape; blossom of six divisions, without a tube.