CLASS III. ORDER I.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla sexpartita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
Blossom six divisions, gaping. Chives ascending.
See Gladiolus roseus. Plate XI. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Gladiolus foliis lanceolatis, plicatis, pilosis; scapo toto florigero longitudine foliorum; corolla ringente, laciniis longissimis, divaricatis, undulatis; spatha trivalvi.
Gladiolus with lance-shaped leaves, plaited and hairy; flower-stem quite covered with flowers the length of the leaves; blossom gaping, the segments very long, spreading different ways and waved; sheath three valved.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.