The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 01 & 02 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

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 ensiformibus, ad oras crispus; floribus secundis, palidè rubris; laciniis corollæ rotundatis; tubo gracili, longissimo.

Gladiolus with sword shaped leaves, curled at the edges; flowers point all one way, and are of a pale red; segments of the blossom rounded; tube slender, and very long.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.