At the extremity of each alternate segment of the corolla there is a kind of small glandular hook, deserving of notice.
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Gladiolus Tristis. Square-leaved Corn-flag.
Class and Order.
Triandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Cor. 6-partita, ringens. Stamina adscendentia.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
GLADIOLUS tristis foliis lineari-cruciatis, corollis campanulatis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 86. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 63.