Volume 4 — PLATE CCXXVII. GLADIOLUS RINGENS. Var. multiflorus. Gaping Gladiolus. Many-flowered Var.

CLASS III. ORDER I.

TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla sex-partita, ringens.

Stamina adscendentia.

Blossom six-divided, gaping.

Chives ascending.

See Gladiolus roseus, Plate XI. Vol. I.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Gladiolus foliis sub-linearibus, costatis; floribus ringentibus cineriis, odoratissimis; scapo multifloro.

Gladiolus with nearly linear-ribbed leaves; blossoms gaping, ash-coloured, and very sweet scented; stem many flowered.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The two-valved Sheath.

2. A Blossom, with the chives in their place, spread open.

3. The Pointal complete.

This is a fine variety of the Gladiolus ringens, given on Plate XXVII. Vol. I. of this work; the only specimen we have ever seen of it, is in the Hibbertian collection, from whence our figure was taken, last year, 1801, in the month of May. It is a strong variety, but we cannot consider the difference it exhibits, from our first figure, of sufficient prominence to warrant a specific distinction. The bulbs were received at Clapham, in the autumn of 1800, from the Cape of Good Hope; they are rather delicate, and the treatment must be such as directed for the former variety of this species.