This plant is said, in the Hort. Kew. to have been introduced in the year 1768 by Professor de Saussure: from what cause, we cannot judge, if it is so old an inhabitant, why it should not be more plentiful with us; as at present few collections possess it, and it is sold at a very high price. Our drawing was made at the Nursery, Hammersmith. [Illustration] PLATE CXVIII. GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUS. _Large flowered Gladiolus._ 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, Pl. XI. Vol. I. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus nervosis; scapo subtrifloro, longitudine foliorum; floribus erectis, maximis; laciniis corollæ emarginatis, undulatis, striatis, sub-æqualibus. Gladiolus with sword-shape leaves, nerved; flower-stem having mostly three flowers, and of the length of the leaves; flowers grow upright, and very large; the segments of blossom are notched at the ends, waved, striped, and nearly of an equal length. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The two sheaths of the Empalement. 2. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached. 3. The Pointal, and Seed bud. From the figures in the Collect. and Ic. rar. of Jacquin, we were led to think, this must be the same, or a strong variety of his G. florabundus; but, as his trivial name and specific character so ill accord with our plant, we have continued it under that, by which it was sent to England in 1788. It is a very free blowing bulb, and will live through the winter, with very little protection; flowering about June or July, and does not require to be removed from the pot, to prevent its rotting. Our drawing was taken in June this year, at the Hammersmith Nursery. [Illustration] PLATE CXIX. STRUTHIOLA OVATA. _Oval-leaved Struthiola._ CLASS IV. ORDER I. _TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal. _See Struthiola imbricata, Pl. CXIII. Vol. II._ ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. PERIANTHIUM diphyllum. Corolla tubulosa 4-fida; nectarium, glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ. Sem. 1. subbaccatum. CUP two-leaved. Blossom tubular, 4-cleft; honey-cup, 8 glands placed round the mouth of the blossom. One seed like a berry. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Struthiola foliis ovatis, glabris; ramis glabris, rugosis. Struthiola with egg-shaped, smooth leaves; branches smooth and wrinkled. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A Blossom, complete. 2. The Empalement, magnified. 3. The Blossom cut open, with the Chives attached, magnified. 4. The Pointal and seed-bud, magnified.