The Aristea is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and has been described under various synonyms, by Plukenett as a Gramen, by Petiver as Bermudiana Capensis, and by Van Royen, Burmann, and Linnæus, as an Ixia. But although differing from Linnæus is against the fixed intention of this undertaking, where there is a possibility of avoiding it; yet in this instance of alteration he must have acquiesced, having undoubtedly never seen the plant himself. The blossom, seed-vessel, seeds, habit, root, and growth, of the plant, so totally differ from the character of Ixia, &c. that we have not hesitated, in accepting the name given it in the Hortus Kewensis; where, it is said to have been introduced, to that collection, by Mr. F. Masson in 1774; though no specific description is given of it; from which we may conjecture, it never flowered there. The figure here given, was taken from a plant which flowered at Messrs. Lee and Kennedy’s, in 1797. The Aristea being rather a delicate plant, requires an airy, warm situation in the greenhouse, flowering readily about the month of July, or August; requiring to be kept in a small pot, the soil a light loam. It propagates by seeds, and slips. [Illustration] PLATE XI. GLADIOLUS ROSEUS. _Rose-coloured Gladiolus._ CLASS III. ORDER I. _TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Three Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX. Spathæ bivalves. COROLLA, sexpartita ringens. Petala oblonga, omnia unguibus in tubum conata. STAMINA. Filamenta tria, subulata, divisuris alternis petalorum inserta. Antheræ oblongæ. PISTILLUM. Germen inferum. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminium. Stigma trifidum, concavum. PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, trilocularis, trivalvis. SEMINA plura, subrotunda. EMPALEMENT Sheath two valves. BLOSSOM, of six divisions, and gaping. Petals oblong, having their claws formed into a tube. CHIVES. Three awl-shaped threads fixed into the alternate divisions of the petals. Tips oblong. POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. Summit cut into three, and concave. SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, blunt-ended, three cells, three valves. SEEDS many, nearly round. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Gladiolus, foliis lanceolatis, tortis, rubro marginatis, pubescentibus; floribus roseis odoratissimis. Gladiolus, with spear-shaped leaves, twisted, red-edged, and downy; blossoms rose colour, and sweet scented. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The two Valves of the Sheath. 2. A Flower cut open, to expose the insertion of the Threads, the Threads, and Tips remaining attached. 3. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit magnified. 4. A Seed natural size, inclosed in its Tunic.