the Flowering-rush, or Water-gladiolus: A genus of the hexagynia order, belonging to the enneandra clas of plants. There is no calyx, but it has six petals, and as many monoppermous capsules. There is but one species, viz. the umbellatus; of which there are two varieties, the one with a white, the other with a rose-coloured, flower. Though common plants, they are very pretty, and are worth propagating in a garden where there is conveniency for an artificial bog, or where there are ponds of standing water, as is many times the case. Where these conveniences are wanting, they may be planted in cisterns, which should be kept filled with water, with about a foot thickness of earth in the bottom; and into this earth the roots should be planted, or the seeds sown as soon as they are ripe.