2 9 o GETHYUM 



Gethyum Phil. Liliaceae (iv). i Chili. 



Geum L. Rosaceae (in. 7). 40 N. and S. temp., arctic. G. rivale L. 

 (water avensj with a thick rhizome and large protog. fis. , and G. 

 urbanum L. (wood avens) with smaller nearly homugamous fls., in 

 Brit. Both, with many others, have a hook on each achene aiding 

 distr. The style in a newly opened fl. has a Z-like kink in it. The 

 lower half of 'his after iert. gets larger and more woody, while the 

 upper drops off. 



Geunsia Blume. Verl>enaceae (4). 5 Malay Archipelago. 



Gevuina (Gvevina) Molina. Pioteaceae (n). i Chili. Ed. nut. 



Gherkin, young fr. of Cucumis tativus L. 



Ghiesbreghtia A. Gray. Scroplmlariaceae (i. i). i Mexico. 



Ghikaea Volkens et Schweinf. Scrophulariaceae (ill. 2). i trop. Afr. 



Giant bamboo, Dendroca awns, Giganlochloa; -cactus, Ctreus; -fennel, 

 Ferula ; -pumpkin, Cucnrhita ; -sugar pine, Finns. 



Gibbesia Small (Siphonychia EP.). Caryophyllaceae (i. 4). i N. Am. 



Gibbous, with projecting broad pouch. 



Gidgee (Austr. ), Acacia homatophylla A. Cunn. 



Giesekia (Gisekia) L. Phytolaccaceae. 5 Afr., India. 



Gifdoorn (S. Afr.), Sarcocanlon. 



Gifola Cass. = Filago L. (Comp.). 



Giganthemum VVelw. (Camoensia EP.}. Leguminosae (in. i). i trop. 

 Afr. 



Gigantocnloa Kurz. Gramineae (13). 10 Indomal. Giant bamboos 

 (q.v.), used in Java, &c. for building. 



Gigasiphon Drake del Castillo (Bauliinia p.p.). Leguminosae (n. 4). 

 i Madag. 



Gigliolia Becc. Palmaceae (iv. i). 2 Borneo. 



Gigliolia Barb. Rodr. (Octomcria EP.). Orchidaceae (n. 6). 2 Brazil. 



Gilgia Pax. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 2). i Somaliland. 



Gilgiochloa Pilger. Gramineae (9). i E. Afr. 



Gilia Ruiz et Pav. Polemoniaceae. 120 temp, and subtrop. Am. 



Gilibertia Ruiz et Pav. Araliaceae (i). 20 trop. Am., As., Japan, Chi. 



Gill (Am.), Kepeta Glechoma Benth. 



Gillbeea F. Muell. Cunoniaceae. i N.E. Austr. 



Gillenia Moench. Rosaceae (i. i). 2 N. Am. Cult. orn. fl. 



Gilletiella De Wild, et Durand. Acanthaceae (n). i Congo. 



Gillettia Rendle (Anlhericopsis Engl.). Commelinaceae. i E. Afr. 



Gilliesia Lindl. Liliaceae (iv). 3 Chili. Cult. orn. fl. 



Gilliflower. clove, Dianthus Caryophyllus L. ; wall-, wallflower. 



Gilruthia Ewart. Compositae (4). i W. Austr. 



Gin, Juiiiperits. 



Ginalloa Korth. Loranthaceae (il). 4 Indomal. 



Gingelly, gingili, Sesamum indicum L. 



Ginger, Zingiber ojfftcinale Rose. 



Gingidium F. Muell. = Aciphylla Forst. (Umbellif.). 



Ginginsia DC. = Pharnaceum L. (Aizo.). 



Ginkgo L. Ginkgoaceae. i, G. biloba L. (Salisburia adiantifolia Sm.), 

 the maidenhair tree, perhaps found wild in W. China, but carefully 

 preserved as sacred in temple gardens. It grows in the open in Eur., 

 reaching 100 feet ; 1. deciduous in autumn, resembling those of maiden- 



