294 GLOSSOSTELMA 



Glossostelma Schlechter. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i Angola. 

 Glossostemon Desf. Sterculiaceae. i Persia. 

 Glossostephanus E. Mey. AsclepiaHaceae (n. i). i S. Afr. 

 Glossostigrna Wight et Am. Scrophulariaceae (n. 6). 3 warm 

 Glossostylis Cham, et Schlecht. =Alectra Thunb. (^//:) 



Berg. p.p. (Scrophular.). 



Glossula Lindl. (Habenaria p.p. EP.}. Orchidaceae (n. i). i China. 

 Gloxinia L'Herit. Gesneriaceae (n). 6 trop. Am. G. speciosa Lodd., 



&.C., often cult. orn. fl., cf. Sinningia. 

 Glucose, grape sugar. 



Glumaceae (Bff.). The 7th series of Monocotyledons. 

 Glumaceous, glume-like. 



Glumicalyx Hiern. Scrophulariaceae (in. i). i S. Afr. 

 Glumiflorae. The 4th order (Engler) or 2nd (Warming) of Monocoty- 

 ledons. 

 Gluta L. Anacardiaceae (i). 5 trop. As., Madag. The sap of G. 



Renghas L. yields a good varnish. 

 Glyceria R. Br. Gramineae (10). 20 cosmop., esp. N. Am. 2 in Brit. 



Pasture grasses in wet meadows. 

 Glycine L. (incl. Soja Moench.). Leguminosae (m. 10). 16 palaeo- 



trop. G. Sofa Sieb. et Zucc. and G. hispida Maxim, yield Soja 



beans, eaten in Japan, &c., and used as green fodder. An oil is 



obtained from the seeds. 



Glycosmis Correa. Rutaceae (v). 6 Indomal. Fr. ed. 

 Glycyderas Cass. Compositae (3). i Madag. 

 Glycyrrhiza Tourn. ex L. Leguminosae (in. 6). 12 temp, and sub- 



trop. An extract of the rhiz. of G. glabra L. is Spanish liquorice. 

 Glyphaea Hook. f. Tiliaceae. 2 trop. Afr. 

 Glyphosperma S. Wats- Liliaceae (in). I North Mexico. 

 Glyptopetalum Thw. Celastraceae. 4 Indomal. 

 Glyptopleura Eaton. Compositae (13). 2 Utah to California. 

 Glyptostrobus Endl. (Taxodimn p.p. Bff.). Coniferae (Pinaceae; 



see C. for gen. char.). 2 China, G. pcndulus Endl. and G. hetero- 



phyllus Endl. 



Gmeiina L. Verbenaceae (4). 8 Indomal. 

 Gnaphalium L. Compositae (4). 135 cosmop., 4 in Brit, (cudweed). 



G. snpiniiin L., alpine in Scotland, is a tufted hairy xero. [G. dioi- 



cum L. = Antennaria, G. Leontof>odium L. =Leontopodium.] 

 Guaplialodes A. Gray. Compositae (4). 3 temp. Austr. 

 Gnephosis Cass. Compositae (4). 15 temp. Austr. 

 Gnetaceae. The onlyfam. of Gnetales, comprising 3 very distinct gen. 



with about 45 sp. trop. and subtrop. They are distinguished from 



the Coniferae by the absence of resin, by the presence of vessels in 



the secondary wood, and by the occurrence of a P. 

 Classification and genera (after Engler) : 



I. EPHEDROIDEAE (<f P 2, A 28 of sessile 2-loc. 

 anthers ; ? P pipe-like, ov. with simple integument. 

 P hard when ripe, br. fleshy) : Ephedra. 

 II. TUMBOOIDEAE ($ P 4 , A 6 with 3-loc. anthers; 

 ? P pipe-like, ov. with i integument. 'Stem tuberous 

 with 2 permanent 1.) : Tumboa (Welwitschia). 



