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racemes, or spikes. K usu. 5, small; C (5) ; A 5, alt. with the petals, 

 epipet. or not, with introrse sometimes syngenesious anthers; G (2), 

 inf. or semi-inf. i- or 2-loc.; ovules i, 2, or oo in each usually 

 ascending, anatr. ; style simple with 'pollen-cup' close under the 

 stigma. Into this the pollen is shed in the bud; it then closes up, 

 leaving only a narrow opening. The style bends down to stand in 

 the mouth of the almost horizontal fl., so that insect- visitors come in 

 contact with the cup and dust themselves with a little of the powdery 

 pollen. As the sti^matic lobes grow up in the cup they keep forcing 

 fresh pollen into the narrow slit, and finally emerge by it themselves 

 and then receive the pollen of younger fls. from insect-visitors. The 

 mechanism should be carefully compared with that of Campanulaceae 

 and Compositae. Fr. usu. caps., sometimes a nut or drupe. Embryo 

 straight, in fleshy endosp. 



The G. are very closely allied to Campanulaceae, differing chiefly 

 in the absence of latex and the presence of the pollen-cup. They 

 resemble Gentianaceae in a few points. C kief genera: Goodenia, 

 Leschenaultia, Scaevola, Dampiera. [BH. chars, incl. those of 

 Brunoniaceae. ] 



Goodenovieae (BH. ) = Goodeniaceae. 



Goodia Salisb. Leguminosae (ill. 3). 2 S. Austr. 



Good King Henry, Chenopodium Bonus- Henricns L. 



Goodyera R. Br. Orchidaceae (n. 2). 40 N. temp., trop. As., New 

 Caled., Mascarenes ; G. repens R. Br. in Brit. Fl. as in Epipactis 

 (Darwin, Orchids, p. 103). 



Gooringia Williams (Arenaria p.p.). Carophyll. (i. i). i Tibet. 



Gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia L. ; American- (W.I.), Heterotrichum ; 

 Barbadoes- (W.I.), Peireskia aadeata Mill.; Cape-, Physalis\ 

 Otaheite-, ditto; -tomato, ditto. 



Goose-foot, Chenopodium ; -grass, Ga/ium, (Am.) Eleusine indica. 



Gorceixia Baker. Compositae (i). i Rio de Janeiro. 



Gordonia Ellis. Theaceae. 20 Indomal., China, N.Am. Seeds 

 winged. The bark of G. Lasianthus L. (loblolly-bay, S. U.S.) is 

 employed for tanning. Sta. opp. to petals. 



Gorgoglossum F. C. Lehm. Orchidaceae (n. 13). i Colombia. 



Gorgonidium Schott. Araceae (vn). i Malay Archipelago. 



Gormania Britton ex Britton et Rose. Crassulaceae. 9 W. N.Am. 



Gorse, Ulex; needle-, Genista. 



Gorteria L. p.p. (p.p. -Berkheya Ehrh.). Compositae (to). 4 S. 

 Afr. 



Gosela Choisy. Scrophulariaceae (n 7). i S. Afr. 



Gossweilera Sp. Moore. Compositae (i). i Portuguese W. Afr. 



Gossypianthus Hook. Amarantaceae (3). 2 Texas, Mexico. 



Gossypium L. Malvaceae (4). 12 trop. and subtrop. Epicalyx of 3 1. 

 G (5). Loculic. caps. The seeds are covered with long hairs 

 forming the material known as cotton (q.v.). The cult, forms are 

 apparently reducible to 3 sp. , G. barbadense L. (trop. Am.), G. arbo- 

 reum L. (Old World), and G. herbaceum L. (ditto). The cotton 

 separates easily from the seed in the first sp., which is the Sea Island 

 cotton of the U.S. ; in Egypt, India, &c. the other sp. are most used. 

 From the seeds an oil is obtained by crushing (cotton-seed oil), and 



