GYROSTEMON 311 



Gymnostacn.ys R. Br. Araccae (i). i E. Austr. 



Gymnostachyum Necs {Cryptophragmiwn Nees EP.}. Acanthaceae 

 (iv. B). 25 trop. As. 



Gymnostephium Less. Compositae (3). 6 S. Afr. 



Gymnosteris Greene (Cilia EP."]. Polemoniaceae. 3 N. Am. 



Gymnostyles fuss. = Soliva Ruiz et Pav. (Comp.). 



Gymnotheca Decne. (Houttnynia EP.). Saururaceae. i China. 



Gymnotrix Beauv. = Pennisetum Pers. p.p. (Gramin.). 



Gynandropsis DC. (Pedicellaria Schrank EP.}. Capparidaceae (v). 

 15 trop. and subtrop. The seeds of G. pentaphylla DC. are used like 

 mustard. 



Gynandrous, A and G concrescent. 



Gynerium Humb. et Bonpl. Gramineae (10). 3 trop. and warm temp. 

 G. argenteum Nees (Pampas grass), cf. Cortaderia. 



Gyno- (Gr. pref. ), female; -basic, Labiatae, Boraginaceae \ -dioecism, 

 Calamintha, Caryophyllaceae, Echium, Labiatae, Nepeta, Plan/ago, 

 Satureia, Spergula, Thymus ; -eceum, the carpels, forming the 

 ovary (</.v.); -monoecism, Compositae, Labiatae, &c. ; -phore, an 

 elongation of the recept. bearing cpls. only, Anacardiaceae, Cappari- 

 daceae, Michelia; -steglum, Asclepiadaceae; -stemium, Aristolo- 

 chiaceae, Slylidiaceae. 



Gynocardia R. Br. Flacourtiaceae (3). i India, G. odorala Br. ; the 

 seed yields Chaulmoogra oil, used medicinally, &c.. in India. 



Gynochthodes Blume. Rubiaceae (n. 9). 3 Malay Archipelago. 



Gynoglottis Smith. Orchidaceae (11 3). i Sumatra. 



Gynoon A. Juss. = Glochidion Forst. (Euph.). 



Gynopacnis Blume=Randia L. p.p. (Rubi.). 



Gynopleura Cav. (Malesherbia p.p. EP.}. Malesherbiaceae. 6 Chili. 



Gynopogon Forst. (Alyxia R. Br.). Apocynaceae (i. 3). 40 Madag., 

 Indomal. 



Gynostemma Blume. Cucurbitaceae (4). 5 warm As., Polynes. 



Gynotroclies Blume. Rhizophoraceae. i Malaya. 



Gynoxys Cass. Compositae (8). 20 Andes of trop. 



Gynura Cass. Compositae (8). 30 trop. As. and Afr. 



Gypotraamnium Phil. (Plazia EP.). Compositae (12). i Chili. 



Gypsocallis Salisb.^ Erica Tourn. (Eric.). 



Gypsophila L. Caryophyllaceae (n. 2). 55 Eur., As., esp. E. Medit. 

 The fls. are shorter in the tube (class B) than most Silenoideae, and 

 are visited by a greater variety of insects. Cult. orn. fl. (chalk 

 plant). 



Gypsy-wort, Lycopus ewopacus L. 



Gyranthera Pittier. Bombacaceae. i Panama. 



Gyrate, curved into a circle. 



Gyrinops Gaertn. Thymelaeaceae. 2 Indomal. 



Gyrlnopsis Decne. Thymelaeaceae. i Phil. Is. 



Gyrocarpus [acq. Hernandiaceae (Combretaceae BH.}. \ trop. 

 formerly placed in Lauraceae, to which its sta. are very similar. 

 The fr. is often mistaken for that of a Dipterocarp. 



Gyrostachis Pers. (Spiianihes p.p.). Orchidaceae In. 2). 10 Am. 



Gyrostelma Fourn. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i Minas Geraes. 



Gyrostemon Desf. Phytolaccaceae. 10 Austr. 



