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PritiU 



■continued. 



F. imporlalis inodora purpurea (scentless, purple). /. dark 

 crimson. Buchara, 1885. A handsome variety. (R. G, 1155.) 



r. Porryl (Perry's). /. approaching those of K recurva, but 

 pri>ducea in greater profusiuu, and appearing a fortnight earlier. 

 1886. A flue garden hybrid between F. recurva and F. lanceolata, 



F. Raddoana (Dr. Radde's). fi, greenish-yellow, shorter than 

 the pedicels, i., floral ones recurved-spreading. Habit rather 

 dwarfer than F. imperialis, which the plant otherwise resembles. 

 Central Asia, 1887. 



F. Sewerzowi bicolor (two-coloured). /. light olive-green, 

 having a brownish, V-shaped mark at the base of each segment. 

 Alatau, 1885, A remarkable variety. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., 

 p. 457; R. a. 1181.) ' ' 



FUCHSIA. To the species and varieties described on 

 pp. 31-5, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 



F. ampUata (ample), fl. scarlet, solitary, or two or three together 

 in axillary clusters; calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, acaminate ; 

 petals shorter than the calyx lobes, obtusely quadrangular. 

 June. L 2m. to 5in. long, usually drooping and ternatelywhorled, 

 elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, denticulate, glabrous, some- 

 times pubescent beneath ; petioles iin. to Jin. long. Stem often 

 decumbent below, A. 5ft. to 5ft. Andes of Ecuador, 1877. 

 (B. M. 6859.) 



Varieties, The Fuchsia is one of the best-known green- 

 house and conservatory flowering plants, and it is also the 

 moat graceful of bedding-out plants. Handsome, tall 

 specimens, trained to centre stems, and placed in the centre 

 of beds in the geometrical flower garden, have an excellent 

 effect. So many splendid varieties have been raised that 

 it is difficult to further improve them. The varieties with 

 single corollas are the handsomest; indeed, some of the 

 double forms are most inelegant, and may be classed as 

 floral abortions. They may for convenience be divided 

 into classes thus : 



Single-flowered. Varieties with White Tuhe and Sepals, and 

 Red and Pink Corolla. Beauty of Lavington; Emily 

 Ehight, a well - formed variety ; Excelsior, creamy tube 

 and sepals ; Eynsfoud Gem, corolla purplish-rose, petals neatly 

 reflexed ; LusTKE Improved, corolla orange-scarlet, a richer- 

 coloured form of Lustre; Lye's Perfection; Mizpah, 

 corolla distinct purplish-crimson ; Mr. F. Bright ; Mrs. F. 

 Glass. 



Varieties with Red and Scarlet Tube and Sepals^ and Purplish^ 

 Bluiskf or Mauve Corolla. Amie, sepals crimson, unusually long, 

 corolla tiark purple ; Dr. Sankey, corolla and tube nearly the 

 same colour, rich reddish-crimson; Elegaxce, sepals crimson, 

 twisted like a ram*s horn, corolla purple ; King of the Fuchsias, 

 a very useful decorative variety, with crimson sepals>nd purplish 

 corolla ; Salopia, sepals crimson, corolla pale purple, widely 

 opened ; Swanley Gem, tube and sepals scarlet, corolla purplish- 

 rose. 



Doulile-flowered. Berll\er Kind, tube and sepals coral-red, 

 corolla pure white, very double ; Boreatton, tube and sepals 

 crimson, corolla dark purple, large and very double ; Cr^pus- 

 cule, corolla faintly striped deep red ; Elizabeth Marshall, 

 tube and sepals scarlet, cotolla white, free - flowering ; Frau 

 Emma Topfer, tube and sepals coral-red, corolla rosy-blush ; La 

 France, tube and sepals deep red, corolla bluish-purple, very 

 double; Madame Jules Chretien, tube and sepals scarlet, 

 corolla white. 



PURCIti2:A. To the speciea described on pp. 37-8, 

 Vol. II.j the following should now be added : 



F. Roezlli (Boezl's). jl. pale yellowish, Ifin. in diameter, in 

 ' clusters of three or four ; scape 10ft. to 12ft. high, paniculate 



above, the unbranched part clothed with long, sheathing bracts. 



I. 4^ft. long, 4in. broad, narrowed towards the base, lanceolate, 



acuminate. Mexico, 1887, Greenhouse. (R. H. 1887, p. 553.) 



Syn. Roezlia regia (of gardens). 



FUSTIC-TBEE. See Chlorophora tiuctoria. 



Oraxu-matophyll 



6ABEBTIA. A synonym of 

 (which see). 



GAHNIA (called after H, Gahn, a Swedish botanist of 

 the eighteenth century). Stn. Psittacoschcenits, Ord. 

 Cyperacece, A genus embracing* about a score species of 

 stove or greenhouse, perennial herbs, mostly Australian, 

 a few inhabiting New Zealand, New Caledonia, the 

 Malayan Archipelago, South China, and the South Pacific 

 Islands. Spikelets blackish or brown, often two-flowered ; 

 flumes many ; hypogynous bristles none ; stimcns three to 





i 



j Galinla — continued, 



six ; panicle ample and loose or narrow and spike-like. 

 Nut reddiah-fuscous, whitish, or black, ovoid, obovoid, or 

 sub-fusiform. Leaves usually long, terete, with a long, 

 subulate acumen. It is doubtful whether the plant here 

 described is the true G. aspera. For culture, see Cypems, 

 on p. 422, Vol, I. 



G. aspora (rough). /., spikelets whifcish-yelloAV ; inflorescence 

 terminal, /r. reddish -yellow. I, bright green, channelled, wavy, 

 lanceolate. Fiji, 1887. An ornamental plant, of Arundo-like 

 habit. 



GALANTHUS. The species are confined to Europe 

 and Western Asia. To the species and varieties described 

 on p. 41, Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



G. nivalis cancaaicns (Caucasian), ft., outer segments pure 

 white, broader, more convex on the back, and with a narrower 

 claw, than in the genuine G. nivalis^ Jin. to lin. long, the inner 

 ones obovate-cuneate, with a deep notch and two erect, rounded 

 lobes, only marked green outside in a horse-shoe patch round 

 the notch, but within streaked with green and white more than 

 hiilf-way down. The varieties latifolius {- RedoxUci) -^nd virencens 

 belong to this sub-species. 



GAIiEANDBA. To the species and varieties de- 

 scribed on pp. 41-2, Vol. II., the following should now be 

 added: 



G, d'Esoagnalleana (Baron d'EscagnoUe's). fl. , sepals and petals 

 brownish-ochre ; lip white and sulphur, the median lobe marked 

 with dark purple ; spur funnel-shaped. I. narrow -lanceolate, 

 acuminate. 1887. Allied, to O. Baueri tutea. (I. H. ser. y. 22.) 



G. Devoniana Delphina. /., sepals and petals reddish-brown, 

 margined yellowish, lanceolate, acute ; lip white, veined purple, 

 large. Venezuela, 1887, A distinct variety, slenderer in all 

 its parts than the type. (L. 20.) 



G. fiaveola (yellowish). Jl., sepals and petals yellowish, tinted 

 sepia, lanceolate, acuminate ; lip yellow, dotted hyaline-purple ; 

 apiculua of the anther having a black, anchor-like, terminal 

 process ; raceme eight-flowered. I. cuneate, linear, acuminate, 

 Jin. broad, the uppermost ones smaller. Stem more than 9in. 

 long. 1887. 



GALTONIA. This genua now embraces three species. 

 Flowers white, showy, in a long, loose raceme ; perianth 

 tube rather broad, rounded at base, the lobes as long as 

 the tube, spreading; stamens sis, af&xed to the throat 

 or tube, shorter than the lobes ; scape simple, leafless. 

 Leaves few, radical. To the species described on p. 43, 

 Vol, II., the following should now be added : 



G. clavata (club-shaped), fl. scentless, arranged in a lax raceme ; 

 perianth tube clavate, about lin. long, the. segments iin. long, 

 oblong, obtuse ; peduncle 2fC. high. Autumn. I. six or eight, 

 sessile, lanceolate, glabrous, glaucous-green, 2ft. long. 1879. An 

 unattractive plant. (B. M. 6885.) 



GAULTHERIA, To the species described on p. 56, 



Vol, II., the following should now be added : 



G. nummularioides (Moneywort-like), fl. resembling those of 

 the Lily of the Valley, but frequently tinged rosy-pink, axillary. 

 Summer, fr. scarlet. I, roundish, deep green, changing in 

 autumn to dull rose, ciliated on the margins. Stems wiry, sub- 

 prostrate. Himalayas, 188^. An ornamental, hardy evergreen, 

 suitable for baskets. (G-. C. n. s., xxii., p, 457.) 



GAZANIOPSIS (from Gazania, and opsis, like ; in 

 allusion to the resemblance to Gazania), Ord. Compositm. 

 A monotypio genus, nearly allied to Gazania and Gorieria. 

 It thrives in any well-drained garden soil, and may be 

 increased by seeds, or by cuttings, inserted under a bell 

 glass, in a cold frame. 



G. Stenopliylla (slender-leaved). fl.-Tieads 3in. across, on long, 

 leafless stal£s ; ray florets bronzy-green in the centre externally, 

 of the richest golden-yellow internally ; disk florets of the same 

 colour ; involucral bracts numerous, running together at the base 

 into a cup, the free ends leafy, about lin. long, linear, ciliate at 

 the edges. I. deep green above, long, linear, grassy, snowy-white 

 beneath. South Africa. The flowers have the i^anie habit of 

 closing in the after part of the day as those of Gazania^ 



GSNISTA. To the species described on p. 58, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



G. filbirica (Siberian). /. yellow. June to August, fr, brown. 

 Stems erect, k. 6ft. Siberia, 1785. Plant slenderer than 

 ff. tinctoria (of which it is only a variety), 



G. S. filifer (thread-bearing), fi. pale yellow, numerous. 1886. 

 Syn. Cyfisua filifer. 



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