Supplement. 



549 



Included under laeptospermuin 



GI.AFHYBIA. 



(wliich see). 



GIiEICHENZA. To the species described on pp. 72-3, 

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



G. rupestris glaucescens (glaucous), fronds glaucous, much 



thicker in texture than in the type. 



6LOBBA. To the species aescribed on p, 73, Vol. II., 

 the following should now be added: 



G. alba (white). /. disposed in a loose, pendent, terminal 

 panicle ; calyx white, tubular ; corolla lobes buff, lanceolate, the 

 lip having a red, crescent-shaped blotch; bracts white, oval, 

 obtuse. I. distichous, distant, sessile, horizontal, oval-elliptic, 

 tapering to an acuminate apex, dark green above, dull brown 

 beneath. Stems erect ; rhizome horizontal, subterranean. 1885. 

 (B. H. 1885, 20.) 



G. albo-bracteata (white-bracted). ft,, calyx white ; corolla 

 yellow ; flower-ytem terminating in a lax panicle, of which the 

 axis, branches, bracts, and bracteoles are white. I. seven or 

 eight to a stem, ovate-lanceolate, green, 4in. to Sin. long. Stem^ 

 brownish-purple, 2^ft. high. Sumatra, 1882. 



GIiOXINIA. To the species and hybrids described 

 on p. 76, Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



G. insignis (remarkable), ft. bluish-lilac, blotched crimson at 

 base of tube. Autumn and winter. 



G, maculata sceptrum (sceptre). /. clear lilac, disposed in 

 a large, rigid, terminal inflorescence. I, large, erect, cordate. 

 Hybrid. 



G. tubiflora (tubular-flowered). A synonym of Achimenes tuhi- 

 flora. 



Varieties. During the last few years these choice hot- 

 house flowers have been greatly improved; they are 

 large in size, of good form, and of the richest, diverse 

 colours. 



Anna de Condeixa, white, edged bluish-lavender; Argus, 

 crimson and white; Baron Rothschild, white ground, striped 

 and spotted rosy-red ; Calypso, white, throat rosy colour ; 

 Celia, purple, throat white, spotted purple; Comet, bright 

 crimson - scarlet ; Cordelia, large, white, densely spotted ; 

 CvGNET, white, lilac margin ; Delicata, peculiar red feather, 

 white margin; Desire JRobert, deep purple, light throat; 

 Durandal, crimson-.-5carlet, white throat ; Ethel, purplish, 

 violet spots; Favourite, rose spots, banded white; Helena, 

 margin puvplish-rose, spotted throat; Irma, scarlet, white throat ; 

 IVANHOE, purple, white centre, white margin ; Jubilee, spotted 

 purple, paler margin; Louise, white, red margin; Macaclay, 

 pale rose and deep red; Madame Bleu, magenta, white mar- 

 gin; Mahdi, carmine throat with violet spots, white border; 

 Meandre, purple-crimson, white throat, lavender edge ; Meteor, 

 mottled, edged rose, distinct; MoNS. Lucien JjH^i^Ki^, white, 

 crimson margin; Mas. C. A. Hooper, white ground, violet 

 spots; Orestes, rich crimson, paler margin; Ormonde, large, 

 purple, spotted ; Rajah, bluish-purple, large ; Stanley, white, 

 violet spots ; Stanstead Gem, purple, sphished crimson ; Stan- 

 stead Surprise, rosy-red, spotted throat ; Sunbeam, light 

 scarlet, spotted throat ; The Moor, very dark purple ; Trophee, 

 light rose and violet ; Virginalis, the best pure white variety. 



GONGORA. To the species described on p. 80, 



Vol. II. J the following should bow be added : 



G. aurantiaca (orange), ft. of a bright verm 11 ion -orange, distantly 

 arranged in nodding spikes, lasting a long time in perfection ; 

 scapes erect, about 1ft. high. Autumn and early sprine;. New 

 Grenada. A distinct, evergreen species. Syn. Acropera auran- 

 tiaca (B. M. 5501). 



G. flaveola (yellowish). /. light ochre-yellow, spotted brown, 

 distant; lip with a sigmoid claw, and having a median bristle 

 and very small basilar horns to the basal part (hypochil) ; 

 peduncle angulate, bearing a rich raceme. 1886. 



G- Jeniscliil (Jenisjh's). A synonym of G, odoratissiTna. 



G. maculata alba (white), fl, pure white, with a few spots of 



rose on the lip. May. Pseudo-bulbs more deeply ribbed than in 

 the type. 



G. m, tricolor (three-coloured). A synonym of G. tricolor, 



G. odoratissima (highly odorous). /. clear yellow, mottled and 

 blotched reddish-brown ; upper sepal and petals adherent to the 

 back and sides of the curved column, while the lip is continuous 

 with its base, clawed, the ba^al part (hypochil) arched and 

 laterally compressed, with a pair of petaloid processes on the 

 back ; the upper part (epichil) acutely elongate-ovate, the sides 

 folded face co face ; racemes drooping. I. broadly lanceolate. 

 Venezuela. (F. d. S. 229.) Syn. G. JenUchii. 



G. tricolor (three-coloured). /., sepals deep, bright yellow, 

 blotched sienna-brown, the dorsal one lanceolate, affixed half- 

 way up the back of the column, the lateral ones obliquely 

 triangular ; petals pale yellow, lightly spotted, small ; hypochil 



Gon^fora — continued, 



white, oblong, convex, two-horned at base, the epichil stained on 

 the sides with cinnamon; racemes stout, drooping. Pseudo- 

 bulbs thickly ribbed. Panama or Peru. (B. R. 1847, 69, under 

 name of G, maculata tricolor.) 



G. truncata (truncate), fl. whitish or straw-coloured freckled 

 brownish-purple ; dorsal sepal obovate, carinate, the lateral ones 

 roundish-oblong, very blunt; petals small; lip clear yellow, 

 curved, the hypochil compressed in the middle and bearing two 

 awns in front, the epichil ovate, channelled ; pedicels mottled 

 purple. Mexico. (B. R. 1845, 56.) 



GONIOSCYFHA (from gonia^ an angle, and sJcyphs^ a 

 cup ; in allusion to the angled, cup-like perianth), Ord. 

 Liliaceos A monotypic genus. The species is a stove 

 perennial, of striking appearance. It requires similar 

 culture to Authericnm (which see, on p. S3, in Vol. I.). 



G. eucomoldos (Eucomis-like). /., perianth dull green, cam- 

 pannlate, with six sub-orbicular, very obtuse lobea ; scupe .simple. 

 leafless, bearing a dense, cylindrical spike of flowers, surmount. (I 

 by a crown of tine, subulate bracts, similar bracts being mixed 

 with the flowers. I. in a rosette, elliptic, acute, 1ft. long, 4in. lo 

 blin. broad. Rootstock short, fleshy. Bhotan, 1886. 



60N0G0XA. A synonym of Goodyera (which see). 



GOODYERA. Stns. Qonogona, Peramivm. The 

 species are found in Europe, Madeira, tropical and tem- 

 perate Asia, and (according to Roichenbach) New Cale- 

 donia and the Maacarene Islands. To those described on 

 p. 81, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 



G* inacrantha luteo-marglnata (yellow-margined). I dis- 

 tinctly margined with a band of creamv-yellow. Japan. Green- 

 house. (F. d. S. 1779-80; F. & P. 1867, p. 227; G. C. 1867, 

 p. 1022 ; R. G. 533. f. 2.) 



G. Rodigasiana (Rodigas'). t. thick, ovate-Iancenlate, acute, 

 velvety, pale green, silvery in the middle ; sheaths very shortly 

 attenuated. Papua, 1386. Stove. (I. H. 1886, 616.) 



G, Rollissoni (Rollisson's). I. rich, dark green, margined, 

 striped, and blotched with pale yellow on the upper surface, rich 

 velvety-purple beneath. Native country unknown. A beautiful, 

 stove species. 



G. tessellata (tessellated). A synonym of G. pubescens minor, 



GORT£RIA ACAULIS. A garden name for Hap- 

 locarpha IteiclLtliuii (which see). 



GOVEiriA. To the species described on p, 87, 

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



G. sulphurea (sulphur), ft. rather large ; sepals light sulphur, 

 the lateral ones rather broader than the cuneate-Ianceolate 

 upper one ; petals white on the disk, sulphur on the margin, 

 with numerous broken, purple lines; lip white, spotted dark 

 brown at apex, cordate-oblong. I. scarcely 2in. broad, cuneate- 

 Ianceolate, acuminate. Pseudo-bulbs onion-like. Paraguay (?), 

 1885. 



GRAMMATOFKYLI.irM. Stns. Gahertia, Pat^ 

 Ionia. Flowers showy, on long pedicels ; sepals and 

 petals sub-equal, free, spreading ; lip affixed above the base 

 of the column, erect, concave, the lateral lobes rather 

 broad, erect, loosely embracing the column, the middle 

 one short, recurved-spreading, narrow or dilated ; column 

 erect, rather shorter than the lip ; raceme loosely many- 

 flowered ; scape long, simple. Leaves distichous, often 

 very long. To the species described on p. 92, Vol. II., the 

 following should now be added: 



G. eleg^ans (elegant), fl, showy, six or seven on an erect peduncle 

 1ft. high ; sepals sepia-brown, with ochre-yellow margins, oblong ; 

 petals the same colour, narrower; lip yellow, with brown mark- 

 ings in front and a hairy disk, tritid, the front lobe wedge- 

 shaped and emarginate ; column white, with a pair of brown 

 lines below the stigma, /. elongated, distichous. Pseudo-bulba 

 rather large, oblong. South Sea Islands, 1883. 



GRIiVIIiLZiA. To the species described on pp. 97-8, 

 VoL^^t^the following should now be added : 



G. annulifera (annulet-bearing). /. sulphur-yellow, shortly 

 pedicellate; perianth iin. long; style upwards of lin. long, 

 curved, very stout ; racemes 3in. to 4in. long, shortly pedunculate, 

 panicled at the ends of the branches, July. /. spreading and 

 recurved, 3in. to 5in. long, pinnate ; segments lin. long, distant, 

 linear-subulate, rigid ; petioles iin. to lin. long. K 6ft. to 8ft. 

 Shrub. (B. M. 6687.). 



G. Hookeriana (Hooker's), fl. dull yellowish, about iin. long, 

 with long, crimson styles ; racemes 2in, to 3ia. long, dense, one- 



