THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Galeandra—continued. 
Devoniana (Duke of Devonshire’s).* fi. white, —— pen- 
cilled with pink, about .4in. across, produced in pendent spikes 
from the top of the pseudo-bulbs. Blossoms at various times 
of the year, and remains a considerable period in full beauty. 
h. 2ft. South America. (B. M. 4610,) 
G. Harveyana (Harvey’s). fl., sepals and petals sepia-brown ; 
lip light yellow, with a tuft of hair over the oor part of the 
disk. Tropical America. 
G, minax (projecting). A. yellowish-copper, whitish, purple. June. 
Columbia, 1874 s 
G. nivalis (snowy).* fi. in nodding racemes, each about 2in. long, 
with narrow reflexed rich olive-coloured segments, having a = 
funnel-shaped white lip, marked with a central violet blotch. 
pee! America, A beautiful and rare species. (G. C. n. s., xvii. 
GALEATE. Helmeted. 
GALEGA (from gala, milk ; referring to its supposed 
property of increasing the milk of animals which feed 
upon the plants). Goat’s Rue. ORD. Legwminose. A genus 
comprising three species of ornamental, hardy, smooth, 
erect perennial herbs, natives of Southern Europe and 
Western Asia. Flowers white or blue, disposed in axil- 
lary and terminal racemes. Leaves impari-pinnate; leaf- 
lets entire, veined; stipules somewhat sagittate. The 
species succeed in almost any soil, but will well repay for 
liberal treatment. They succeed in rich loam, with a 
sunny situation, and can remain year after year in one 
position. It is, however, advisable to divide them every 
few years. Propagation is effected by dividing the roots 
into several strong pieces, and replanting them in a 
deeply dug soil, and in a position where they are in- 
tended to flower; or by seeds, sown in the open ground, 
in spring. : 
G. officinalis (officinal).* fl, blue; racemes longer than the 
leaves. Summer. Z. lanceolate, mucronate, glabrous; stipules 
broad-lanceolate. h. 3ft. to 4ft. South Europe, 1568. 
G. o. albiflora (white-flowered)* is a pretty white-flowered form. 
h. 2ft. to 3ft. Persia, 1823. Syn. G. persica. 
Fic. 73. GALEGA ORIENTALIS, showing 
detachet Flowering Stem and 
Single Flower. 
(Eastern).* A. blue 
anar sad OA T — —— than the leaves. 
smooth; stipules 
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Galega—continued. 
broad-ovate. h. 2ft. to 4ft. Caucasus, 1810. This species may 
be distinguished by its creeping roots and simple, flexuous stems. 
See Fig. 73. (B. M. 2192.) 
G. persica (Persian). A synonym of G. oficinalis albiflora. 
GALEOBDOLON. Included under Lamium. 
GALEOGLOSSUM. A synonym of Prescottia - 
(which see). * 
GALEOLA (a diminutive of galea, a helmet; in al- 
lusion to the form of the labellum). Including Cyrtosia, 
Erythrorchis, &c. ORD. Orchidew. A genus of about a 
dozen species of leafless epiphytes, sometimes climbing 
to a considerable extent. They are natives of India, 
Japan, the Malayan Archipelago, New Caledonia, and 
Australia. Flowers in terminal, usually pendulous, 
panicles. Some of the species are decidedly showy; 
but, probably, none are successfully cultivated in this 
country. 
GALEOPSIS (the old Greek name used by Dios- 
corides, from gale, a weasel, and opsis, appearance; in 
allusion to the likeness of the: flower to a weasel’s 
snout). Syn. Tetrahit. ORD. Labiate. This genus, 
according to some authorities, contains twelve species of 
hardy, erect, or slightly decumbent, annual herbs; whilst 
others reduce the number of species to three. They are 
natives of Europe and West Asia. Flowers red, yellow, 
or variegated, sessile; calyx nearly regular, with five 
pointed teeth; corolla with a tube larger than the calyx. 
The species thrive in any ordinary garden soil, and are 
propagated by seed. 
G. Ladanum (Ladanum). f. purple, six to ten together, in 
dense whorls in the upper axils, the upper ones forming a ter- 
minal head. Summer and autumn. J. shortly stalked, narrow- 
ovate or lanceolate, coarsely toothed. hk. 8in. to Yin. This 
species varies considerably in the breadth of leaf, in the 
degree of hairiness, and in the size of the flowers. (Sy. En. B. 
1074, 1075.) ‘ 
G. versicolor (various-coloured). M. yellow, with a purple spot 
on the lower lip, large. Summer and autumn. J. stalked, ovate, 
very pointed, and coarsely toothed. Stem hispid. This is con- 
sidered by some authors to be a variety of G. Tetrahit, a 
common cornfield weed in Britain. (Sy. En. B. 1077.) 
GALEOPSIS (of Mench). A synonym of Stachys. 
GALEOTTIA. Included under Zygopetalum. 
GALE, SWEET. See Myrica Gale. 
GALIACEZ. A tribe of Rubiaceew. 
GALINGALE. A common name of Cyperus 
longus (which see). 
GALIPEA (native name of one of the species). ORD. 
Rutacee. A genus comprising about twenty species of 
stove evergreen trees or shrubs, natives of South-eastern 
tropical America. Racemes axillary or terminal, simple 
or compound. Leaves alternate, petiolate, one to seven- 
foliolate ; leaflets entire, rarely serrated, full of pellucid 
dots. For culture, see Erythrochiton. 
G. macrophylla (large-leaved). f. pale rose or white, in a 
stalked interrupted spike or raceme. Z. unifoliolate, elliptic, 
glabrous, obtuse, somewhat leathery, 6in. to 12in. : 
Brazil. (B. M. 4948.) ea nana long. h. 2ft 
G. odoratissima (very sweet-scented). A. white, very fragrant, 
in many-flowered, sub-sessile, short, — — May. i 
deep green, broad, obovate, obtuse, shortl: i k : 
Rio Janeiro. (B. R. 1420.) eee EEN, 
. trifoliata - i 
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GALIUM (Galion, the old Greek name used by Dios- 
corides, from gala, milk; the flowers of one of the species 
having been used to curdle milk), Bedstraw. ORD. 
Rubiacew. An extensive genus of annual or perennial 
herbs, spread over the whole of the temperate regions of 
the New, as well as of the Old World, especially abundant 
in Europe and Northern Asia, penetrating also into the 
tropics, but there chiefly confined to mountainous districts. 
The species number 150, and are, for the‘ most part, 
uninteresting weeds; the following, however, may be 
employed to cover rockwork: maritinwm, purpureum, 
rubrum, and uliginosum. Flowers white, yellow, or (in 
