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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Gesnera— continued. 
_ cordate-ovate, crenated, downy. h. 2ft. Brazil, 1839. (B. R. 
1851, 63.) 
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G. Donkelaariana (Donkelar’s).* /l, bright vermilion, about 2in. 
long, freely produced in terminal heads. June. 1, nearly cordate, 
abont Bin. across, green, tinged with purple and red. h. lft. 
to 2ft. Columbia. 5010.) 
(B. M. 
G. elliptica lutea (elliptic, yellow-flowered). A. corolla yellow ; 
limb obliquely Dilabiate : ——— terminal, racemose and 
axillary, solitary. May. l opposite, elliptic, wrinkled, serrate ; 
lower ones — gd ones sessile, A. lft. Santa Martha, 
1844. See Fig. 101. (B. M. 4242.) 
exoniensis (Exeter).* /l. deep orange-scarlet, with a yellow 
throat, numerously produced in closely-set masses, about lft, 
through. Winter. Z. dark rich velvety, covered with minute red 
hairs. Garden hybrid. : 
G. ucophylla (glaucous-leaved). /l. deep orange-red; throat 
ue spotted with orange, Summer. l. glaucous, prettily 
j mottled, covered with red hairs. 
Hondensis (Honda), fl. yellowish-red, hairy, ventricose at 
top; peduncles «axillary, one-flowered, by twos and threes. 
May. l opposite, somewhat obliquely ovate-oblong, crenulated, 
woolly beneath. A. 1ft. Brazil, 1845. (B. M. 4217.) 
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FiG. 102. GESNERA REFULGENS. 
G. (Lindley’s), A. freely produced ; upper of 
tube rosy-pink ; lower part and limb yellow, freckled with red. 
; 132. L broadly ovate, rich deep velvety-green and red. Brazil, 
G. Marchii (March's). A synonym of G. pendulina 
——— des (Nwegelia-like).* A. bright rosy pink, marbled 
with red, large, tubular; throat yellow, dotted with red. 
Summer. A cordate-ovate, deep green, hairy on the margins 
and roughly toothed. An elegant garden hybrid, with numerous 
ea which the following are a selection : 
n. a yt len-rose). A. bright rosy-lilac; upper 
portions of the Hit piain rose-coloitr, lower part beautifell 
spotted with carmine; throat marked with orange- yellow. È 
ovate-acuminate, — 
G. n. bicolor (two-coloured) A, upper half rosy 
~oloured) » upper half rosy-red, lower 
orange-yellow ; limb and throat ora e-yellow, profusely spotted 
with red, Z ovate-Lanceolate, se ted. purplish-red on the under 
side, bluish metallic-green on the upper. 
G. n. candida (white). ji. pure white, marked with pale yellow 
in the threat, tubular; pi uced in great profusion. ¿. broadly- 
ovate, toothed, deep green, Stems erect, branching. 
G. n. corallina (coral-red). A. rich deep red, almost maroon ; 
throat orange-yellow, profusely spotted w 1 red. l deep green, 
coarsely toothed. Stems red. ee 
n, lilacinella (lilac. #. delicate lilac beautifull 
marbled with a deeper tint of the same Sisan — lemon. 
colour ; produced in profusion upon the numerous laterals, and 
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Gesnera—continued. 
from the base of the leaves upon the main stem, upon long foot- 
stalks. J. large, cordate, coarsely toothed, deep bright green 
above, paler and woolly below. 
G. n. scintillans (glistening). /., outside deep plum-colour ; 
limb rosy-red; throat orange-yellow, streaked and dotted crimson, 
about 2in. long in the tube, and nearly as much across the limb ; 
Pree in large lateral heads towards the tops of the shoots. 
. somewhat oblong; serrated, bright green above, pale below, 
tinged with red. 
G. nigrescens (blackish). A. tubes dark reds throat light orange, 
spotted. J. large, dark velvety. Garden hybrid. — 
G. ndulina ndulous). fl, scarlet, numerous, in whorls; 
—— — crtasncak gibbous at top; limb five-lobed. 
August. J. three in a whorl, petiolate, ovate, crenate. A. 3ft. 
Mexico, 1844. Syn. G. Marchii (under which name it is figured in 
B. M. 3744). 
G. purpurea (purple). jl. purple; panicle sub-verticillate; corolla 
with a long tube; upper lip sttalght, two-lobed. June to — 
—— whorled, cordate-oblong, toothed, downy. h. 2ft. 
razil, 3 
G. p: idalis (pyramidal).* jl. deep orange-red; throat and li 
light orange, spotted. Winter. Z. Tin. broad, nearly round, wit 
a dark velvety ground, Garden hybrid. 
G. refulgens (refulgent). /l. rich deep red, Summer. Z. cordate- 
ovate, clothed with short blood-coloured hairs. h. 1ft. to Lift. 
A beautiful plant, of garden origin, See Fig, 102, 
G. tuberosa (tuberous-rooted). fl. scarlet; peduncles from base 
of rhizome. August. l. broad-ovate, toothed, cordate at base 
downy. Stem on horizontal rhizome. A. 6in. 1834 
(B. M. 3664.) 
G. zebrina. Sco Nægelia zebrina. 
GESNERACEÆ. A natural order of herbs or shrubs, 
rarely trees, often growing from scaly tubers. Flowers 
showy; corolla variously coloured, often scarlet, violet, 
or blue, rarely white; calyx half adhering, five-parted ; 
stamens two or four, Leaves opposite; usually wrinkled. 
There are about seventy-one genera and 700 species, 
natives of various parts of the world, chiefly the warmer 
regions of America. Sometimes the name Cyrtandracee 
is given to this order. Illustrative genera are: Achimenes, 
Besleria, Cyrtandra, Gesnera, Gloxinia, and Streptocarpus. 
GESNERIA. Sve Pentarhaphia. 
GETHYLLIS (an old Greek name, a diminutive 
of gethuon, a leek). Orp. Amaryllidew. A genus of four 
or five species of pretty dwarf greenhouse bulbous peren- 
nials, from the Cape of Good Hope, allied to Sternbergia. 
Flowers white, deliciously fragrant; perianth tube long, 
cylindrical ; limb of six segments, regular and spreading ; 
seapes short, one-flowered. Leaves linear. The plants 
thrive best in a mixture of sandy loam and peat; they 
may be increased by offsets, or by seeds. But few of 
the species have been introduced. 
ciliaris (fringed . white; 
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5 spiralis sp « ite ; s - 
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villosa (hairy). A. white; sepals ovate-oblong. June and 
July. l. linear, filiform, spiral, villous. A. Qin. 1787. 
GEUM (the old Latin name used by Pliny). Avens. 
Including Sieversia. Some of the species were formerly 
placed under a genus named Adamsia. Orp. Rosacee. 
A genus comprising about thirty species of hardy peren- 
nial herbs, widely diffused over all temperate and cold 
regions. Flowers yellow, red, or white. growing singly on 
long peduncles, at the ends of the stems or branches; 
petals five. Leaves variously dissected, the terminal lobe 
always the largest. Geums are of very easy culture, in 
moderately good soil, and in a well-drained situation. 
Most of the species are well adapted for growing in 
borders and in the rock garden. Propagated by seeds, 
or by division. 
G. chiloense (Chiloe). 
panicled, erect. 
J. scarlet, sometimes copper - coloured, 
Summer. 4, radical ones interruptedly pin- 
nate ; leaflets crenately serrated, the terminal one large, te, 
lobed, and crenated; cauline ones three- parted, deeply cut. 
ag glandular. A. lft. to 2ft. Chiloe, 1 Plant villous. 
(B. R. 1088, under name of G. coccineum.) 
