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Geum—continued. 
G. c. flore-pleno (double-flowered) is a very handsome form, 
with double flowers of a bright dazzling scariet. 
G. coccineum (scarlet).* /l, terminal, pedunculate, erect ; calyx 
segments depressed, pubescent ; petals purplish, orbiculate-reni- 
form, clawed. J, green, inciso-crenate, veined, pilose; radical 
ones tufted, spreading, large, lyrate-pinnatifid, leaflets five or 
seven ; upper cauline leaves simple, three-lobed, toothed. Stem 
solitary, herbaceous, erect; apex sub-corymbose, few-flowered. 
h. 6in. to Ibin. Greece, Asia Minor, &c. (Š. F. G. 485 
G. elatum (tall).* fi erect; petals golden - yellow, orbicular, 
sometimes notched or two-lobed; calyx lobes ovate-deltoid, or 
lanceolate, entire or toothed; peduncles long, slender. July. 
l, radical ones sub-sessile, narrow, gradually dilated from the 
base to the rounded tip, pinnatisect ; cauline ones small, with 
larger adnate-cut stipules. Stem very slender, twice or more 
forked, rarely simple. Himalaya Mountains, 1880. Hardy. 
(B. M. 6568.) 
G. japonicum (Japanese). fl. yellow, erect. Summer, Z. three 
to five-lobed, hairy. Stem flextious, hairy. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Japan. 
Fig. 103. GEUM MONTANUM, showing Habit and detached 
: Single Flower. : 
G.-montanum (mountain).* fi. yellow, erect. Spring. 1, softly 
hairy, irregularly incised, A. 6in. to 12in. Europe. See Fig. 103, 
G. pyrenaicum (Pyrenean).* f. yellow, nodding; stems one to 
four-flowered. — l. interruptedly pinnate; lower leaflets 
ovate, dentate, small. Stems erect, simple. h. 14ft. Pyrenees, 
1804, Plant pilose. : 
G. rivale (brook-loving).* Water Avens. fl. reddish, nodding ; 
peduncles pilose, elongated ; stems one to four-flowered, June. 
i. interruptedly and lyrately pinnate ; leaflets obovate, biser- 
rate ; cauline leaves three-lobed. Stems erect, simple. h. lft. 
to 3ft. Cold and temperate regions (Britain). 
G. strictum (upright). jl. yellow and striped, large, ascending. 
May to July. t. all interruptedly pinnate ; leafiets ovate, toothed. 
h. 2ft. Europe, North America, 1778. Plant hairy. 
G. triflorum (three-flowered).* jl., calyx dark purple; petals white, 
purplish-red at extremity and margins, oblong, never spreading ; 
scape purplish, 8in. to 12in. high, hairy, terminating in a three- 
flowered umbel ; pedicels din. to 4in. long.” July. l. radical, 4in. 
to 6in. (or more) long, oblong or obovate in outline, interruptedly 
pinnate; margins of pinnz deeply serrated. North America. 
¢B. M. 2858, under name of Sieversia triflora.) 
GHERKIN. A  small-fruited variety of Cucumis 
sativa. 
GHOST MOTH, or GHOST SWIFT. See Otter 
Moth. : 
GIANT FENNEL. See Ferula. 
GIBBOUS. Protuberant; more convex or tumid in 
one place than another. 
GILIA (named in honour of P. S. Gilio, a Spanish 
botanist of the eighteenth century). Including Fenzlia, 
Ipomopsis, Leptodactylon, and Leptosiphon. ORD. Polemo- 
niacee. A genus containing about sixty-five species of, for 
the most part, hardy annual herbs, natives of North-west, 
extra-tropical, and sub-tropical South America, Corolla 
Gilia—continued. 
infundibuliform and hypocrateriform, sometimes almost 
campanulate or rotate. Leaves variable: Gilias form very 
attractive subjects for beds or edgings, where they suc- 
ceed without causing blanks by part of the plants 
dying away. They are readily raised from seed, sown 
in the open ground, in March or April. A rather light 
soil should be chosen, and positions selected according 
to the heights of different species. 
G. achillezfolia (Milfoil-leayed).* jl. purplish-blue; corymbs 
capitate, many - flowered, on very Jong peduncles, August. 
l twice or thrice pinnate ; leaflets linear-subulate. A. 1ft. Cali- 
fornia, 1833. (B. M. 5939.) There is an elegant variety with 
white flowers, and another with red ones, 
Fic. 104. GILIA ANDROSACEA. 
G. androsacea (Androsace-like).* fl., corolla lilac, pink, or 
nearly white, with yellow or dark throat. August. /. opposite, 
narrow, palmatisect. h. 9in. to 12in. California. See Fig. 104. 
Syn. Leptosiphon androsaceus (under which name it is figured 
in B. M. 3491, B. R. 1710). There is a variety, rosacea, eonan 
rose-red corolla, varying, however, into other hues. San Fran- 
cisco. (B. M. 5863, under name of Leptosiphon parviflorus 
rosaceus.) 
leaflets small, numerous. Stem simple. A. 9in. to 
1878. Perennial. (B. M; 6318) 8 A 
G. — —— Ft. bine, sessile, in a 
on, unc! Summer. Z. b fid; segments linear, 
prs n eto 2ft. North-west America, 1826. (B. M. 2698.) 
G. densiflora (dense-flowered).* fl., corolla tube lilac or nearly 
white, little (if at all) exserted beyond the calyx. June. l, 
divisions filiform, somewhat rigid. California. Syn. oe 
densijlorus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 3578; 
B. R. 1725). 
G. dianthoides (Pink .-like). fl. varying greatly in size and 
colour ; corolla lilac or purplish, usually with darker or yellowish 
throat. July. ¿. narrow-linear. A. 2in. to bin. California, 
1855. A showy little plant. (B. M. 4876.) í 
inconspicua (inconspicuous). fl. somewhat crewded and 
sub-sessile, or at le loosely panicled ; corolla violet or pur- 
lish, narrowly funnel-shaped, with proper tube shorter or slightly 
longer than the calyx. August. Z. mostly pinnatitid or pinnate 
pa or the lowest bipinnatifid, with short mucronate cuspi- 
date lobes. A. 9in. to 12in. North America, (B. M. 2883.) 
laciniata (cut-leaved). /. purplish ; peduncles axillary, soli- 
bet one to three-flowered. , duly, >k pinnatifid ; segments 
narrow-oblong, sinuated. k. 6in. to 12in. Chili, 1831. u 
ifle Flax-flowered).* /l. white, solitary, on long peduncles. 
G, Ibatflors,( lower ones opposite, all sessile and palmately cut. 
h. 1ft. California, 1833. (B. M. 5895.) — aa 
G. micrantha (small-flowered).* ji. rosy-coloured, produced in 
P abundance, with a slender tube about l4in. long. Summer. 
l five to seven-parted ; segments linear, acute. A. 9in. Plant 
more or less clothed with longish weak hairs. California, 1870, 
Syn. Leptosiphon roseus. There is a form, aurea, with golden- 
yellow flowers. ; 
