THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Globularia—continued. 
those of G. cordifolia. Summer. l. radical, oblong, crenate 
obtuse. Stems herbaceous. h. 6in. South Europe, 1629. 
Hardy herb. 4 
G. trichosantha (hairy-flowered). fl.-heads light blue, large. 
Summer. l, radical ones spathulate, t tridentate; 
cauline ones linear, mucronate. Stem herbaceous, leafy. A. 6in. 
to 8in. Asia Minor. Plant glaucescent, Hardy herb. 
G. vulgaris (common).* /l.-heads bright blue, dense terminal ; 
involucre of nine to twelve imbricated: leaflets. Summer. l, 
radical ones spathulate, emarginate, or shortly tridentate ; 
cauline ones small, lanceolate. Stems herbaceous, erect. h. 6in. 
to 12in. Europe, 1640. Hardy herb. (B. M. 2256.) 
GLOBULARIEZ. A synonym of Selaginee. 
GLOBULEA. Included, by Bentham and Hooker, 
under Crassula. 
GLOMERATE. Gathered into round heaps or heads. 
GLONERIA. Included under Psychotria (which 
see). 
GLORIOSA (from gloriosus, full of glory; referring 
to the handsome flowers). Syns. Clynostylis, Methonica. 
ORD. Liliacee. A genus comprising three species of very 
ornamental, usually stove bulbs. . Flowers axillary, in ra- 
cemes on the ends of the stems, which bear leaves remark- 
able in having tendril-like apices. Propagation is 
effected by seeds and by offsets. Seeds are best in- 
serted singly, in small pots, in January, using a light 
sandy soil, and plunging in bottom heat. Offsets should 
be carefully removed from old bulbs when starting them 
in spring, as the roots are very brittle, and are easily 
injured if division is attempted at other times. Good 
drainage is always essential, and an open soil, composed 
of loam and peat in about equal proportions, is recom- 
mended. The bulbs should be carefully repotted in 
February, and then started in a temperature of about 
70deg. Plenty of heat and moisture are necessary in 
summer; but, as the growth ripens, water should be 
gradually withheld. During winter, the soil must be kept 
quite dry, and the pots laid on their sides in a warm 
place. Exposure to cold, when at rest, is a point 
specially to be avoided. The winter treatment applies 
alike to seedlings and established bulbs. Gloriosas are 
frequently very slow-growing, and are impatient of root 
disturbance on account of their brittleness. .The seasons 
of growth and complete rest in a warm place, are most 
important considerations in their culture. 
Fic. 115. FLOWERING BRANCH AND SINGLE FLOWER OF 
— GLORIOSA SUPERBA. 
G. superba (superb). fl. deep rich oran ; peri 
ge and red; perianth 
segments narrow, deeply late and crispate, erect. Samar 
= — ka. Asia and Africa, 1690, See Fig. 115, (A. B. R. 
J 
G. virescens (greenish). fl. deep oran zè and yellow ; perianth 
segments spathulate ; margins not crispate, E ben slightly in 
dulated, 4ft. Mozambique, 1823, (B. M. 4938.) G. Plantii 
Gloriosa—continued. 
is the form with reddish-yellow flowers. The variety grandiflora 
_(Methonica srandijlora, B. M. 5216) is a tropical African form, 
with much larger flowers than the type. 
GLORY PEA. See Clianthus. 
GLOSSARRHEN. A synonym of Schweiggeria. 
GLOSSASPIS. A synonym of Glossula. 
GLOSSOCOMIA. A synonym of Codonopsis. 
GLOSSODIA (from glossa, a tongue, and eidos, like; 
alluding to the tongue-like appendage within the flower). 
ORD. Orchidee. A genus comprising about four species 
of greenhouse terrestrial orchids, limited to Australia. 
Flowers purple or blue, erect, one or two on an erect 
scape, leafless except an empty sheathing bract at or 
below the middle, and a similar one under each pedicel; 
lip sessile, undivided, not fringed. Leaf solitary, oblong 
or lanceolate, from within a scarious sheath close to the 
ground. Glossodias thrive in sandy loam and peat, and 
require but little water when in a dormant state. Propa- 
gated by division. 
G. major (larger). fl. blue; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, 
obtuse, not blotched; lip ovate, broad, biconvex and pubescent 
with white hairs in the lower half, upper half lanceolate, blue and 
glabrous. June. L. oblong or lanceolate, lin. to 2in. long. Tuber 
ovoid. 1810. Syn. Caladenia major. 
G. minor (smaller), /. blue; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate ; 
lip about one-third the length of the sepals, broad, biconvex and 
pubescent in the lower half, the spreading upper half triangular, 
acute, flat, glabrous. June. J, lanceolate, the small sheathing 
bract usually green, 1810. Syn. Caladenia minor. 
GLOSSULA (from glossa, a tongue; in reference to 
the tongue-like segments of the labellum). Syn. Gloss- 
aspis. ORD. Orchidew. A monotypic genus, the species 
being a curious tuberous-rooted stove orchid, peculiar to 
the island of Hong Kong and the adjacent mainland. For 
culture, see Glo: ia, 4 
G. tentaculata (feeler-flowered). green, small, in a slender, 
erect spike; lip deeply three-lobed ; lobes long and thread-like, 
somewhat resembling the antennæ of an insect, hence the 
On are ‘December. J. few, at base of the stem. k. Qin. 
GLOTTIDIUM. Now included under Sesbania 
(which see). 
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Fig. 116. DROOPING-FLOWERED GLOXINIA. 
GLOXINIA (named in honour of Benj. Petr. Gloxin, 
of Colmar, a botanical writer). Syns. Escheria and 
Salisia (of Regel). ORD. Gesneracee. A genus contain- 
ing six species of elegant stove plants, all natives of 
tropical America. Flowers variously coloured, sometimes 
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