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Gomphia—continued. K 
G. Theophrasta (Theophrasta-like) f. golden-yellow, densely 
roduced in much-branched panicles, nearly lft. long. May. 
. elongate, ovate-lanceolate, serrulate, 1ft. long, shortly stalked. 
South America. (B. M. 5642.) 
GOMPHOCARPUS (from gomphos, a club, and 
karpos, a fruit; the follicles are ventricose). ORD. 
Asclepiadew. A genus comprising about eighty species 
of greenhouse herbs or sub-shrubs, natives of Southern 
and tropical Africa, Arabia, Central and North America. 
Flowers usually showy, on many -flowered, interpetiolar 
peduncles. Leaves opposite. The plants thrive in a 
compost of sandy loam and fibry peat. Propagated by 
seeds, sown in a hotbed, in spring; or by cuttings, 
made of small side shoots, when the plant is commencing 
new growth, and inserted in sand, under a bell glass. 
G. arborescens (tree-like). fl, corolla white, glabrous; 
peduncles, pedicels, and calyces villous. December. J. ovate- 
oblong, glabrous, with an acumen. Stem villous, branched. 
h. 4ft. to 6ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1714. Shrubby. 
G. crispus (curled). fl. greenish-yellow; peduncles and calyces 
pilose. July. l. lanceolate-cordate, undulated, hispid. Branches 
downy. h. lft. to 2ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1714. Herb, 
G. fruticosus (shrubby).* fi. white; oe and pedicels 
downy. June to September. J. linear-lanceolate, 4in. to Sin. 
long and lin. broad. Stem downy. h. 5ft. to 7ft. Cape of Good 
Hope, 1714. The leaves of this shrub are sometimes employed to 
adulterate senna. (B. M. 1628.) 
G. padifolius (Cherry-leaved). M. axillary (not terminal), in 
shortly-stalked umbels of six to ten; corolla lobes purplish- 
green ; divisions of the crown purplish-yellow. J. broadly cordate- 
ovate, sessile, decussate, in close Spore airs, Zin. to Sin. long, 
acute, entire, glabrous; upper surface e green, tinged with 
purple as they grow old ; under surface glaucous, deeper in colour. 
Stem purplish-green, erect. h. 3ft. South Africa, 1867. Warm 
greenhouse herb. (Ref. B. 254.) 
GOMPHOLOBIUM (from gomphos, a club, and 
lobos, a pod ; in reference to the shape of the pod 
being like that of a club or wedge). ORD. Leguminose. 
A genus containing twenty-four species of elegant green- 
house shrubs, all from Australia. Flowers yellow or 
red, terminal or rarely in the upper axils, solitary or 
two or three together, or in short racemes. Leaves 
simple, or more frequently compound; leaflets usually 
narrow, digitate or pinnate, with the terminal leaflet 
sessile between the last pair; stipules small, lanceolate 
or subulate, or none. Gompholobiums should be grown 
m a compost of peat and loam, chopped into small 
pieces, but not sifted, with the addition of plenty of 
silver sand and small pieces of charcoal. Careful drain- 
age and watering are of great importance in their 
culture. Propagated by cuttings, made of young 
shoots, about 2in. in length, during spring, inserted in 
sandy peat, under a bell glass, in shade. 
G. aciculare (needle-shaped). A synonym of G. tomentosum. 
G. barbigerum (bearded). Asynonym of G. latifolium. 
G. : . 
donse, terminal, leafy corymbs, alinoat contraction into heeds 
calyx usually very hirsute. Jar l. the same as in G. tomentosum, 
r. 
or the leaflets rather more slen h. 2ft. 1830. This species is 
sclosely allied to G. tomentosum, of which, perhaps, it is but a 
— (B. R. 1563.) 
srandifiorum (l flowered).* large, solitary, or two or 
three together, shortly pedicellate, É , or on very short, 
ax » leafy branches; standard broad, fin. long. June. l, 
leaflets three, on a very short common petiole, narrow-linear, 
with a short, almost pungent point; margins revolute; veins 
— h. 2ft. 1803. (S. E. B. 5.) 
+ grandifiorum e-flowered) A synonym of G. polymor- 
— (larg * ynonym polym 
G, heterophyllum (variable-leaved). A synonym of G. Knighti- 
G. Knightianum (Knight’s).* fl. pink or purple, in a short 
corymbose raceme, on J rather long peduncle above the last 
leaves ; standard broad, rather longer than the calyx; wings and 
eel rather shorter. August. l. mostly pinnate, with five to 
eleven lanceolate or linear leaflets, obtuse or mucronate, flat, or 
With slightly recurved margins; stipules subulate. Stems slender, 
rigid, ascending or erect. h. lft. or more, 1830. SYN. G. hetero- 
Phyllum. (B. R. 1468.) È 
lanatum (woolly). A synonym of G. tomentosum. 
G. latifolium (broad-leaved). Jl. golden-yellow, about lin. long; 
Gompholobium—continued. 
vexillum large. April to June. J. ternate; leaflets linear, 
acutish. Stem erect; branches angular. A. lft. to 2ft. 1824. 
Syn. G. barbigerum. (B. M. 4171.) 
G. marginatum (edged). M. yellow, small, few, in irre; oA 
loose, terminal racemes, or rarely solitary ; standard about four 
lines long, Spem notched; lower petals scarcely exceeding the 
calyx. May. L, leaflets three, or rarely solitary, on a common 
petiole, from obovate to — with a short sharp point, 
coriaceous, bordered by a thickened nerve-like edge; stipules 
lanceolate-subulate or setaceous. Stems slender, rigid, decum- 
bent or ascending, under 1ft. long. 1820. (B. R. 1490.) 
G. minus (smaller). f. yellow. May. l. glabrous; leaflets three, 
on a very short common petiole, A much-branched shrub, SYN. 
Burtonia minor. 
G. pedunculare (long flower-stalked), A synonym of G. poly- 
morphum. 
G. polymorphum (many-formed).* fl., vexillum scarlet on the 
inside, with a yellow base, and purple on the outside, large; 
ae much longer than the leaves. March to August. l, 
eaflets three to five, linear, or oblong-cuneated, mucronate, with 
recurved margins. Stems procumbent, weak, twining. (B. M. 
1533.) Syns. G. grandiflorum, G. age goat G. tenue (B. R. 
1615), and G. venulosum (B. R. 1574). G. versicolor is a luxuriant 
form, having large flowers and long leaflets (B. M. 4179; B. R. 
1839, 43; P. M. B. xii. 219.) 
G. tenue (slender). A synonym of G. polymorphum. 
G. tomentosum (shaggy). M. yellow, terminal, few, in 
leafy corymbs, or rarely solitary ; standard about six lines 3 
keel rather shorter, broad, somewhat curved, the edges minutely | 
ciliate. May l, leaflets usually five or seven, but from 
three to eleven, narrow-linear; margins revolute, so as to be 
almost terete, mucronate, more or less pubescent. A. lft. to 3ft. 
1830. Syns G. aciculare, G. lanatum (B. R. 1474). 
G. venulosum (veiny-leaved). A synonym of G. polymorphum. 
G. venustum (charming).* /l. purple; corymb stalked, many- 
flowered. April to July. 7 impari-pinnate, with many pairs 
of leaflets ; Teaflets awl - shaped, — with revolute margins, 
glabrous. h. 1ft. to3ft. 1803. (B. M. 4258.) 
GOMPHOSTYLIS CANDIDA. A synonym of 
Celogyne maculata (which see). 
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Fic. 123. FLOWERING BRANCH OF GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA. 
A (altered from Gromphena, the 
name given by Pliny to a kind of Amaranth). Globe 
Amaranth. Orv. Amarantacee. A large genus (about 
