THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Grevillea—continued. 
the Grevilleas. It flowers freely in the open air, as a wall plant, 
in the neighbourhood of London. 
G. lavandulacea (Lavender-leaved).* fl. rich bright rose, race- 
mosely produced in abundance from the points of all the shoots. 
Spring. l. linear, terminated by a sharp spine. 1850. SYN. 
G. rosea. (L. & P. F. G. ii. 56.) 
G. longifolia (long-leaved), A synonym of G. asplenifolia. 
macrostylis (long-styled).* A. crimson and yellow, few, in 
umbel-like axillary or terminal racemes, more or less secund, 
April. Z. on short petioles, cuneate at the base, more or less 
deeply divided into three broad triangular or lanceolate — 
pointed lobes, nearly — and more or less veined above, 
silvery-silky underneath. A. 4ft. to 6ft. 1868. (B. M. 5915.) 
G. Preissi (Preiss’s). A synonym of G. Thelemanniana, 
» pulchella (neat). 1. white; racemes dense, usually glabrous, 
terminal or in the upper axils, on short slender uncles. 
innate ; ments seven to eleven, cuneate, trifid or three- 
pothed, distinct, or the upper ones confluent and more entire ; 
lobes triangular or lanceola , acute or pungent-pointed ; margins 
revolute, h. lft. to 2ft. A rather slender divaricate shrub or 
under-shrub. Syn. Anadenia pulchella, (B. M. 5979.) 
G. (scarlet).* 1. bright deep red; racemes very short, 
rather dense, almost sessile at the ends of the branches, very 
— or recurved, Z. shortly petiolate, oblong-elliptical or 
almost oval, obtuse, with a small callous point, glabrous, often 
shining and obscurely penniveined above and frequently with 
a prominent marginal or inter-marginal nerve, silvery-silky or 
erruginous’ underneath, the midrib alone prominent; ns 
DE ine) erect shrub. SYN. Lysanthe speciosa., (B. M. : 
pinnate with from eleven to e; së 
* D i np * 
om pee twenty-one pinnatifid — p8 -e 
1829. i A bie graceful foliage plant, and for general fe 
ie ae 3184) most easily-grown of the genus. See 
Grevillea—continued. 
G. rosea (rose). A synonym of G: lavandulacea. 
. rosmarinifolia (Rosemary-leaved).* jl. red, disposed in 
terminal clusters. June. Jl. linear, A. 4ft. This very handsome 
shrub proves to be hardy in the more southern counties of 
England, 1824. (L. B. C. 1479.) 
G. sericea (silky).* fl. rose-coloured ; racemes very dense, rather 
short, on short terminal peduncles. J. shortly petiolate, oblong- 
lanceolate or almost linear, mucronate, with recurved margins, 
glabrous or sparingly silky above and more or less distinctly 
penniveined, closely silky-tomentose underneath, the midrib 
alone prominent. Branches rather slender, silky-pubescent. An 
erect, spreading, or diffuse shrub. Syns. G. dubia, Lysanthe 
sericea. (A. B. R. 100; B. M. 3798; L. B. ©. 880.) 
G. sulphurea (sulphur). A synonym of G. juniperina sulphurea. 
. Thele (Thelemann’s).* fl. bright deep red and 
yellowish at the tip, produced in dense pendulous racemes, šin. 
or 4in. long. Spring. l. pinnate; divisions linear, — green. 
Branches slender, somewhat drooping. A. 3ft. to 5ft. 1858. This is 
one of the most elegant of the genus. SYN. G. Preissi. (B. M. 5837.) 
G. vestita (clothed), . purple; racemes axillary, dense, scarcely 
exceeding the leaves; rachis pubescent or villous. May. 
l. cuneate, broad or narrow, tapering toward the very narrow 
base, more or less deeply three or rarely five-lobed at the end ; 
lobes broad, mucronate, and often pungent, glabrous above when 
old and veined, pubescent or villous underneath; margins re- 
curved, A. 6ft. to 9ft. An erect, bushy shrub. Syn. Manglesia 
vesti . 
GREWIA (named in honour of Nehemiah Grew, 
M.D., famous for his work on the Anatomy of Vege- 
tables). Syns. Chadara, Mallococca. Orp. Tiliaceæ. A 
genus comprising about sixty species of trees or shrubs, 
for the most part confined to the hotter regions of the 
Old World. Flowers yellow or rarely purple, axillary, 
few, or more numerous and panicled. Drupe fleshy or 
fibrous, entire, or two to fonr-lobed.. Leaves entire or 
serrate, three to seyen-nerved. Grewias thrive in a mix- 
ture of sandy loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, 
inserted in sand, under a glass, in heat. The species 
here described are those best known to cultivation. 
G. asiatica (Asiatic). A, petals yellow, linear-oblong, half the 
rye of the s uncles two or more. July and August, 
L sa yea Bia te, base five-nerved. h. 12ft, East Indies, 1792. 
A tree, 
G. occidentalis (Western).* /l. purple; peduncles solitary, one- 
flowered, kei ag September. Z. roundish-ovate, blunt-toothed, 
smooth. A, 1 Cape of Good Hope, 1690. (B. M. 422.) . 
G. (savoury). fi. yellow, sin. in diameter ; sepals oblong; 
rate of orblculat, doubly serrate, pilose above, pubescent be: 
neath. Tropical Himalaya. A abcuahent shrub. P 
GREYIA (named after Sir George Grey, Governor- 
General of the Cape Colony, where the species was dis- 
covered). ORD. Sapindacee. A monotypic genus. The 
species is a handsome greenhouse shrub, requiring full 
exposure to the sun, and a season of rest (during 
which it must be kept rather dry) after the wood is 
ripened. It grows best in a sandy loam. Propagated 
by seeds; or by cuttings, made of half-ripened shoots. 
Sutherlandi (Sut y wi 
in dong, thick, terminal racemes March’ alternate, suber 
Naini, ie — 
GRIAS (from grao, to eat; fruit edible). Anchovy 
Pear. ORD. Myrtacee, A genus containing two or three 
species of tall, hardly branched, stove evergreen trees, 
natives of tropical America. Flowers white, large; petals 
four, coriaceous. Leaves very long, oblong, entire. 
The species are of quick growth, and thrive in a compost 
of rich sandy loam. Propagated by cuttings of ripe wood, 
in spring. 
caulifiora (stem-flowering).* fl. produced in short peduncles 
from the old stem, not fee MEY a — ———— but very sweet- 
scented. ovate, about the size and shape of an alligator’s 
fae, rod ———— —— L alternate, lanceolate, — 
n , drooping, glossy green, sometimes upwa 
long. h. 30ft. to 50ft. West Indies, 1768. (B. M. 5622.) 
puamorensis (Zamoran). J. ovate-lanceolate, lft. to 2ft. long. 
eru, 1879. A very noble and striking ornamental foliage 
plant, not yet much grown. 
GRIFFINIA (named in honour of William Griffin, 
a patron of botany). ORD. Amaryllidee. A genus com- 
prising seven or eight specjes of very ornamental 
