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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Odontospermum—continued. 
out the seedlings somewhat, if too thick, to allow each 
plant to develop. ON. sericeum, a handsome dwarf shrub, 
does well in a cool greenhouse, in a compost of well- 
drained turfy loam and leaf mould, and is propagated by 
cuttings of the half-ripened young shoots. 
O. aquaticum (aquatic). fl.-heads sessile, axillary and terminal. 
July. l. oblong, obtuse, villous or slightly glabrous. Stem erect, 
di- or trichotomous. h. bin. South Europe, 1731. Hardy annual. 
(S. F. G. 899, under name of Buphthalmum aquaticum.) 
O. sericeum (silky). jl.-heads terminal and lateral, sessile. June. 
` L. cuneate or linear, entire, silky-villous. Stem shrubby, branched. 
h. Aft. Canaries, 1779. Greenhouse. (B. M. 1836, under name of 
Buphthalmum sericeum.) 
ŒCEOCLADES. 
(which see). 
ŒCEOCLADES FALCATA. 
Angræcum falcatum. ' 
ŒDEMONE. A synonym of Herminiera (which 
see). 
ŒDERA (named in honour of George (der, 1728- 
1794, Professor of Botany at Copenhagen). ORD. Com- 
positæ. A small genus (four species) of greenhouse shrubs, 
confined to South Africa. Flower-heads yellow, brownish 
at back, heterogamous, sessile at the apices of the 
Included under Saccolabium 
An old name of 
branches or between the uppermost leaves, solitary or 
few; receptacle small; achenes glabrous. Leaves oppo- 
site, clustered, imbricated, or squarrose, short, sessile, 
coriaceous, entire, often scabrous ciliated. The under- 
mentioned species succeeds in sandy loam, with the ad- 
mixture of a little peat. Propagation may be effected 
by cuttings, inse in sandy soil, under a hand glass, 
in heat. 2 
œŒ. prolifera (proliferous). A.- heads yellow; ray-florets dark 
purplish-maroon at back. May and June. J. lanceolate, oppo- 
site, ciliated, glabrous on both sides, reflexed. h. lft. 1789. 
(B. M. 1637.) 
NOCARPUS (from oinos, wine, and karpos, a 
fruit; some of the species yield palm wine and oil). 
ORD. Palmee. A genus, sometimes confused with Euterpe, 
comprising eight species of stove, South American palms, 
often unarmed and tall. Flowers monecious, in Broom- 
like spikes, springing from beneath the leaves, and en- 
veloped in double woody caducous spathes. Fruit often 
purple or black, oval or nearly round, with a granular, 
fibrous, oily flesh; one-seeded. Leaves in terminal crowns 
(in one species distichous), pinnate; segments narrow, 
or, rather, broad-ensiform, acuminate, rigid, and some- 
what crisped; petioles short, and somewhat crisped. 
The species thrive best in a compost of peat and loam 
in equal parts. Propagated by seeds, or by suckers. The 
species here described are probably the only ones yet 
introduced. 
Œ. Bacaba (Bacaba). fl., cure thrice as short as the corolla ; 
laciniz ovate-lanceolate ; pe oblong, acute. Berry bag vom 
blue, sub-globose. J. sparse; pinn linear-lanceolate. 
naked, 50ft. to 60ft. high. 
Bataua. Patana Palm. fl., male calyx four times as short 
~as the oblong and slightly acute petals. fr. cylindrical-elliptic, 
obtuse, J. dark green, pinnate, about IIft. long, not. produced in 
great abundapce. Stem naked. k. 40ft. 1820. An elegant 
species, 
œŒ. minor (lesser). fl., male calyx four times as short as the 
petals; spathes woody, outer one narrow - lanceolate, inner 
usually cylindrical, 1ft. or more long; spadix fuscous, with 
branches lft. or more long. jr. blackish-purple, as large as a 
Hazel-nut, ovate-acute. J. scattered, six to ten, erecto-patent or 
horizontally spreading, 6ft. to 8ft. e innæ 6ft. to 8ft. 
g, rather remote, the lower ones nearly alternate, the upper 
ones opposite and horizontally spreading, with a ve ong 
aud acute mucrone. Trunk 10ft. or more high, naked, wander 
xuous. 
G@NOTHERA (from oinos, wine, and thera, a hunt 
or eager pursuit; an old Greek name given by Theo- 
phrastus to some plant, probably an Epilobium, the roots 
of which were eaten to provoke a relish for wine). 
Evening Primrose. Including Godetia, Hartmannia and 
Spherostigma. ORD. Onagrariee. A genus comprising 
Gnothera—continued. a 
about 100 species of herbs or small shrubs, of variable 
habit, natives of extra-tropical north and north-western 
South America, one being Tasmanian; a few of the 
American species are naturalised over the warmer regions 
of the globe. Flowers yellow, pink, or purple, usually 
large and showy, solitary, axillary, sessile, or peduncu- 
late; petals four, scarcely clawed, obovate or obcordate. 
Leaves membranous, sessile or petiolate, entire, dentate, 
lobed, or pinnatifid. All the undermentioned species are 
most desirable plants for summer and early autumnal 
flowering, and are of very easy culture in any rather 
sandy soil. Many of the species and varieties are 
amongst the most beautiful and attractive of hardy 
plants; their flowers are large, showy, and pleasingly 
fragrant. The plants are most suitable for the margins 
of shrubberies, mixed borders, and similar situations, 
preferably in warm, sunny positions. Propagation is 
easily effected by divisions in early spring; or by seed, 
sown in spring for flowering the same year, or in July 
for treating as biennials. Cuttings of the perennial 
species may also be inserted in pots, and placed in a 
cool frame, in the early part of the season, before 
flowering begins. 
specified. 
Fic. 718. GENOTHERA ACAULIS, showing Habit and detached 
Leaf and Flower. 
E. acaulis (stemless).* fi. white, fading into red, large, with 
obovate, rather retuse, ee ERSA May to September. 
l. rosulate, pinnatifid ; the termi lobe large and denticulated. 
h. bin. Chili, . See Fig. 718. (B. R. 763, under name of 
Godetia acaulis.) À 
Œ. albicaulis (white-stemifea). fl. white, becoming pinkish as 
they grow older, few, axillary ; petals obcordate, large, as long 
as the tube. June. J. linear to oblong-lanceolate, sessile, or 
alternate at base, or abruptly petioled, entire, or repand-den- 
ticulate, or sinuate-pinnatitid towards the base. Stems decum- 
bent. A. 6in. to 12in. California, &c. See Fig. 719 (1). SYN. Œ. 
pallida (B. R. 1142). (R. G. 1041.) 
E. ameena (pleasing).“ fl. rose, with four crimson spots. 
Summer. J. linear-lanceolate, entire. Stem ascending, diffuse, 
branched. A. lft. to 2ft. North-west America, 1826. Annual. 
(B. M. 2832, under name of C. Lindleyi.) ; 
Œ. a. rubicunda (ruddy).* A. lilac-purple, having a deep-coloured 
blotch at the 3 sar rr he fk. California, 1854. Plant 
erect. One of the best, and the parent of several varieties 
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