170 TLA NT ^•AMl:i^ AND SYNONYMS 



87o. UEISSOSPEKMUM, AUem. Dis. Apoc} iiaceae. 



From Greek, 'bordered seed". Trees with hoary-pubescent 

 leaves. A.bout 4 species, South America; (a) G. Vellosii Alem. 

 (G. laeve Miers) of Brazil is Pao Pareira. />f//-,r bitter, anti- 

 periodic. 



876. GELASIXE, Herb. Gelasine. Iridaceae. 

 Bulbous herbs. One or two species. New AVorld; 1 in south- 

 ern U. S. 



877. GELIDIUM, Lam. Agar-agar. ^ Oelidiaceae. 

 Syn. Cornea, Stackh. Seaweeds abounding in gelose. See 



Eucheuma. 



a. (t. coriienin Lam. ( 'oasts oi China. One of severa seaweeds 

 from which the Chinese edible bird's nests are made. This 

 together Avith (b) Gloiopeltis tcuax J. Agardh, as well as 

 species of Eucheuma and Sphaerococcus constitute Agar-agar. 



878., GELSEMir3I, Juss. Yellow Jasmine. Logauiaceae. 



From Italian name of "Jasmine". Syn. Lisianthus, Bigno- 

 niat, in part. Twining woody vines with showy yellow flowers. 

 Two species, one of eastern Asia, one of U. S. 



a. (t, sempervirens (L.) Ait. f. (B. sempervirens L. , G. nitidum 

 Michx.,L. sempervirens Miller, Anonymos sempervirens Walt., 

 G. lucidum Poiret). Virginia to Florida, Texas and south to 

 ( Tuatemala. Yellow Jasmine or Jessamine, Carolina Jessamine, 

 Carolina Wild Woodbine, Evening Trumpet-flower; Ger. 

 Gelber Jasmin, Jasminbignonie, Immergrline Trompetenblume^ 

 Giftjasmin, Gelseinie; Fr. Gelsemium (Codex), Jasmin sau- 

 vage; Sp. Gelsemio. Rhizome and roots; Gelsemiuin, V. S. P., 

 Gelsemii radix, Br. ; antispasmodic, arterial and nervous seda- 

 tive. 



870. GEM3liNGIA, Fabr. 1759. Blackberry Lily. Iridaceae. 

 Syn. Belamcanda, Adans., 1763; Pardanthus, Ker. 1805; 

 Ixia, in part. Rather robust herb with fruit resembling in 

 appearance a blackberry. One species, eastern Asia, nat. in 

 U. S. (a) G. Chineusis (L. ) Kze. (Ixia Chinensis L. ); Black- 

 berry Lily, Leopard-flower, Dwarf Tiger-lily. 



880. GE^'IPA, L. - Genip tree. - Rubiaeeae. 



Xame from vernacular, West Indies. Trees with succu- 

 lent fruit. About 10 species, mostly of tropical America; 1 in 

 U. S. 



a. G. Aiiiericdua L. S. America. Genip tree, Genipap (verna- 

 cular Genipapo), in Surinam called Marmalade-box. Fruit 

 (large as an orange) esculent. The Seven-year Apple from(b) 

 G. clusiaefolia Griseb., West Indies to Florida, is not edible. 



881. GENISTA, L. Broom, Whin. Papilionaceae. 



Latin name (from Celtic gcu a *'bush), applied originally to 

 Spartium junceum L. From this comes Fr. genet and hence 

 Plantagenet (Plante a genet). Shrubs, some thoniy, with 

 showy yellow flowers. About 80 species, temperate regions of 

 Old World. 



