FOREIGN PLANTS 153 



OP Solomons Islands gourd and praised in pompous 

 advertisements for its numerous fruits "each sufiBcient 

 for a family meal." Grown in subtropical regions as a 

 curiosity. 



Grape vine. Vitis vinifera (Vitac.) S. Eur. Often grafted on 

 V. riparia and other N. Amer. species. 



Grenadilla. Passiflora quadrangularis and others (Passiflor.). 

 Brazil. 



GRASSES: {For others v. part I). 



Bamboo (gardens). Bamhusa Balcooa. India. 

 Bird seed v. Canary grass (part I.). 

 Boer manna. ^eMria italica var. germanica. Eur. 

 Cocksfoot. Dactylis glomerata. Eur. 

 Fescue (Tall). Festuca arundinacea. Eur. 

 Imfeh = Suiker riet. 

 Kaffir corn. Sorghum vulgar e , Tropics. 

 Kentucky blue grass. Poa pratensis. Eur. 

 Kikuya grass. Pennisetum longistylum. 

 Meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis. Eur. 

 Oat grass (Tall). Arrhenatherum elating (Fransch 



raaigras). 

 Pampas grass. Cortaderia argentea. S. Amer. 

 Spanish reed. Arundo Donax. Medit. 

 Suiker riet. Sorghum saccharatum. Tropics. 

 Teff. Poa (Eragrostis) ahyssinica. Abess. 

 Teosinte. Euchlaena mexicana. Mex. 

 Timothy. Phleum pratense. Eur. 



Grevil'lea (Proteaceae). G. rohusta. E. Austral. 

 Ground nut = Earth nut. 



Guava. Psidium Guayava (Myrtac). West Indies. 

 Guelder rose. Cultivated var. of Yilurnum Opulus (Caprifol.). 



Eur. 

 Gums V. Eucalyptus. 



Gypso'phila. Mostly G. paniculata and G. elegans 

 (Caryophyll.). S. Eur. 



Habrotham'nus (Solanac). Allied to Oestrum. Frequent in 



gardens H. roseum and H. elegans. Mexico. 

 Ha'kea (Proteaceae). H. suaveolens, etc., Australia. 

 Haver == Oats. 



