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*Freesia Tubergeni. {Oard. 1906, 



lxix. 168, 184, f. ; G. C. 1906, xxxix. 

 157: J. of If. 1906, lii. 298, f.) G. 

 A garden hybrid between F. refracta 

 alba and F. Armxtrongi. (C. 6. van 

 Tuber-gen, Haarlem.) 



*Galauthus Gottwaldi. (#. a 1906, 



xxxix. 105.) Ainaryllidaceae. H. 

 Identical with Q m byzaidhiux. 



Galanthus nivalis flavescens. (G. c. 



1906, xxxix. 166.) H. The marking's 

 on the inner segments of the perianth, 

 and the ovary, are yellow, and the 

 stems are more yellow than green. 

 It is larger and brighter than the 

 variety lutwrnx. (S. Arnott.) 



'Genista dalmatica. (B. m. t. 8075.) 



Leguminosae. H. A small rigid 

 shrub, forming dense tufts of numer- 

 ous spiny hairy branches 3-4 in. long. 

 Leaves few, small, linear. Flowers 

 bright yellow, in rather dense terminal 

 racemes 1-1 J in. long. Balkan Penin- 

 sula. (Kew.) 



* Genista nyssana. (/. s. II. r. v. 



151, t. 197.) H. A shrub l|-2 ft. 

 high, covered with whitish hairs. 

 Branches ascending, straight or curved. 

 Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, sessile; 

 leaflets oblong, mucronate. Flowers 

 small, solitary, yellow, forming long 

 terminal spikes. Servia. (L. van den 

 Bossche. Tirlemont, Belgium.) 



*Gentiana ornata. (G. a 1906, xi. 



182.) Gentianaceae. H. A tufted 

 plant with stems r)-6 in. long, narrow 

 fleshy leaves and solitary terminal 

 turquoise blue flowers ; these are about 

 the size of those of G. Mvtenijuia. and 

 are marked on the outside of ' the tube 

 with dull purple and buff coloured 

 stripes. The plant figured as G. 

 ornata in Bot. Maq. t. 6614 is incor- 

 rectly named. Central and Eastern 

 Himalaya. (Kew.) 



^Geranium platyanthum. (G a 



1906, xxxix. 52 ; Feiteh Nm. 1906, 3* 

 f.) Geraniaceae. H. A handsome 

 new species allied to G. erioxtemon. 

 fetems erect, 2-3 ft. high, covered with 

 white spreading hairs. Leaves broadly 

 reniform. 5-7 in. broad, densely covered 

 on the underside with grey shining" 

 hairs; lower leaves long - stalked, 

 usually Globed ; upper nearly sessile 

 and often only 3-lobed : lobes broad 

 coarsely toothed. Peduncles 2 or 

 ™ T *1 axillary. Pedicels densely 

 glandular-pilose, erect in fruit. Cor- 

 olla rose-purple, very flat, U in. across 



Sn" ) and ^^ Chilk P- ▼*** 



"Gerbera aurantiaca. (/?. j/.t.8079.) 



Compositae. H. H. or G. This is the 



correct name of the plant included in 



the list of 1905 as G. Klxae. It is a 



native of Natal and the Transvaal. 

 (Kew.) 



Gerbera Jamesoni formae. (#//. 1906, 



15, 16.) G. The following forms, 

 differing slightly from the type, are 

 briefly described : acanthlfolia, elmen- 

 *i*, sangu'niea, superba, and comerenxix. 

 (C. Spren^er, Naples.) 



*Geum Eweni. (G.c 1906, 



• 214.) Rosaceae. H. Said to be a 

 hybrid between G. Heldreiehii and 

 G. vilnlatum. It has the appearance 

 of a semi-double variety of the former, 

 not quite so deep in colour as ff. 

 Usldreickit .superb urn. (S. Arnott.) 



*Gladiolus carmineus cb. jsl t. 



8068.) Iridaceae. Hi H. A 

 species allied to G. hirsute. Stem 

 erect, slender, about 1£ ft. high. 

 Leaves linear, acuminate, 8 in. long. 

 j in. broad, glabrous. Flowers about 

 3 in. across. Perianth- tube narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, § in. across, almost 

 white outside ; lobes ovate, acuminate, 

 J in. broad, carmine, two of the inner 

 ones with a paler spot at the base sur- 

 rounded by a darker border. Anthers 



oblong, pale yellow. South Africa. 

 (Kew.) 



Gladiolus glaucus. (r.h. 1906, 318.) 



H. H. A dwarf plant not exceeding 

 12 in. high. Stems and leaves erect, 

 rigid. Flowers numerous, bluish-red, 

 striped with white and red at the base. 

 Greece. (Herb, Naples.) 



Godetia Schamini fl. pi. r G ard. 



1906, lxx. 203, t.) Onagraceae H. 

 flowers pink, large and double, pro- 

 duced on long stems. (Dobbie & Co.) 

 [Oenothera.] 



*Gomesa scandens. (o. n. 1906, 20s ; 



f B. 1906, 376.) Orchidaceae. S. 

 A distinct species characterized by 

 having an elongated stem and climbing 

 habit, the pseudobulbs being 2-4 in. 

 apart. Leaves oblong, 2-4 in. long. 

 Racemes arching, 5-7 in. long, bearing 

 numerous light green flowers with 

 narrow segments. Brazil. (Kew.) 

 I _ G. Glazwnl Cogn. in Mart. Fl. 

 Uras. iii., pars 6, 248, t. 53.] 



Gongora Beyrodtiana. fOrch. i, 4.) 



Orchidaceae. A new species allied to 

 G. trnncata. It is an epiphytic plant, 

 with ovoid 4-furrowed pseudobulbs 



