SUPPLEMENT. 
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GLAPHYRIA. Included under Leptospermum 
(which see). 
GLEICHENIA. To the species described on pp. 72-3, 
Vol. II., the following variety should now be added: 
G. rupestris glaucescens (glaucous). fronds glaucous, much 
thicker in texture than in the type. 
GLOBBA. To the species described on p. 73, Vol. 11., 
the following should now be added: 
G. alba (white). j. disposed in a loose, pendent, terminal 
panicle ; calyx white, tubular ; corolla lobes buff, lanceolate, the 
lip having a red, crescent-shaped blotch; bracts white, oval, 
obtuse. /. distichous, distant, sessile, horizontal, oval-elliptic, 
tapering to an acuminate apex, dark green above, dull brown 
beneath. Stems erect; rhizome horizontal, subterranean. 1885. 
(B. H. 1885, 20.) 
G. albo-bracteata (white-bracted). 
yellow ; flower-stem terminating in a lax panicle, of which the 
axis, branches, bracts, and bracteoles are white. J. seven or 
eight to a stem, ovate-lanceolate, green, 4in. to 5in. long. Stems 
brownish-purple, 2}ft. high. Sumatra, 1882. 
GLOXINIA. To the species and hybrids described 
on p. 76, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
G. insignis (remarkable). . bluish-lilac, blotched crimson at 
base of tube. Autumn and winter. 
G. maculata sceptrum (sceptre). fl. clear lilac, disposed in 
a large, rigid, terminal inflorescence. J. large, erect, cordate. 
Hybrid. 
G. tubiflora (tubular-flowered). A synonym of Achimenes tubi- 
Jlora. 
Varieties. During the last few years these choice hot- 
house flowers have been greatly improved; they are 
large in size, of good form, and of the richest, diverse 
colours. 
ANNA DE CONDEIXA, white, edged bluish-lavender; ARGUS, 
crimson and white; BARON ROTHSCHILD, white ground, striped 
and spotted rosy-red; CaLypso, white, throat rosy colour ; 
CeLta, purple, throat white, spotted purple; Comer, bright 
crimson -scarlet; CORDELIA, large, white, densely spotted; 
CYGNET, white, lilac margin; DELICAgTA, peculiar red feather, 
white margin; DESIRE ROBERT, deep purple, light throat; 
DURANDAL, crimson-scarlet, white throat; ETHEL, purplish, 
violet spots; FAVOURITE, rose spots, banded white; HELENA, 
margin purplish-rose, spotted throat ; IRMA, scarlet, white throat ; 
IVANHOE, purple, white centre, white margin ; JUBILEE, spotted 
purple, paler margin; LOUISE, white, red margin; MACAULAY, 
pale rose and deep red; MADAME BLEU, magenta, white mar- 
gin; MaHDI, carmine throat with violet spots, white border; 
MEANDRE, purple-crimson, white throat, lavender edge ; METEOR, 
mottled, edged rose, distinct; MONS. LUCIEN LINDEN, white, 
crimson margin; Mrs. C. A. Hooper, white ground, violet 
spots; ORESTES, rich crimson, paler margin; ORMONDE, large, 
purple, spotted; RaJAu, bluish-purple, large; STANLEY, white, 
violet spots; STANSTEAD GEM, purple, splashed crimson; STAN- 
STEAD SURPRISE, rosy-red, spotted throat; SUNBEAM, light 
scarlet, spotted throat ; THe Moor, very dark purple; TROPHEE, 
light rose and violet ; VIRGINALIS, the best pure white variety. 
GONGORA. To the species described on p. 80, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
G. aurantiaca (orange). /l. ofa bright vermilion-orange, distantly 
arranged in nodding spikes, lasting a long time in perfection ; 
scapes erect, about lft. high. Autumn and early spring. New 
Grenada. A distinet, evergreen species. SYN. Acropera auran- 
tiaca (B. M. 5301). 
G. flaveola (yellowish). ji. light ochre-yellow, spotted brown, 
distant; lip with a sigmoid claw, and having a median bristle 
and very small basilar horns to the basal ‘part (hypochil); 
peduncle angulate, bearing a rich raceme. 1886. 
G. Jenischii (Jenis:h’s). A synonym of G. odoratissima. 
G. maculata alba (white). jl. pure white, with a few spots of 
rose on the lip. May. Pseudo-bulbs more deeply ribbed than in 
the type. 
G. m. tricolor (three-coloured). A synonym of G. tricolor. 
G. odoratissima (highly odorous). /l. clear yellow, mottled and 
blotched reddish-brown ; upper sepal and petals adherent to the 
back and sides of the curved column, while the lip is continuous 
with its base, clawed, the basal part (hypochil) arched and 
laterally compressed, with a pair of petaloid processes on the 
back ; the upper part (epichil) acutely elongate-ovate, the sides 
folded face to face; racemes drooping. Jl. broadly lanceolate. 
Venezuela. (F. d.S. 229.) Syn. G. Jenischii. 
G. tricolor (three-coloured). #., sepals deep, bright yellow, 
blotched sienna-brown, the dorsal one lanceolate, affixed half- 
way up the back of the column, the lateral ones obliquely 
triangular; petals pale yellow, lightly spotted, small; hypochil 
ji., calyx white; corolla © 
Gongora—continued. 
white, oblong, convex, two-horned at base, the epichil stained on 
the sides with cinnamon; racemes stout, drooping. Pseudo- 
bulbs thickly ribbed. Panama or Peru. (B. R. 1847, 69, under 
name of G,. maculata tricolor.) 
G. truncata (truncate). jl. whitish or straw-coloured, freckled 
brownish-purple ; dorsal sepal obovate, carinate, the lateral ones 
roundish-oblong, very blunt; petals small; lip clear yellow, 
curved, the hypochil compressed in the middle and bearing two 
awns in front, the epichil ovate, channelled; pedicels mottled 
purple. Mexico, (B. R. 1845, 56.) 
GONIOSCYPHA (from gonia, an angle, and skyphe, a 
cup; in allusion to the angled, cup-like perianth). Orp. 
Liliacee A monotypic genus. The species is a stove 
perennial, of striking appearance. It requires similar 
culture to Anthericum (which see, on p. 83, in Vol. I.). 
G. eucomoides (Eucomis-like). (/., perianth dull green, cam- 
panulate, with six sub-orbicular, very obtuse lobes ; scape simple, 
leafless, bearing a dense, cylindrical spike of flowers, surmounted 
by a crown of fine, subulate bracts, similar bracts being mixed 
with the flowers. J/. in a rosette, elliptic, acute, 1ft. long, 4in. to 
sin. broad. Rootstock short, fleshy. Bhotan, 1886. 
GONOGONA. A synonym of Goodyera (which see). 
GOODYERA. Syns. Gonogona, Peramium. The 
species are found in Europe, Madeira, tropical and tem- 
perate Asia, and (according to Reichenbach) New Cale- 
donia and the Mascarene Islands. ‘To those described on 
p. 81, Vol. IL., the following should now be added: 
G. macrantha luteo-marginata (yellow-margined). J/. dis- 
tinctly margined with a band of creamy-yellow. Japan. Green- 
house. (F. d. S. 1779-80; F. & P. 1867, p. 227; G. C. 1867, 
p. 1022; R. G. 533, f. 2.) 
G. Rodigasiana (Rodigas’). /. thick, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
velvety, pale green, silvery in the middle; sheaths very shortly 
attenuated. Papua, 1886. Stove. (I. H. 1886, 616.) 
G. Rollissoni (Rollisson’s). J. rich, dark green, margined, 
striped, and blotched with pale yellow on the upper surface, rich 
velvety-purple beneath. Native country unknown. A beautiful, 
stove species. 
G. tessellata (tessellated). 
GORTERIA ACAULIS. A garden name for Hap- 
locarpha Leichtlinii (which see). 
GOVENIA. To the species described on p. 87, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
G. sulphurea (sulphur). /l. rather large; sepals light sulphur, 
the lateral ones rather broader than the cuneate-lanceolate 
upper one; petals white on the disk, sulphur on the margin, 
with numerous broken, purple lines; lip white, spotted dark 
brown at apex, cordate-oblong. J. scarcely 2in. broad, cuneate- 
lanceolate, acuminate. Pseudo-bulbs onion-like. Paraguay (?), 
A synonym of G. pubescens minor. 
1885. 
GRAMMATOPHYLLUM. Syns. Gabertia, Pat- 
tonia. Flowers showy, on long pedicels; sepals and 
petals sub-equal, free, spreading ; lip affixed above the base 
of the column, erect, concave, the lateral lobes rather 
broad, erect, loosely embracing the column, the middle 
one short, recurved-spreading, narrow or dilated ; column 
erect, rather shorter than the lip; raceme loosely many- 
flowered; scape long, simple. Leaves distichous, often 
very long. ‘To the species described on p. 92, Vol. II., the 
following should now be added: 
G. elegans (elegant). //l. showy, six or seven on an erect peduncle 
lft. high ; sepals sepia-brown, with ochre-yellow margins, oblong ; 
petals the same colour, narrower; lip yellow, with brown mark- 
ings in front and a hairy disk, trifid, the front lobe weige- 
shaped and emarginate ; column white, with a pair of brown 
lines below the stigma. J. elongated, distichous. Pseudo-bulbs 
rather large, oblong. South Sea Islands, 1883. 
GREVILLEA. To the species described on pp. 97-8, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
G. annulifera (annulet-bearing). fl. sulphur-yellow, shortly 
pedicellate; perianth 4in. long; style upwards of lin. long, 
curved, very stout ; racemes din. to 4in. long, shortly pedunculate, 
panicled at the ends of the branches. July. J. spreading and 
recurved, 3in. to 5in. long, pinnate; segments lin. long, distant, 
linear-subulate, rigid ; petioles fin. to lin. long. A. 6ft. to 8ft. 
Shrub. (B. M. 6687.). 
G. Hookeriana (Hooker's). jl. dull yellowish, about jin. long, 
with long, crimson styles; racemes 2in, to Jin. long, dense, one- 
