deere gla wit ek ee eee 
Gentiana—continued. 
broadly lanceolate, 2in. to 3in. long. Stem lft. to 2ft. high. 
A America, 1776. Syn. G. Catesba@i (B. M. 1059, not A. B. R. 
G. S. alba (white). A variety having white flowers. 
G. saxosa (rock-loving). A form of G. montana, 
G. scabra (rough). The correct name of G. Fortunei. 
G. ra shoal (sceptre). #. borne in terminal clusters; corolla 
deep blue, ljin. to 2in. long. /. ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 14in. 
to din. long. Stems fleshy, 2ft. to 4ft. high. North America. 
G. spuria (spurious). A synonym of G. Gaudiniana. 
G. thibetica (Thibet). . sessile, crowded in the uppermost 
axils ; corolla yellowish-white, washed with lilac, not spotted, 
twice as long as the five-toothed calyx and having a fold in 
each sinus. /.,cauline ones 5in. to 7in. long, lanceolate, connate 
at base in a cylindric sheath; uppermost ones sessile, whorled. 
Stem simple, 14ft. high. Eastern Himalayas, 1897. See Fig. 406. 
(B. M. 7528.) 
G. Thomasii (Thomas’s).* A synonym of G. rubra. 
G. triflora (three-flowered). i. blue, large and handsome, some- 
what like those of G. Pneumonanthe. Late autumn. J. linear- 
lanceolate, smooth, glossy dark green. A. lft. Mountains of 
Central Asia. (R. G. 1189.) 
1880. 
Fig. 407. 
G. verna zstiva (summer). 
the type. 
G. viscosa (clammy). A synonym of Jzanthus viscosus. 
G. Wallichiana (Wallich’s). . light blue; in axillary, termina! 
clusters. July and August, Stems Qin. to 12in. long, nearly 
prostrate. 
G. Walujewi (Walujew’s). 1. whitish, dotted pale blue, sessile, 
densely crowded in a head-like, terminal cyme; corolla jin. 
in diameter, the lobes elliptic-lanceolate, acute. Late summer. 
1., radical ones numerous, coriaceous, lanceolate, narrowed into 
short petioles; cauline ones sessile, elliptic or lanceolate, 
oppose. Stems solitary or twin, growing erect from the rosette 
of radical leaves. Turkestan, 1884. (R. G. 1140.) 
a eee A synonym of Gentiana (which 
see). 
GENUS. “A classificatory group comprehending a 
number of species (or sometimes a single species) possessing 
certain common structural characteristics distinct from 
those of any other group’’ (Murray). 
A form with larger flowers than 
1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &C. 387 
GEODORUM. Syns. Cistella, Otandra. Of this 
genus about nine species haye been enumerated: they 
inhabit the East Indies, the Malayan Archipelago, and 
Australia, To those described on pp. 61-2, Vol. II., the 
following should be added : 
G. candidum (white).* 1. white, ascending or erect, inodorous, 
less spreading than usual; petals almost orbicular; lip very 
broad, narrowed upwards from the two-crested base. Birma. 
A very distinct species. 
G. Duperreanum (Baron Duperré’s).* i. nine to fifteen in a 
spike; sepals and petals white, linear-oblong ; lip white, with 
purple veins, concave. J@. three or four, oblong-lanceolate. 
Cochin China, 1883. A pretty Orchid. 
GEOFFRZEA. A couple of species formerly included 
here will be found described under Andira. 
GEOMETER MOTH. See Moths. 
GEOMETRINA. See Moths. 
GEONOMA. Syns. Gynestum, Vouay. To the species 
deceuhed on p. 62, Vol. IL, the following should be 
added : 
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GEONOMA PYNASRTIANA. 
G. acaulis (stemless). /., male and female spadices on the 
same or on different plants, radical; peduncle nearly 2ft. 
long. Leight to twelve or more, pinnatitid, thickly con- 
gested, 3ft. to 4ft. long; leaflets lanceolate. Brazil, 1825. 
Plant stemless. 
G. acutiflora (acute-flowered). A form of G. baculifera. 
G. baculifera (small-berry-bearing). 1. dicecious ; spadix borne 
beneath the fronds, drooping, simply branched. fr. blackish- 
violet, nearly elliptic. J. simple, cuneate-forked, or sometimes 
divided into four to six lobes. Stem lin. to ljin. thick. A. Sf. 
to 6ft. French Guiana. 
G. b. acutifiora (acute-flowered). fl. acute, imbricated ; spadix 
branched, pubescent. fr. black, shortly elliptic, as large as a 
Hazel-nut. 7. 5ft. to 8ft. long, pinnatifid. Stem 6ft. to 8ft. high, 
rarely taller. Amazons, 1846. 
G. binervia is the correct spelling of G. binervis. 
G. Carderi. The correct name is Prestoéa Carderi. 
G. decora (decorative). 7. pinnate, borne on reddish-brown 
petioles; leaflets smooth, deep green, narrow. Habitat not 
recorded, 1894. A dwarf Palm. (I. H. 1894, p. 361, t. 25.) 
