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Glow-worm—continued. 
the females the light is used as an attraction to the 
‘opposite sex; but the purpose of the greater brilliance of 
the males is not so readily determined. Some think that 
it is displayed simply as a form of rivalry amongst the 
male element. As perfect insects these Beetles do not 
appear to feed; but as larve they are very active, and 
feed upon various Mollusca, whose shells they enter and 
clear out the contents, afterwards cleansing themselves 
in the way suggested under Insects. Between the Glow- 
worm in the larval state and the wingless female there is 
ne difference, and the former is often mistaken for the 
atter. 
GLOXINERA (from Glovinia and Gesnera, the parent 
plants). A very fine bigenerie hybrid. Brilliant is a 
yery fine plant raised by Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, 
between a Gesnera and Gloxinia Radiance. The flowers 
are of the usual size of the Gloxinia, horizontal in position, 
and of a rich carmine-crimson colour. The foliage is 
intermediate between the parents, and decidedly orna- 
mental. (G. C. 1895, p. 144, f. 22. 
GLOXINIA. This genus now embraces  abont 
eighteen species. Calyx tube turbinate, adnate, the five 
lobes sub-equal, short or narrow; corolla tube straight 
or curved, eylindrical or enlarged above, the limb 
spreading, oblique or nearly equal, the lobes five, flat, 
rounded; stamens four, included; pedicels one-flowered. 
To the species and hybrids described on p. 76, Vol. II., 
the following should be added. See also Isoloma, 
Negelia, and Sinningia. : 
G. insignis (remarkable). #. bluish-lilac, blotched crimson at 
base of tube. Autumn and winter. 
oD Seo imsignis (remarkable). 7. lilac and crimson. 
G. m. sceptrum (sceptre). #. clear lilac, dis- 
: posed in a large, rigid, terminal inflorescence. 
. large, erect, cordate. Hybrid. The flowers 
are freely produced through the winter. 
G. multifiora is synonymous with Negelia 
multiflora, 
G. Tapeinotes. This name has been given 
to a bigeneric hybrid between a spotted Gloxinia 
a Sinningia barbata (Tapeinotes Caroline). 
G. tubiflora (tubular-flowered). 
Achimenes tulrsiora. 
G. variabilis (variable). 7. white, spotted with 
pet pens, large, inside of tube yellowish 
Greenhouse herb. 1877. 
Varieties. AIGBURTH CRIMSON (Fig. 418), flowers 
large and of a brilliant crimson, one of the best 
of this colour, and very floriferous; CREOLE, 
throat dark maroon, shading to light blue at the 
margins ; ELEANOR, throat pale sulphur-yellow, 
spotted with violet, a very pretty and distinct 
variety; HER MaJEsty, pure white flowers of 
great substance, freely borne on good healthy 
em probably the finest white; MERIMAC, 
lowers a deep crimson, with a narrow margin of 
pale carmine; Miss Tupor, large, well-formed 
white flowers, freely spotted with rosy-red; Mrs. 
Avory, flowers pure white, with a distinct rosy 
margin, very pretty ; Mrs. NEAL, throat crimson-scarlet, with a 
white border spotted with rose; PRINCE OF WALES, a fine reddish- 
crimson flower of fine form; PRINCESS OF WALES, flowers snowy- 
white, margined with orange-crimson, very handsome; ROSE 
QUEEN, flowers a beautiful soft rose, self-coloured ; ROSINA and 
TRILBY are both distinct, handsome, and heavily-spotted varie- 
ties, of which there are now many. 
GLYCE. A synonym of Keniga (which see). 
GLYCINE. Soy. Ineluding Soja. To the species 
deseribed on p. 76, Vol. II., the following shonld be 
added. A number of plants formerly classed hereunder 
are now referred to Amphicarpeza, Apios, Cheto- 
calyx, Cologania, Fagelia, Hardenbergia, Ken- 
nedya, Sweetia, Turpinia, Wistaria, <&c. 
G. Soja (Soja).* 7. violet, shortly pedicellate, disposed in small, 
axillary racemes. /r., pods hispid-velvety, abundantly pro- 
duced. J. trifoliolate ; leaflets stalked, ovate-lanceolate. Stems 
erect, branched from the base. A. lft. to 3ft. Asia, 1790. 
Annual. Syns. Dolichos Soja, Soja hispida. 
GLYCINE (of Wight and Arnott). A 
Teramnus (which see). 
GLYPHOSPERMUM (of G. Don). 
Gentiana (which see). 
A synonym of 
synonym of 
A synonym of 
GMELINA. Flowers large, in small or panicled 
cymes; calyx shortly five-toothed; corolla limb oblique, 
five- (or four-) lobed. To the species described on p. 77, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
G. arborea (tree-like). The correct name of G. Rheedii. 
G. Hystrix (spiny). #. in short, dense, terminal, cone-like 
spikes, formed of large, reddish-purple bracts, and yellow, 
irregularly campanulate flowers 3in. long. 7. elliptic, oblong, or 
lobed, 3in. long, cuneate or rhomboid at both ends, glaucous 
beneath; petioles lin. long. India, 1894. A large, spiny, 
climbing shrub, with the habit of a Bougainvillea. (B. M. 7391.) 
_GNAPHALIUM. To the species described on p. 77, 
Vol. I., the following should be added. Several species 
formerly included here are now referred to Anaphalis, 
Antennaria, Helichrysum, Helipterum, and Leon- 
topodium. 
G. Cunninghami (Cunningham's). A synonym of G. japonicum. 
G. japonicum (Japanese). J. silvery, mucronate-acute; lower 
ones lanceolate, attenuated at base; upper ones sessile, linear, 
hk. lit. A cosmopolitan annual, forming a very good foliage 
plant for edgings, especially on poor soils. The blossoms should 
not be allowed to expand. SyNs. G. Cunninghami, G. lanatum. 
G. lanatum (woolly). A synonym of G. japonicum. 
GNIDIA. To the species described on 
Vol. IL, the following should be added: ° 
G. juniperifolia (Juniper-leaved). 7. two to four in a head. 
June and July. Jl. sparse, lanceolate-linear, acute, coriaceous, 
din. to sin. long. - Branches erect, twiggy, mostly with corymbose 
branchlets. h. lft. to 24ft. South Africa, 1786. A Variable 
species. SYN. G simp’ex (B. M. 812). 
G. simplex (simple). A synonym of G. juniperifolia. 
GOAT MOTH (Cossus ligniperda). The caterpillars 
of this Moth (Fig. 420) are found in abundance in Apple 
and Pear trees, and most landseape and timber trees. 
ti-d, 
pp- 
Fic. 420. Goat Morn. 
Their depredations are well known; but there is consider- 
able difficulty in reaching the larye, which remain several 
years as such before assuming the pupal state. Unlike 
some of the large insects—Sirex gigas for instance—which 
only attack weak and decaying trees, the Goat Moth 
deposits her eggs only upon the robust ones. In fact, 
should an infested tree die, the caterpillars will forsake it. 
The perfect insect is on the wing during late Jnne and 
July, and rests during the day upon its food-plant, where 
it is well “protected,” so well does its colour harmonise 
with the surroundings. The eggs are laid upon the food- 
plant, and pushed by means of the abdomen under the 
bark, and then secured by means of a viscid secretion. 
In the autumn the caterpillars may be found boring into 
the tree. When ready to become perfect insects the pnpe 
work out of their cocoons by means of the spines upon the 
abdomen, and towards the outlet of the galleries. 
Fumigating bellows and sulphur may be employed to 
oust the caterpillars from their retreats, but the task of 
doing so is not easy. Many inject liqnid insecticides into 
the galleries ; paraffin is best. Wires may also be thrust 
into the holes, and the lar killed by this means. 
During the time the insects are upon the wing the tree- 
tronks should be carefully searched, and any fonnd 
