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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
GYMNOSPERMEZ. An _ important class of 
exogenous plants (but often made a sub-class of the 
Dicotyledonez), characterised by naked ovules and by 
the absence of a perianth (except in the (netacezx). 
Cotyledons two or more; flowers strictly unisexual. The 
class embraces the three orders Conifere, Cycadacex, and 
Gnetacex. 
GYMNOSPORIA (from gymnos, naked, and sporos, 
seed). Syn. Catha (of Endlicher). Onp. Celastrinex. 
A genus comprising about sixty species of stove shrubs 
or small trees, distributed over the hotter parts of the 
whole world. Flowers in small, dichotomous cymes; calyx 
four- or five-cleft; petals four or five, spreading ; stamens 
four or five, inserted underneath the disk. Leaves alternate, 
exstipulate. One or two of the species have been intro- 
duced, but are probably not now grown. 
G. cassinoides (Cassine-like). The correct name of Celastrus 
cassinoides. 
GYMNOSTACHYUM. About seventeen species are 
now referred to this genus. ‘T'o those described on p. 106, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
G. decurrens (decurrent). fl. white, disposed in a spike 8in. 
long, with a purple stalk. JZ: green and grey, with a purplish 
me ovate, wavy, 4in. long. Stems short, branching. Penang, 
G. Verschaftelti (Verschaffelt’s), of I. H. 
Fittonia Verschaffeltii. 
GYMNOSTICHUM. 
(which see). 
GYMNOTERPE. A synonym of Tapeionanthus 
(which see). 
GYMNOTHECA. Sce Mavrattia. 
GYNANDRIRIS. Included under Iris (which see). 
GYNERIUM. According to the ‘‘ Index Kewensis,”’ 
eight species are now referred to this genus. G. argentewm, 
described on p. 106, Vol. IL., is now known as Cortaderia 
argentea. 
G. argenteum aureo-lineatum (golden-lined). 
form. 1898. 
G. saccharoides (Saccharum-like). l., panicle 5ft. to  6ft. 
long, elegantly arched, not unlike the common Pampas Grass 
(G. [Cortaderia] argenteum). September. J. distichous, 5ft. long, 
lin. wide. Stems densely tufted, simple, 12ft. or more in height, 
lin. thick at base, clothed with leaves. Tropical America, 1894. 
This stove aquatic yields the ornamental, feathery Grass used 
for the decoration of rooms, and which, after being imported 
into London, is dyed in various colours and sold as ‘‘Uva 
Grass.” (B. M. 7352.) 
GYNESTUM. A synonym of Geonoma (which see). 
GYNETERIA (of Sprengel). A of 
Tessaria (which see). 
GYNHETERIA (of Willdenow). 
Tessaria (which see). 
GYNOCEPHALA. 
(which see). 
GYNOPLEURA (from gyne, a female, and pleura, 
side; the style rises from the side of the ovary). ORD. 
Passifloree. A genus embracing six or seven species of 
greenhouse herbs, shrubby at base, pilose, tomentose or 
pubescent, natives of Chili, Flowers yellow or blue, often 
showy, paniculate or fascicled; calyx tube straight or 
slightly curved, campanulate or turbinate, the lobes five, 
oblong ; petals obovate or spathulate, broader than the 
calyx lobes; corona slightly toothed ; stamens five. Leaves 
alternate, sessile, linear, oblong, or spathulate, entire, 
sinuate- toothed, or sub-pinnatifid. The two species 
described below are best treated as greenhouse annuals, 
and thrive in a compost of sandy peat and fibry loam 
with a little leaf-mould. Seeds should be sown in March. 
G. humilis (dwarf). jl. white, striped with purplish-red, about 
gin. in diameter, corymbosely crowded at the tips of the 
branches. September. J. about lin. long, obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, coarsely crenate-serrated, narrowed but scarcely 
petiolate, pale green, silky-hairy. Chili, 1898. A low-growing, 
excessively branched, slender, hardy annual. (B. M. 7645.) 
G. linearifolia (linear-leaved). jl. sevéral in a_ panicle; 
perianth greenish-purple, with the five inner segments pale 
purplish-blue. September. /. 2in. to 3in. long, linear, obtuse, 
toothed, recurved. h. lft. to lift. Andes of Chili, 1831. Syn. 
Malesherbia linearifolia (B. M. 3362). 
GYNOPOGON. A synonym of Alyxia (which see). 
A synonym of 
A synonym of Asperella 
A variegated 
synonym 
A synonym of 
A synonym of Phytocrene 
GYNOXIS (in part). Included under Senecio (which 
see). The correct name of G. fragrans is S. Skinnert. 
GYNURA. Involucral bracts ten to twelve, in one 
series, narrow ; receptacle flat, pitted or shortly fibrillate. 
To the species described on p. 106, Vol. II., the following 
should be added : 
G. ovalis is a form of G. aurantiaca. 
G. sarmentosa (sarmentose). (/l.-heads of a dull orange, 
numerous, narrow, sin. long, paniculate. J. petiolate or the 
upper ones sessile, 14in. to 24in. long, ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, almost entire or sinuate-toothed. Stem 
reddish, and, as well as the branches, loosely twining. India, 
'&e., 1892. (B. M. 7244.) 
GYPSOPHILA. Including Struthium. Calyx tur- 
binate-tubular or campanulate, five-toothed or five-cleft ; 
petals five. To the species described on pp. 106-7, Vol. IL., 
the following should be added: 
G. elegans (elegant). fl. pink; petals broadly cuneate-linear, 
two to five times longer than the calyx. May to July. J/. one- 
nerved; upper ones small, oblong-spathulate; the rest linear- 
lanceolate, acute, shortly connate at base. Stems lft. to Lsft. 
high, dichotomously branched. Asia Minor, &c., 1828. A glabrous 
annual or perennial. 
G. Manet. (Mangin’s). jl. light rose-coloured, rather large, 
disposed in small panicles. 7. very glaucous, glabrous. Roots 
thick, fleshy. Siberia, 1898. Perennial. 
G. muralis (wall-loving). . pink; calyx turbinate; petals 
cuneate, truncate-sub-retuse or crenate. May to July. 2. 
linear-subulate, acute. Stem filiform, much branched. North 
and Central Asia. Annual. 
G. Raddeana (Radde’s). jl. pale rose-coloured, with darker 
stripes; solitary. Summer. J. small, crowded, ovate-deltoid, 
sub-acute. Eastern Persia, 1889. A perennial, of very dwarf, 
tufted habit. (R. G. 1892, t. 1365, f. 5-8.) - 
G. scorzonerifolia (Scorzonera-leaved), 
of G. perfoliata. 
GYRANDRA (of Wallich). 
phyllum (which see), 
GYROMIA. A synonym of Medeola (which see). 
GYROSTACHYS. A synonym of Spiranthes 
(which see). 
GYROTHECA. A 
(which see). 
A synonym or form 
A synonym of Daphni- 
synonym of lLachnanthes 
HABENARIA. Syn. Sieberia. 
Neotinea, Nigritella, and Peristylis, Flowers spicate or 
racemose; sepals sub-equal, free or cohering towards 
the base; petals often smaller, sometimes deeply two- 
lobed : lip continnous and often very shortly connate with 
the column, haying a short or long spur, and a spreading 
or pendulous, undivided or three- to fiye-lobed lamina, the 
lateral lobes sometimes pectinate-fringed or ciliated ; 
column very short. To the species described on p. 107, 
Vol. II., the following should be added. UH. albida, 
H. bifolia, H. conopsea, H. intacta, and H. viridis (Frog 
Orchis) are British species. 
The new introductions which in recent years have been 
made to this somewhat neglected genus of plants have 
proved interesting, showy, and desirable. Such kinds as 
H. carnea, H. c. nivosa, H. pusilla, and the large pure 
white H. Susannx, are suitable for stove-honse culture. 
They are deciduous and tuberons-rooted. Like most other 
tuberous-rooted stoye-plants, they must have careful 
attention while in the resting state, and they must not, 
under any consideration, be allowed to shrivel through 
lack of sufficient moisture, but enough only must be 
given to maintain them in a plump condition. 
The pots used should be as small as possible. First 
secure the drainage by placing a large crock over the 
hole at the base, then add sufficient broken crocks to 
raise the crown of the tuber to within gin. of the rim. 
Next fill to about one-half the depth of the tuber with 
Including Aopla, 
. small, clean crocks, on which should be placed a thin 
layer of sphagnom. ‘The remaining space should be 
filled, so that the tuber is just covered, with the follow- 
ing compost: One half should consist of good fibrous 
peat, loam, and chopped sphagnum in equal proportions. 
and the other of finely-broken crocks and a liberal 
sprinkling of rough silver-sand. The whole should be 
thoroughly mixed before using. When potting has been 
done, the plants should be placed in a light position in 
the stove, and be kept sufficiently near the glass to 
prevent them from being drawn. They should then 
be freely sprinkled with a fine-rose can, using slightly 
