GLOBE-THISTLE 



from The Royalty, Jan. 30, 1893 ; 

 and Pinero's The Gay Lord Quex 

 was produced by John Hare, April 

 8, 1899. Hicks' s Theatre, opened 

 in Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C., on 

 Dec. 27, 1906, was renamed The 

 Globe, July, 1909. See Bankside. 



Globe-thistle(.Ecfctw.o7w). Genus 

 of biennial and perennial herbs. Of 

 the natural order Compositae, they 

 are natives of Europe and W. Asia. 

 Their long, strongly lobed and 

 spiny leaves give them a resemb- 

 lance to thistles. The flower-heads 

 are gathered into large globular 

 masses, each standing on a long 

 stalk. The flowers are white or 

 blue. The best known species is the 

 S. European E. ritro. 



Globigerina. Genus of Fora- 

 minifera. They are minute proto- 

 zoa, mainlv marine, which secrete 



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Globigerina. Minute It oramimlerous 

 protozoa in globigerina ooze 



shells. In the perforate group these 

 shells are hard and glossy and are 

 pierced by a vast number of little 

 holes, through which the body pro- 

 toplasm flows out in thread-like 

 streams, called pseudopodia, for 

 the purposes of locomotion and for 

 seizing food. Globigerina abound 

 in the sea, where their shells falling 

 to the bottom form the globigerina 

 ooze which constitutes such a con- 

 siderable part of the bed of the 

 ocean. See Foraminifera. 



Globularia. Small genus of 

 perennial herbs and shrubs, of the 

 natural order Relagineae. Natives of 



lilobularia alypum, a greenhouse 

 species of the herb 



Globe-thistle. Leaves and flower- 

 heads of the Echinops 



the Mediterranean region, they 

 have leathery, lance-shaped leaves, 

 and numerous small flowers gath- 

 ered into flattish heads. G. vulgaris 

 and G. nudicaulis, with blue flowers, 

 are frequently grown in gardens, 

 and G. alypum, a shrubby species, 

 in the greenhouse. They are some- 

 times known as Ball-flowers. 



Globulins. Class of protein 

 substances which occur both in the 

 plant and animal kingdoms. As a 

 rule insoluble in water, they dissolve 

 in dilute neutral salt solutions. 

 Globulins in solution are pre- 

 cipitated by adding a large excess 

 of water ; on heating they co- 

 agulate. It is not possible, how- 

 ever, to draw a sharp line of 

 distinction between albumins and 

 globulins, but the solubility of 

 globulin in 10 p.c. salt solution 

 is an arbitrary distinction which 

 has been adopted. 



Glochidiuxn. Name given to 

 the larval stage of the fresh-water 

 mussel (Anodonta cygnaea) in the 

 belief that it was a distinct species 

 parasitic upon Anodonta. This 

 mussel retains its eggs until they 

 hatch, and the glochidia which 

 result from them are found at first 

 attached to the gills of their 

 parent. They are cast out in the 

 outgoing current of water from 

 the gills of the parent, and attach 

 themselves to the fins of stickle- 

 backs and other fishes, and are 

 thus distributed to other parts of 

 the pond or stream. The shell 

 develops, and the young mussels 

 then drop to the bottom. 



Glockner, GROSS. Twin-peaked 

 mountain of the Noric Alps. It 

 lies between Tirol, Salzburg, and 

 Carinthia, and is the loftiest sum- 

 mit of the Hohe-Tauern range. Its 

 two peaks are known as Grossglock- 

 ner (12,455 ft.) and Kleinglockner, 

 (12,350 ft.). The former was as- 

 cended for the first time in 1800 

 by Prince Salm-Reifferscheid. The 

 Pasterze glacier is fed by the 

 Glockner snows. 



Glogau. Town of Germany, in 

 Silesia. Situated on the left bank 

 of the Oder, some 60 m. by rly. 



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N.W. of Breslau, it was a for- 

 tress of some importance, and has 

 a cathedral. The industries in- 

 clude the manufacture of sugar, 

 starch, pottery, and chemicals. 

 The town has a large wine trade 

 and iron-foundries, printing and 

 map-making works. Pop. 24,524. 



Glommen. River of Norway, 

 the principal stream of the country. 

 It rises in the Dovrefeld at an alt. 

 of 2,338 ft., issuing from Lake 

 Aursund. Flowing in a generally 

 S. direction for 350 m., it falls into 

 the Skager Rack at Frederiksstadt. 

 Timber from the Osterdal region, 

 the richest wood district in Nor- 

 way, is floated down stream to 

 Frederiksstadt. The drainage area 

 of its basin is 15,925 sq. m., and its 

 largest tributary is the Vormen. 



Gloriana. Titular character of 

 Spenser's allegorical poem, The 

 Faerie Queene. Introduced in 

 canto i, 3, as " That greatest 

 Glorious Queene of Faeryland," 

 she personifies both Glory and 

 Queen Elizabeth, to whom the 

 work is dedicated and who also 

 figures in it as Belphoebe. 



Gloriosa. Small genus of 

 bulbous herbs of the natural order 

 Liliaceae. Natives of tropical Asia 

 and Africa, their branching stems 

 bear lance-shaped leaves in pairs 

 or whorls. These leaves have slen- 

 der extended tips which act as 

 tendrils, enabling the plants to 

 climb. The rich orange and red 

 flowers are reversed, their six 

 undulated segments turning up- 

 wards, whilst the stamens and 

 pistils spread out below. 



Glory. British battleship of the 

 Canopus (q.v.) class, now known as 

 the Crescent. Launched in 1899, 

 she was employed in the White Sea 

 in 1919, and was appropriated for 

 service at Rosyth as depot ship, re- 

 turning from there in the autumn. 

 Re-named the Crescent in 1920, she 

 flew the flag of Admiral Sir H. L. 

 Heath, Commander-in-chief, Coast 

 of Scotland. The cruiser Crescent 

 was known from 1920 as the 

 Crescent (old). 



Gloss (Lat. glossa, obscure 

 word). Note or remark in the 

 margin of a book or between the 

 lines, to explain words likely to be 

 of doubtful meaning to the reader ; 

 originally employed by the copyists 

 of old manuscripts to make the 

 meaning clear. A collection of 

 glosses forms a glossary, frequently 

 put at the end of a volume, and 

 often published as a separate 

 work. See Manuscripts. 



Glossitis (Gr. glossa, tongue). 

 Inflammation of the tongue. Acute 

 glossitis may arise from injuries, 

 bites, stings of insects, or over- 

 administration of mercury, and is 

 occasionally seen in acute fevers. 



