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GAUDICHAUDIA 



G. latepuncta'ta (lively-spotted). 2. Scarlet. July. 



1820. 

 denticula'ta (small-toothed). See G. DISTICHA DENTI- 



CULATA. 

 Ice'vis (smooth). See ALOE L-BVIS. 



, lini'ta (smeared). See G. CANDICANS. 



, macula'ta (spotted). 2. Scarlet. July. 1759. 



, fa' tout (fallacious). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 



, marmora'ta (marbled), i. S. Africa. 1820. 



, mo' His (soft-muddy-leaved), i. July. 1823. 



, ni'gricans (dark). 2. July. 1790. 



, fascia' to. (bundled), ij. July. 1820. 



, hy'strix (hedgehog). Very bristly. 

 n . polyspi'la (many-spotted). S. Africa. 

 >i platypky'lla (broad-leaved). S. Africa. 

 subni' gricans (slightly-dark). 2. Scarlet. July. 



1820. 

 subni' gricans gla'brior (smoother). 2. Scarlet. 



July. 1826. 



nftens (shining). See G. ACINACIFOLIA NITENS. 

 ni'tida (shining), i. July. 1820. 

 ,, grandipuncta' ta (large-dotted), i. July. 1822. 

 obli'qua (oblique). See G. MACULATA. 

 obtusa (blunt). i. July. 1820. 



, obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved), ij. July. 1796. 



, palle'scens (pale), i. S. Africa. 1860. 



, pa'rva (small). See G. CARINATA. 



, parvifo'lia (small-leaved). S. Africa. 1860. 



, pi'cta (painted). 3. Scarlet. July. 1820. 



, planifo'lia (flat-leaved). Red, pale green. August. 



S. Africa. 1860. 

 ,, pluripuncta' ta (many-dotted). See G. ACINACIFOLIA 



PLURIPUNCTATA. 



porphyrophy'Ua (purple-leaved). S. Africa. 1873. 



pulchra (fair). 3. Scarlet. July. 1759. 



radulo'sa (rasp-like). S. Africa. 



re'pens (creeping-rooted), i. July. 1821. 



reta'ta (netted). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 



spira'lis (spiral). Leaves arranged spirally. 



squarro'sa (spreading). 2-3. S. Africa. 1879. 



striga' ta (rigid). See G. CARINATA. 



subcarina'ta (obscure-keeled). 2. Orange. July. 



1818. 



unda'ta (waved). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 

 ,, ,, viri'dior (greener). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 

 subni' gricans (blackish). See G. NIGRICANS SUB- 



NIGRICANS. 



,, subverruco'sa (small- war ted). 2. July. 1820. 

 ,, ,, parvipuncta' ta (small-dotted). 2. July. 1820. 

 sulca'ta (furrowed). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 

 ,, transvaale' nsis (Transvaal). S. Africa. 

 ,, triangula'ris (triangular). See G. TRIGONA. 

 ,, trigo'na (triangular). ii. July 1820. 

 ,, unda'ta (waved). See G. SUBCARINATA UNDATA. 

 ,, variolo'sa (variable). 1-2. S. Africa. 1860. 

 ,, venu'sta (lovely). See G. ACINACIFOLIA VENUSTA. 

 ,, verruco'sa (warty). 2. July. 1731. 

 aspe'rrima (very rough). 

 ,, la'vior (smoother). 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 

 lo'ngior (longer-leaved). 



GASTO'NIA. (After Gaston de Bourbon, son of Henri IV. 

 of France. Nat. ord. Ivyworts [Araliaceae]. Linn. 

 ii-Dodecandria, $-Pentagynia. AUied to Arah'a.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of shoots getting 

 firm, in April, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in bottom- 

 heat ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 55 to 75 ; 

 winter, 48 to 55. 

 G. Cando'Uei, G. denta'ta, and G. longifo'lia. See BRAS- 



SAIOPSIS SPECIOSA. 



cutispo'ngia (spongy-skinned). Mauritius. 



palma'ta (baud-leaved"). See TREVESIA PALMATA. 



sunda'ica (Sundaic). See TREVESIA SUNDAICA. 



GASTRTDIUM. (From gastridion, the diminutive for 

 gaster, the belly ; in allusion to the swollen, or gibbous, 

 empty glume. Nat. ord. Gramineae.) 



Hardy ornamental grass. Seeds. Ordinary soil. 

 G. austra'le (southern), i. Green, shining. Europe 



(England). " Nit-grass." 

 Itndi'gerum (lens-bearing). See G. AUSTRALE. 



GASTROCA RPHA RUNCINA'TA. See MOSCHARIA 



P1NNATIFIDA. 



GASTROCHTLUS. (From gaster, belly, and cheilos, 

 lip ; in reference to the swollen lip. Nat. ord. Ginger- 

 worts [Scitaminaceae]. Linn. i-Monandria, i-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Alpinia.) 



Must not be confounded with Don's Gastrochi'lus, a 

 synonym of Saccola'bium. Stove herbaceous perennials. 

 Divisions of the plant as fresh growth is commencing ; 

 sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 

 to 55. 

 G. a'lbo-lu'tea (white-yellow). White, yellow. Malaya. 



1894. 



bi'loba (two-lobed). Malaya. 

 Curti'sii (Curtis's). White ; lip yellow, with red margin. 



Malay Peninsula. 



,, Jenki'nsii (Jenkins's). See G. LONGIFLORA. 

 ,, longifio'ra (long-flowered). 2. Yellow, red. July. 



India, Malaya. 1843. 



pulche'rrima (prettiest). 2. Yellow, pink. August. 

 Rangoon. 1828. 



GASTROGLO'TTE. See LIPARIS. 



GASTROLO'BIUM. (From gaster, belly, and lobos, a 

 pod ; inflated seed-pod. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants 

 [LeguminosaB]. Linn. lo-Decandria, i-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Eutaxia.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from Swan River, and all with 

 yellow flowers, except where otherwise mentioned. Seeds 

 sown in a hotbed in spring, after being soaked in warm 

 water ; cuttings of half-ripened shoots in May, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass ; peat and loam, both fibrous, with a 

 portion of silver sand, and small pieces of charcoal ; im- 

 patient of sour, stagnant soil. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 G. acu'tum (sharp- pointed). See OXYLOBIUM ACUTUM. 



bi'lobum (two-lobed). 2. May. 1803. 



calyci'num (Jarg-calyxed). April. 



,, corda'tum (beait-sbaped-leaved). See OXYLOBIUM 



SPECTABILB. 



, epacridioi'des (Epacris-like). 1847. 



, obova'tum (reversed-egg-leaved). April. 



, ovalifo'lium (oval-leaved). Australia. 



, oxylobioi' des (Oxylobium-like). April. 1840. 



, pyramidale (pyramidal). 2. Yellow. Australia. 



, retu'sum (blunt-leaved). See OXYLOBIUM RETUSUM. 



, spathula' turn (spatbulzte-leaved). 



, specta'bUe (showy). Orange, crimson. 1859. 



, spino'surn (spined). 3. April. 1840. 

 tri'lobum (three-lobed-leaved). 

 veluti'num (velvety). Orange. April. 1852. 

 ,, villo'sum (shaggy). 3. Red, crimson. May. 1845. 



GASTRONFMA. (From gaster, belly, and nema, a 

 filament ; in reference to the filaments seen below the 

 point of insertion. Nat. ord. Amaryllids [Amaryllidaceae]. 

 Linn. 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Cyrtanthus.) 



Dr. Burchell discovered the pretty bulb, dava'tum, 

 and flowered it in an open border along with other Cape 

 rarities ; its native place at the Cape is in " fields beyond 

 Camtours river." Offsets ; sandy loam, fibrous peat, and 

 dried leaf-mould ; plenty of water when growing, and 

 dry when at rest. Winter temp., from 35 to 45 ; or in 

 border, protected in winter. 



G. dava'tum (club-leaved). See CYRTANTHUS UNIFLORUS. 

 ,, sangui'neum (blood-red). See CYRTANTHUS SAN- 

 GUINEUS. 



GATEN or GATER-TREE. Co'rnus sangui'nea. 



GATHERER. The hand is the best instrument for 

 collecting fruit into the basket ; but to avoid the danger 

 and breakage of branches incidental to using long ladders, 

 certain instruments have been designed. One of them is 

 for apples and other single fruit ; another for grapes, the 

 stalk of which it severs and retains in its grasp. 



GATHERING. See FRUIT-ROOM. 



GAUDICHAU'DIA. (Named after C. Gaudichaud, a 

 French naturalist. Nat. ord. Malpighiads [Malplghiaces]. 

 Linn. s-Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of ripe shoots in summer, 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat ; peat 

 and loam, with sand, and pieces of charcoal to keep it 

 open. Summer temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 G. cyttflrtc/tot'd^dog's-bane-like). 10. Yellow. Mexico. 



1824. 

 schiedea'na (Schiedean). 6. Yellow. S. Amer. 1823. 



