GEORCHIS 



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GERANIUM 



G. bacitli'fera (small-berry-bearing). 8. Guiana. 1846. 

 bine'rvia (two-nerved). Costa Rica. 

 Carde'ri (Carder's). See PRESTOEA CARDERI. 

 cor alii' f era (coral- bear ing). See CHAM/EDOREA ER- 



NESTI-AUGUSTI. 



deco'ra (handsome). Dwarf, with pinnate leaves and 



reddish-brown stalks. 1894. 



deve'rsa (turned-downwards). 3. Guiana. 1846. 

 fenestra'ta (windowed). See MALORTIEA GRACILIS. 

 fra'gilis (fragile). Guiana. 1849. 

 ghiesbreghtia'na (Ghiesbreghtian). See CALYPTROGYNE 



GHIESBREGHTIANA. 



gra'cilis (slender). Costa Rica. 1874. 



He'rbslii (Herbst's). Leaf segments broader than in 



G. gracilis. 1889. 



imperia'lis (imperial). Colombia. 1868. 

 intermedia (intermediate). Leaves pinnate ; petioles 



reddish-brown. 1882. 



tnterru'pta (interrupted). 6. Brazil. 1849. 

 ,, lacera'ta (lacerated). Central Amer. 1869. 

 macro' stachys (large-spiked). 5. Brazil. 1823. 

 magnified (magnificent). Mexico. 1856. 

 martia'na (Martian). Brazil. 

 Seema'nni (Seeman's). See G. SEEMANNI. 

 ma'xima (largest). 12. Guiana. 

 pinna'tifrons (leaflet-leaved). 15. Caraccas. 1821. 

 pohlia'na (Pohl's). Brazil. 

 par tea' na (Port's). Brazil. 1853. 

 ,, pri'nceps (chief). Colombia. 

 pulche'lla (pretty). Colombia. 1853. 

 ,, pu'mila (dwarf). Colombia. 



pynariia'na (Pynaertian). See IGUANURA DIFFUSA. 

 schottia'na (Schott's). Brazil. 1820. 

 Seema'nni (Seemann's). Nicaragua. 1873. 

 siesmayeria'na (Siesmayerian). Leaves tinged with 



red when young. 1896. 



simpli'cifrons (simple-leaved). 5. Trinidad. 1818. 

 spixia'na (Spix's). 15. Brazil. 1824. 

 Swa'rtzii (Swartz's). 50. Cuba. 1878. 

 tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved). Leaves glaucous, tinted 



rose when young. Eastern Peru. 1895. 

 unda'ta (waved). Colombia. 1850. 

 Verschaffe'ltii (Verschaffelt's). See CALYPTROGYNE 



GHIESBREGHTIANA. 



zamore'nsis (Zamoran). Ecuador. 1869. 

 GEO'RCHIS. See GOODYERA. 



GEORGI'NA. Attempts were made some years since 

 to substitute this name for that of Dahlia ; but the law 

 of priority settles the question. Dahlia was named by 

 the Spanish botanist Cavanilles in 1791 ; and neither 

 Wildenow nor Sprengel's Georgina appeared for more 

 than eighty years subsequently. 



GERA'NIUM. A popular name for Pelargonium, but 

 liable to cause ambiguity, because many of those who 

 use the name are referring to Pelargonium, without 

 knowing the difference. The principal differences are as 

 follows : 



Gera'nium. Flowers regular, without a tubular 

 nectary. Stamens ten. Plants mostly quite hardy. 



Pelargo'nium. Flowers irregular, the upper two petals 

 being different from the three lower. The posterior 

 sepal has a spur or nectary running down the stalk of 

 the flower. Stamens ten, but three, four, or eight of 

 them may be without anthers. All require greenhouse 

 protection except a few, which are half-hardy. 



GERA'NIUM. Crane's Bill. (From geranos, a crane ; 

 referring to the beak-like torus, or projection beyond 

 the seeds. Nat. ord. Cranesbills [Geraniaceae]. Linn. 

 i6-Monadelphia, 6-Decandria.) 



A very few require the pit or greenhouse in winter, 

 and these should have equal portions of peat, loam, leaf- 

 mould, and sand. Almost all are hardy, and flourish in 

 common ground ; many grow under the shade of trees 

 and hedges, and thus secure a portion of vegetable 

 earth. There are worse things than the common weed 

 robertia'num for twining itself round the sides of a rustic 

 basket, or crawling over a rock- work. The following are 

 a few of the best for gardens : arme'num, stria' turn, 

 sylva'ticum, Endre'ssi, ibe'ricum, sangui'neum, lancas- 

 trie'nse, wallichia'num, prate'nse, prate'nse flo're-pleno, 

 dahu'ricum, pilo'sum, and crista'tum. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



G. aconitifo'hum (aconite-leaved). See G. RIVULARE. 

 ,, arge'nteum (silvery-leaved). J. Striped. July. S. 



Europe. 1699. 



,, atla'nticum (Atlantic), ij. Purple. Algeria. 1878. 

 ca'ffrum (Caffrarian). . Lilac. S. Africa. 1862. 

 ,, cane' scens (hoary). . Pink. June. S.Africa. 1787. 

 ,, inca'num (hoary-many-cleft). \. Pink. June. S. 



Africa. 1701. 

 ,, mexica'num (Mexican), i. Pale purple. August. 



Mexico. 1832. 

 ,, ornitho' podum (bird's-foot). White. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



Pale. 



asphodeloi'des (Asphodel-like). Pale. June. Greece, 



Asia Minor. 1821. 

 carolinia'num (Carolinian). Rose. July. N. Amer. 



1817. 



lanugino'sum (woolly). See G. CAROLINIANUM. 

 lu'cidum (shining), i. Pink. June. Britain. 

 pa' liens (pale). See G. ASPHODELOIDES. 

 robertia'num (Robertian). i. Red. May. Britain. 

 ,, flo're-a'lbo (white-flowered), i. White. Summer. 



Britain. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



affi'ne (related), i. Blue. June. Altaia. 1832. 

 alba'num (Alban). ij. Red. July. Caucasus ; 



Persia. 1820. 



al'oiflo'rum (white-flowered). See G. RICHARDSONI. 

 alta'icum (Altaic), ij. Pale red. July. Altaia. 



1818. 

 anemonefo'lium (Anemone-leaved). 3. Red. August. 



Madeira. 1788. Greenhouse evergreen. 

 angula'tum (angular-stalked). i. Purple. June. 



Thrace. 1789. 

 arme'num (Armenian). 2. Red, with black centre. 



Armenia. 1874. 



balka'num (Balkan). See G. MACRORRHIZUM. 

 batrachioi'des (Batrachium-like). See G. SYLVATICUM. 

 bohe'micum (Bohemian). Bohemia. 

 c&ru'leum (blue). See G. PRATENSE. 

 cine'reum (grey), i. Red. August. Pyrenees. 



a'lbum (white). White. 



colli'num (hill), i. Purple. July. Siberia. 1815. 

 crista'tum (crested). See G. ALBANUM. 

 dahu'ricum (Dahurian). i. Purple. June. Dahuria. 



1820. 



Endre'ssi (Endress'). iJ-2. Deep rose. Pyrenees. 

 eria'nthum (woolly-flowered). 2. Crimson. June. 



California. 1839. 

 erioste'mon (woolly-stamened). i. Blue. July. 



Siberia. 1822. 

 , ,, pa'ttidum (pale). i. Pale blue. August. 



Nepaul. 1822. 

 Fremo'ntii (Fremont's). i-i. Purple-lilac, with dark 



veins. N. Amer. 1909. 

 f 14,' scum (brown). See G. PH^EUM. 

 gra'cile (slender), ij. Purple. Caucasus. 

 grandifto'rum (large-flowered). Dwarfer, with larger 



flowers than G. pratense. Himalaya. 1902. 

 grevillea'num (Grevillean). Blue. Himalaya. 1905. 

 gymnocau'lon (naked-stemmed). See G. IBERICUM. 

 ibe'ricum (Iberian). i. Blue. July. Levant. 1802. 

 inci'sum (cut). 2. Purple. N.W. Amer. 1901. 

 Lambe'rti (Lambert's). i. Red. July. Nepaul. 



1824. 

 lancastrie'nse (Lancaster). See G. SANGUINEUM LAN- 



CASTRIENSE. 



Londe'sii (Londes's). 2. Purple. Siberia. 

 lo'ngipes (long-stalked) See G. COLLINUM. 

 Lo'wei (Lowe's) See G. ANEMON/EFOLIUM. 

 , macrorrhi' zum (large-rooted), ij. Purple. June. 



Italy. 1576. 

 macula'tum (spotted). J. Purple. July. N. Amer. 



1732. 

 malv&flo'rum (mallow-flowered). i. Purple. Spain 



and Morocco. 



margariia' ceum (pearly). White. Origin unknown. 

 multi'fidum (much-cut), i. Red. August. S.Africa. 



1817. 



ne>noro'snni (grove). See G. ASPHODELOIDES. 

 nepale'nse (Nepaulese). . Red. June. Nepaul. 



1818. 



