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GYMNOGRAMME 



GUMMING. See EXTRAVASATED SAP. 

 GUM SENEGAL TREE. Aca'cia Se'negal. 

 GUM-TREE. Eucaly'pius robu'sta. 

 GUNDE'LIA. (Commemorative of A. Gundelsheimer, a 

 German botanist. Nat. ord. Composite.) 



Half-hardy, perennial, thistle-like plant, with spiny 

 leaves and white veins. Seeds and division. Loam and 

 peat, with sand. 



G. gla'bra (smooth). See G. TOURNEFORTII. 

 Tournefo'rtii (Tournefort's). ij. Chocolate and 



yellow. Syria, Asia Minor, Persia. 1739- 

 GU'NNERA. (Commemorative of /. E. Gunner, a 

 bishop and botanist of Sweden. Nat. ord. Haloragaceae.) 

 Hardy herbs, the larger of which are admired for the 

 sake of their bold and striking foliage. The crowns are 

 the better for the protection of some dry leaves over 

 them in winter. Division. Rich, rather deep and moist 

 soil. 

 G. arena' ria (sand). Flowers small. Berries crimson. 



New Zealand. 1905. Creeping. 

 bractea'ta (bracted). Green. Chili. 

 brepho'gea (earth-born). Green. Colombia. 1872. 

 chile'nsis (Chilian). 4-6. Green. August. Chili. 



1849. Leaves very large. 



densiflo'ra (dense-flowered). Green. New Zealand. 

 denta'ta (toothed). Flowers inconspicuous. Plant 



dwarf, creeping. New Zealand. 1905. 

 falkla'ndica (Falklandian). See G. MAGELLANICA. 

 insi'gnis (remarkable). Green. Chili. 1898. 

 magella'nica (Magellan). Green. Southern Chili. 

 manica'ta (sleeved). Green. Brazil. 1867. Leaves 



very large. 



monoi'ca (monoecious). New Zealand. 

 perpe'nsa (carefully-considered), ij. Green. S. 



Africa. 

 sca'bra (scabrous). See G. CHILENSIS. 



OU'NNIA, of Lindley. See SARCOCHILUS. 



GURA'NIA. (Nat. ord. Cucurbitaceae.) 



Stove climber. Seeds and cuttings. Fibrous loam, 

 leaf-mould, and sand. 

 G. eria'ntha (woolly-flowered). See G. MALACOPHYLLA. 



makoya'na (Makoyan). Guatemala. 1847. 



malacophy'lla (soft-leaved). Rose-scarlet. Peru. 

 1904. 



GUSTA'VIA, (Named after Gustavus III of Sweden. 

 Nat. ord. Barringtoniads [Myrtaceae], Linn. i6-Mona- 

 delphia, 8-Polyandria.) 



There are several species of these fine stove evergreens 

 not yet in cultivation. Cuttings of ripe shoots in sandy 

 soil, under a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat ; rich, loamy 

 soil. Summer temp., 60 to 90 ; winter, 55 to 6p. 

 G. augu'sia is a splendid, low, evergreen tree, something 

 like a Myrtle or a Barringtonia. 

 G. augu'sta (august). 10. White. Guiana. 1794. 



brasilie'nsis (Brazilian). Rosy-white. Brazil. 1866. 



fastuo'sa (disdainful). 20. White. May. Guiana. 

 1824. 



graci'llima (very-slender). Rose. Colombia. 1874. 



insi'gnis (remarkable) of Willdenow. See G. AUGUSTA. 



Leopo'ldii (Leopold's). See G. PTEROCARPA. 



pteroca'rpa (winged-fruited). White. Guiana. 1861. 



Theophra'sta (Theophrasta). White. S. Amer. 1873. 



GUTIERRE'ZIA. (Apparently a commemorative name . 

 Nat. ord. Composite.) 



Hardy shrubby plant. Cuttings in sandy soil in a 

 cold frame. Well-drained soil. 

 G. Eutha'mia (Euthamia's). Golden yellow. Western 



United States. 1896. Shrubby. 

 gymnospermoi'des (Gymnosperma-like). See XANTHO- 



CEPHALUM GYMNOSPERMOIDES. 



GUZMA'NIA. (Named after A. Guzman, a Spanish 

 naturalist. Nat. ord. Bromelworts [BromeUacese]. Linn. 

 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Caraguata.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. Suckers ; rich soil. 

 Stove temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 G. bullia'na (Bullian). See CARAGUATA ANGUSTIFOLIA. 

 devansaya'na (Devansayan). See CARAGUATA DEVAN- 



SAYANA. 



? , erythrocefphala (red-headed). Chiriqua. 1883. 



G. erythrole'pis (red-scaled). Cuba. 

 fra' grans (fragrant). See ^CHMEA. 

 fuerstenbergia'na (Fuerstenbergian). White ; bracts 



red. Ecuador. 1883. 



Melino'ki (Melinok's). See CARAGUATA MELINONIS. 

 Melino'nis (Melinon's). See CARAGUATA MELINONIS. 

 Sallie'ri (Sallier's). See ^CHMEA CYATHIFORMIS. 

 ,, tri'color (three-coloured), i. Green, scarlet. April. 



S. Amer. 1820. 



GYMNADE NIA. (Derived from gumnos, naked, and 

 aden, a gland ; the glands of the pollinia are not in a sac. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidaceae.) 



Stove terrestrial Orchid, closely allied to Habenana. 

 Imported roots. Fibrous loam and peat, with sand. 

 G. macro! niha (large-flowered), i. Dark brown, purplish- 

 lilac. Sierra Leone. 1870. 



GYMNEMA. (From gumnos, naked, and nema, a 

 filament ; in reference to the stamens. Nat. ord. 

 Asdepiads [Asclepiadaceae]. Linn. s-Pentandria, 2- 

 Digynia. Allied to Stephanotis.) 



G. lacti'ferum is the Cow Plant of Ceylon, the milk of 

 which is used as food by the natives. Stove evergreen 

 twiners, with yellow flowers. Cuttings of stiff young 

 side-shoots in May, in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat ; 

 fibrous loam and sandy peat, well drained. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 58. 

 G. sylve'stre (wood). Tropics. 

 tenaci'ssimum (most tenacious). See MARSDENIA 



TENACISSIMA. 



ti'ngens (staining). 8. July. E. Ind. 1823. 



GYMNaCLADUS. Kentucky Coffee - tree. (From 

 gumnos, naked, and klados, a branch ; in reference to 

 the soft young wood, devoid of buds. Nat. ord. Legumi- 

 nous Plants [Leguminosae]. Linn. 22-Dicecia, g-Decandria . 

 Allied to Parkinsonia.) 



Hardy deciduous tree. By imported seeds and cuttings 

 of the roots, keeping the part nearest the surface upper- 

 most ; deep, mellow loam. The tree has a peculiar 

 dead-like appearance in winter, as the buds are incon- 

 spicuous, but has a fine effect in summer with its very 

 large green leaves. 



G. canade'nsis (Canadian). 20. White. Canada. 1748. 

 ,, fo'liis variega'tis (variegated- leaved). 

 chine'nsis (Chinese). 12. White. China. 1889. 

 " Soap Tree." 



GYMNODI'SCUS. (From gumnos, naked, and discus, 

 a disc; referring to the naked disc of the achenes or 

 fruits. Nat. ord. Compositae.) 



Half-hardy annual. Seeds at the beginning of April 

 in the open border. 

 G. capilla'ris (hair- like). Yellow. June. S.Africa. 1822. 



GYMNOGRA'MME. (From gumnos, naked, and gramme, 

 a line ; in reference to the spore-cases. Nat. ord. Ferns 

 [Filices]. Linn. z^-Cryprogamia, i-Filices.) 



Beautiful stove Ferns, with brown spores, except 

 where otherwise stated. Division of the plant, and 

 spore-cases from the fronds scattered freely on rough 

 peat, in a pot, and covered with a square of glass, before 

 being placed in a damp, warm, shady place ; peat and 

 loam, most of the former, with a little silver sand. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85, a little shade ; winter, 50 

 to 60, and rather dry. 

 G. asplenioi'des (Asplenium-like). 1-2. Panama to 



S. Brazil. 

 calome'lanos (beautiful-black). 2-4. July. W. Ind. 



chrysophy'lla (golden-leaved). 1-2. Powder 

 yellow. 

 peruvia'na (Peruvian). i-ij. Powder grey. 



Stalks chestnut. 

 caudifo'rmis (tail- formed). i-i. Burma; Malaya. 



1862. 



chtzrophy'lla (chervil-leaved). J. June. Brazil. 1825. 

 chrysophy'lla (golden-leaved), i. July. W. Ind. 1824. 

 corda'ta (heart-shaped), i. August. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1838. 



decompo'sita (decompound). S. Amer. 1873. 

 diplazioi'des (Diplazium-like). ii~2j. Mexico to 



Peru and S. Brazil. 

 elegant? ssima (very elegant). See G. DECOMPOSJTA. 



