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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Galeandra continued. 



G. Devoniana (Duke of Devonshire's).* ft. white, elegantly pen- 

 tilled with pink, about 4in. across, produced in pendent spikes 

 from the top of the pseudo-bulbs. Blossoms at various times 

 of the year, and remains a considerable period in full beauty. 

 h. 2ft. South America. (B. M. 4610.) 



G. Harveyana (Harvey's), ft., sepals and petals sepia-brown ; 

 lip light yellow, with a tuft of h 

 disk. Tropical America. 



., 



hair over the anterior part of the 



G. minax (projecting), fl. yellowish-copper, whitish, purple. June. 



Columbia, 1874. 

 G. nivalis (snowy).* fl. in nodding racemes, each about 2in. long, 



with narrow reflexed rich olive-coloured segments, having a large 



funnel-shaped white lip, marked with a central violet blotch. 



Tropical America. A beautiful and rare species. (G. C. n. s., xvii. 



537.) 



GALEATE. Helmeted. 



GALEGA (from gala, milk ; referring to its supposed 

 property of increasing the milk of animals which feed 

 upon the plants). Goat's Eue. ORD. Leguminosce. A genus 

 comprising three species of ornamental, hardy, smooth, 

 erect perennial herbs, natives of Southern Europe and 

 Western Asia. Flowers white or blue, disposed in axil- 

 lary and terminal racemes. Leaves impari- pinnate ; leaf- 

 lets entire, veined ; stipules somewhat sagittate. The 

 species succeed in almost any soil, but will well repay for 

 liberal treatment. They succeed in rich loam, with a 

 sunny situation, and can remain year after year in one 

 position. It is, however, advisable to divide them every 

 few years. Propagation is effected by dividing the roots 

 into several strong pieces, and replanting them in a 

 deeply dug soil, and in a position where they are in- 

 tended to flower; or by seeds, sown in the open ground, 

 in spring. 



G. officinal is (officinal).* fl. blue ; racemes longer than the 

 leaves. Summer. I. lanceolate, mucronate, glabrous ; stipules 

 broad-lanceolate, h. 3ft. to 4ft. South Europe, 1568. 



G. o. albiflora (white-flowered)* is a pretty white-flowered form. 

 h. 2ft. to 3ft. Persia, 1823. SYN. G. pei-sica. 



FIG. 73. QALEOA ORIENTAI.TS, showing Flowering Stem and 

 detached Single Flower. 



G. orientalis (Eastern).* ft. blue ; racemes longer than the leaves 

 Summer and autumn. I. ovate, acuminated, smooth ; stipules 



Galega continued. 



broad-ovate. h. 2ft. to 4ft. Caucasus, 1810. This species may 

 be distinguished by its creeping roots and simple, flexuous stems. 

 See Fig. 73. (B. M. 2192.) 



G. persioa (Persian). A synonym of 0. oficinalis albiflora,. 

 GALEOBDOLON. Included under Lamium. 

 GALEOGLOSSUM. A eynonym of Prescottia 

 (which see). 



GALEOLA (a diminutive of galea, a helmet; in al- 

 lusion to the form of the labellnm). Including Cyrtosia, 

 Erythrorchis, &c. ORD. Ordiidece. A genus of about a 

 dozen species of leafless epiphytes, sometimes climbing 

 to a considerable extent. They are natives of India, 

 Japan, the Malayan Archipelago, New Caledonia, and 

 Australia. Flowers in terminal, usually pendulous, 

 panicles. Some of the species are decidedly showy ; 

 but, probably, none are successfully cultivated in this 

 country. 



GALEOFSIS (the old Greek name used by Dios- 

 corides, from gale, a weasel, and opsis, appearance; in 

 allusion to the likeness of the flower to a weasel's 

 snout). SYN. Tetrahit. ORD. Labiates. This genus, 

 according to some authorities, contains twelve species of 

 hardy, erect, or slightly decumbent, annual herbs; whilst 

 others reduce the number of species to three. They are 

 natives of Europe and West Asia. Flowers red, yellow, 

 or variegated, sessile ; calyx nearly regular, with five 

 pointed teeth; corolla with a tube larger than the calyx. 

 The species thrive in any ordinary garden soil, and are 

 propagated by seed. 



G. Ladanum (Ladanum). ft. purple, six to ten together, in 

 dense whorls in the upper axils, the upper ones forming a ter- 

 minal head. Summer and autumn. I. shortly stalked, narrow- 

 ovate or lanceolate, coarsely toothed, h. Bin. to 9in. This 

 species varies considerably in the breadth of leaf, in the 

 degree of hairiness, and in the size of the flowers. (Sy. En. B. 

 1074, 1075.) 



G. versicolor (various-coloured). /. yellow, with a purple spot 

 on the lower lip, large. Summer and autumn. I. stalked, ovate, 



very pointed, and coarsely toothed, 

 sidered by some authors to be : 

 common cornfield weed in Britain. 



Stem hispid. This is con- 

 , variety of G. Tetrahit, a 

 (Sy. En. B. 1077.) 



GALEOFSIS (of Mcench). A synonym of Stachys. 



GALEOTTIA. Included under Zygfopetalum. 



GALE, SWEET. See Myrica Gale. 



GALIACEJE. A tribe of Rubiaceai. 



GALINGALE. 

 longfus (which see). 



GALIFEA (native name of one of the species). ORD. 

 Rutacece. A genus comprising about twenty species of 

 stove evergreen trees or shrubs, natives of South-eastern 

 tropical America. Racemes axillary or terminal, simple 

 or compound. Leaves alternate, petiolate, one to seven- 

 foliolate ; leaflets entire, rarely serrated, full of pellucid 

 dots. For culture, see Erythrochiton. 



A common name of Cyperus 



G. macrophylla 

 stalked interrupte 



glabrous, obtuse, somewhat leathery, 6i 

 B 



(large-leaved), ft. pale rose or white, in a 

 d spike or raceme. I. unifoliolate, elliptic, 



to 12in. long. h. 2ft. 

 razil. (B. M. 4948.) 

 G. odoratissima (very sweet-scented), fl. white, very fragrant, 

 in many-flowered, sub-sessile, short, axillary spikes. May. I. 

 deep green, broad, obovate, obtuse, shortly petiolate. h. 2ft. 

 Eio Janeiro. (B. R. 1420.) 



G. trifoliate (three-leaved), fl. greenish, small, corymbose. 

 September. I. trifoliate, smooth, h. 6ft. Guiana. 



GALIUM (Gallon, the old Greek name used by Dios- 

 corides, from gala, milk ; the flowers of one of the species 

 having been used to curdle milk). Bedstraw. ORD. 

 Rubiacece. An extensive genus of annual or perennial 

 herbs, spread over the whole of the temperate regions of 

 the New, as well as of the Old World, especially abundant 

 in Europe and Northern Asia, penetrating also into the 

 tropics, but there chiefly confined to mountainous districts. 

 The species number 150, and are, for the" most part, 

 uninteresting weeds ; the following, however, may be 

 employed to cover rockwork : maritinum, purpureum, 

 rubrum, and uliginosum. Flowers white, yellow, or (in 



