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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Glolralaria continued. 



those of G. cordifolia. Summer. 1. radical, oblong, crenate 



obtuse. Steins herbaceous, h. bin. South Europe, 1629. 



Hardy herb. 

 G. trichosantha (hairy-flowered), fl.-heads light blue, large. 



Summer. 1., radical ones spathulate, sometimes tridentate; 



cauline ones linear, mucronate. Stem herbaceous, leafy, h. 6m. 



to Sin. Asia Minor. Plant glaucescent. Hardy herb. 

 G vnlgaris (common).* fi.-heads bright blue, dense, terminal; 



involucre of nine to twelve imbricated leaflets. Summer. I, 



radical ones spathulate, emarginate, or shortly tridentate ; 



cauline ones small, lanceolate. Stems herbaceous, erect, h. din. 



to 12in. Europe, 1640. Hardy herb. (B. M. 2256.) 



GLOBULARIE.ZE. A synonym of Selaginece. 



GLOBULEA. Included, by Bentham and Hooker, 

 under Crassula. 



GLOMERATE. Gathered into round heaps or heads. 



GLONEBIA. Included under Psychotria (which 

 see). 



GTiORIOSA (from gloriosus, full of glory ; referring 

 to the handsome flowers). STNS. Clynostylis, Methonica. 

 OBD. Liliacece. A genus comprising three species of very 

 ornamental, usually stove bulbs. Flowers axillary, in ra- 

 cemes on the ends of the stems, which bear leaves remark- 

 able in having tendril - like apices. Propagation is 

 effected by seeds and by offsets. Seeds are best in- 

 serted singly, in small pots, in January, using a light 

 sandy soil, and plunging in bottom heat. Offsets should 

 be carefully removed from old bulbs when starting them 

 in spring, as the roots are very brittle, and are easily 

 injured if division is attempted at other times. Good 

 drainage is always essential, and an open soil, composed 

 of loam and peat in about equal proportions, is recom- 

 mended. The bulbs should be carefully repotted in 

 February, and then started in a temperature of about 

 70deg. Plenty of heat and moisture are necessary in 

 summer ; but, as the growth ripens, water should be 

 gradually withheld. During winter, the soil must be kept 

 quite dry, and the pots laid on their sides in a warm 

 place. Exposure to cold, when at rest, is a point 

 specially to be avoided. The winter treatment applies 

 alike to seedlings and established bulbs. Gloriosas are 

 frequently very slow-growing, and are impatient of root 

 disturbance on account of their brittleness. The seasons 

 of growth and complete rest in a warm place, are most 

 important considerations in their culture. 



Fio. 115. FLOWERING BRANCH AND SINGLE FLOWER OP 

 GLORIOSA SUPERBA. 



G. mperba (superb).* fi. deep rich orange and red ; perianth 

 segments narrow, deeply undulate and crispate, erect. Summer 

 h. 6ft. Tropical Asia and Africa, 1690. See Fig. 115. (A. B. R. 



G. virescens (greenish), fl. deep orange and yellow ; perianth 

 segments spathulate ; margins not crispate, and but slightly un- 

 dulated, h. 4ft. Mozambique, 1823. (B. M. 4938.) G. Flantii 



Gloriosa continued. 



is the form with reddish-yellow flowers. The variety grandiflora 

 (Methonica, .nrandijlora, B. M. 5216) is a tropical African form, 

 with much larger flowers than the type. 

 GLORY PEA. See Clianthus. 

 GLOSSARRHEN. A synonym of Schweiggeria. 

 GLOSSASFIS. A synonym of Glossula. 

 GLOSSOCOMIA. A synonym of Codonopsis. 

 GLOSSODIA (from glossa, a tongue, and eidos, like ; 

 alluding to the tongue-like appendage within the flower). 

 ORD. Orchidece. A genus comprising about four species 

 of greenhouse terrestrial orchids, limited to Australia. 

 Flowers purple or blue, erect, one or two on an erect 

 scape, leafless except an empty sheathing bract at or 

 below the middle, and a similar one under each pedicel ; 

 lip sessile, undivided, not fringed. Leaf solitary, oblong 

 or lanceolate, from within a scarious sheath close to the 

 ground. Glossodias thrive in sandy loam and peat, and 

 require but little water when in a dormant state. Propa- 

 gated by division. 



G. major (larger), fl. blue ; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, not blotched ; lip ovate, broad, biconvex and pubescent 

 with white hairs in the lower half, upper half lanceolate, blue and 

 glabrous. June. I. oblong or lanceolate, lin. to 2in. long. Tuber 

 ovoid. 1810. SYN. Caladenia major. 



G. minor (smaller). /. blue ; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate ; 

 lip about one-third the length of the sepals, broad, biconvex and 

 pubescent in the lower half, the spreading upper half triangular, 

 acute, flat, glabrous. June. I. lanceolate, the small sheathing 

 bract usually green. 1810. SYN. Caladenia minor. 



GLOSSULA (from glossa, a tongue ; in reference to 

 the tongue-like segments of the labellum). SYN. Gloss- 

 aspis. ORD. Orchidew. A monotypic genus, the species 

 being a curious tuberous-rooted stove orchid, peculiar to 

 the island of Hong Kong and the adjacent mainland. For 

 culture, see Glossodia. 



G. tentaculata (feeler-flowered), fl. green, small, in a slender, 



ig th 



December. 



erect spike ; lip deeply three 

 ewhat resemblin " 



som 



specific name. 



(B. R. 862.) 



GLOTTIDIUM. 



(which 



. lobes long and thread-like, 



(;he antennae of an insect, hence the 

 I. few, at base of the stem. h. Sin. 



Now included under Sesbania 



FIG. 116. DROOPING-FLOWERED GLOXINIA. 



GLOXINIA (named in honour of Benj. Petr. Gloxin, 

 of Colmar, a botanical writer). STNS. Escheria and 

 Salisia (of Eegel). OED. Gesneracece. A genus contain- 

 ing six species of elegant stove plants, all natives of 

 tropical America. Flowers variously coloured, sometimes 



