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Gomphia continued. 



G. Theophrasta (Theophrasta-like). fl. golden-yellow, densely 

 produced in much-branched panicles, nearly 1ft. long. May. 

 t. elongate, ovate-lanceolat*, serrulate, 1ft. long, shortly stalked. 

 South America. (B. M. 5642.) 



GOMPHOCARiPUS (from gomphos, a club, and 

 karpos, a fruit ; the follicles are ventricose). ORD. 

 Asclepiadeae. A genus comprising about eighty species 

 of greenhouse herbs or sub-shrubs, natives of Southern 

 and tropical Africa, Arabia, Central and North America. 

 Flowers usually showy, on many - flowered, interpetiolar 

 peduncles. Leaves opposite. The plants thrive in a 

 compost of sandy loam and fibry peat. Propagated by 

 seeds, sown in a hotbed, in spring ; or by cuttings, 

 made of small side shoots, when the plant is commencing 

 new growth, and inserted in sand, under a bell glass. 



G. arborescens (tree-like), ft., corolla white, glabrous ; 

 peduncles, pedicels, and calyces villous. December. I. ovate- 

 oblong, glabrous, with an acumen. Stem villous, branched. 

 h. 4ft. to 6ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1714. Shrubby. 



G. crlspus (curled), ft. greenish-yellow ; peduncles and calyces 

 pilose. July. I. lanceolate-cordate, undulated, hispid. Branches 

 downy. A. 1ft. to 2ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1714. Herb. 



G. fruticosus (shrubby).* ft. white ; peduncles and pedicels 

 downy. June to September. I. linear-lanceolate, 4in. to 5in. 

 long and lin. broad. Stem downy. A. 5ft. to 7ft. Cape of Good 

 Hope, 1714. The leaves of this shrub are sometimes employed to 

 adulterate senna. (B. M. 1628.) 



G. padifolius (Cherry-leaved). /. axillary (not terminal), in 

 shortly-stalked umbels of six to ten; corolla lobes purplish- 

 green ; divisions of the crown purplish-yellow. I. broadly cordate- 



ovate, sessile, decussate, in close opposite pairs, 2in. to 3in. long, 



acute, entire, glabrous ; upper surface pale 



purple as they grow old ; under surface glauc 



Stem purplish-green, erect. A. 3ft. South Africa, 1867. Warm 



. 



e pale green, tinged with 

 er in c 



ple as they grow old ; under surface glaucous, deeper in colour. 



purplish-green, erect. A. 

 greenhouse herb. (Ref. B. 254.) 



GOMPHOLOBIUM (from gomphos, a club, and 

 lobos, a pod ; in reference to the shape of the pod 

 being like that of a club or wedge). ORD. Leguminosce. 

 A genus containing twenty-four species of elegant green- 

 house shrubs, all from Australia. Flowers yellow or 

 red, terminal or rarely in the upper axils, solitary or 

 two or three together, or in short racemes. Leaves 

 simple, or more frequently compound; leaflets usually 

 narrow, digitate or pinnate, with the terminal leaflet 

 sessile between the last pair; stipules small, lanceolate 

 or subulate, or none. Gompholobiums should be grown 

 in a compost of peat and loam, chopped into small 

 pieces, but not sifted, with the addition of plenty of 

 silver sand and small pieces of charcoal. Careful drain- 

 age and watering are of great importance in their 

 culture. Propagated by cuttings, made of young 

 shoots, about 2in. in length, during spring, inserted in 

 sandy peat, under a bell glass, in shade. 

 G. aclculare (needle-shaped). A synonym of G. tomentosum. 

 G. bar bigerum (bearded). A synonym of G. latifolium. 

 G. capitatum (headed), ft. yellow, very shortly pedicellate, in 

 dense, terminal, leafy corymbs, almost contracted into heads ; 

 calyx usually very hirsute. July. I. the same as in G. tomentosum, 

 or the leaflets rather more slender. A. 2ft 1830. This species is 

 closely allied to G. tomentosum, of which, perhaps, it is but a 

 variety. (B. R. 1563.) 



G. grandiflonun (large-flowered).* fl. large, solitary, or two or 

 three together, shortly pedicellate, terminal, or on very short, 

 axillary, leafy branches ; standard broad, Jin. long. June. I., 

 leaflets three, on a very short common petiole, narrow-linear, 

 with a short, almost pungent point; margins revolute ; veins 

 inconspicuous. A. 2ft. 1803. (S. E. B. 5.) 

 G. grandlflorum (large-flowered). A synonym of G. polymor- 



G. heterophyllum (variable-leaved). 

 anum. 



A synonym of G. Knighti- 

 pink or purple, in a short 



G. Knightlanum (Knight's).* ft. 



corymbose raceme, on a rather long peduncle above the last 

 leaves ; standard broad, rather longer than the calyx ; wings and 

 keel rather shorter. August. 1. mostly pinnate, with five to 

 eleven lanceolate or linear leaflets, obtuse or mucronate, flat, or 

 with slightly recurved margins ; stipules subulate. Stems slender, 

 rigid, ascending or erect. A. 1ft. or more. 1830. SYN. G. hetero- 

 phyllum. (B. R. 1468.) 



G. lanatum (woolly). A synonym of G. tomentosum. 



G. lattfollum (broad-leaved). fl. golden-yellow, about lin. long; 



Gompholobium continued. 



vexillum large. April to June. I. ternate ; leaflets linear, 

 acutish. Stem erect ; branches angular. A. 1ft. to 2ft. 1824. 

 SYN. G. barbigerum. (B. M. 4171.) 



G. marginatum (edged), ft. yellow, small, few, in irregular, 

 loose, terminal racemes, or rarely solitary ; standard about four 

 lines long, deeply notched ; lower petals scarcely exceeding the 

 calyx. May. I, leaflets three, or rarely solitary, on a common 

 petiole, from obovate to linear-oblong, with a short sharp point, 

 coriaceous, bordered by a thickened nerve-like edge ; stipules 

 lanceolate-subulate or setaceous. Stems slender, rigid, decum- 

 bent or ascending, under 1ft. long. 1820. (B. R. 1490.) 



G. minus (smaller). ft. yellow. May. I. glabrous ; leaflets three, 

 on a very short common petiole. A much-branched shrub. SYN. 

 Burtonia minor. 



G. pednncnlare (long flower-stalked). A synonym of G. poly- 

 morphum. 



G. polymorphum (many-formed).* ft., vexillum scarlet on the 

 inside, with a yellow base, and purple on the outside, large ; 

 pedicels much longer than the leaves. March to August. I., 

 leaflets three to five, linear, or oblong-cuneated, mucronate, with 

 recurved margins. Stems procumbent, weak, twining. (B. M. 

 1533.) SYNS. G. grandiflorum, G. pedunculare, G. tenue (B. R. 

 1615), and G. venulosum (B. R. 1574). G. versicolor is a luxuriant 

 form, having large flowers and long leaflets (B. M. 4179 ; B. R. 

 1839, 43 ; P. M. B. xii. 219.) 



G. tenue (slender). A synonym of G. polymorphum. 



G. tomentosum (shaggy). /. yellow, terminal, few, in compact, 

 leafy corymbs, or rarely solitary ; standard about six lines long; 

 keel rather shorter, broad, somewhat curved, the edges minutely 

 ciliate. May L, leaflets usually five or seven, but varying from 

 three to eleven, narrow-linear ; margins revolute, so as to be 

 almost terete, mucronate, more or less pubescent. A. 1ft. to 3ft 

 1830. SYNS G. aeieulare, G. lanatum (B. R. 1474). 



G. venulosum (veiny-leaved). A synonym of G. polymorphum. 



G. venustum (charming).* /. purple; corymb stalked, many, 

 flowered. April to July. 1. impari-pinnate, with many pai 

 of leaflets ; leaflets awl - shaped, veiny, with revolute margins, 

 glabrous. A. 1ft. to 3ft. 1803. (B. M. 4258.) 

 GOMFHOSTYLIS CANDIDA. A synonym of 



Ccelogyne maculata (which see). 



FIG. 123. FLOWERING BRANCH OF GOMPHREXA GLOBOSA. 



GOMFHRENA (altered from Gromphcena, the 

 name given by Pliny to a kind of Amaranth). Globe 

 Amaranth. ORD. Amarantacece. A large genus (about 



