THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Orevillea continued. 



the Grevilleas. It flowers freely in the open air, as a wall plant, 

 in the neighbourhood of London. 



G. lavandnlacea (Lavender-leaved).* fl. rich bright rose, race- 

 mosely produced in abundance from the points of all the shoots. 

 Spring. I. linear, terminated by a sharp spine. 1850. SY\. 

 G. rosea. (L. & P. F. G. ii. 56.) 



G. longlfolia (long-leaved). A synonym of G. asplenifolia. 



G. macrostylis (long-styled).* fl. crimson and yellow, few, in 

 umbel-like axillary or terminal racemes, more or less secund. 

 April. 1. on short petioles, cuneate at the base, more or less 

 deeply divided into three broad triangular or lanceolate pungent- 

 pointed lobes, nearly glabrous, and more or less veined above, 

 silvery-silky underneath, h. 4ft. to 6ft. 1868. (B. M. 5915.) 



G. Preissi (Preiss's). A synonym of G. Thelemanniana. 



G. pnlchella (neat), fl. white ; racemes dense, usually glabrous, 

 terminal or in the upper axils, on short slender peduncles. I. 

 pinnate; segments seven to eleven, cuneate, trifld or three- 

 toothed, distinct, or the upper ones confluent and more entire ; 

 lobes triangular or lanceolate, acute or pungent-pointed ; margins 

 revolute. A. 1ft. to 2ft. A rather slender divaricate shrub or 

 under-shrub. SYN. Anadenia pulchella. (B. M. 5979.) 



G. pnnlcea (scarlet).* /. bright deep red ; racemes very short, 

 rather dense, almost sessile at the ends of the branches, very 

 spreading or recurved. I. shortly petiolate, oblong-elliptical or 

 almost oval, obtuse, with a small callous point, glabrous, often 

 shining and obscurely penniveined above and frequently with 

 a prominent marginal or inter-marginal nerve, silvery-silky or 

 ferruginous underneath, the midrib alone prominent; margins 

 recurved. An erect shrub. SYN. Lysanthe epeciosa. (B. M. 6698 ; 

 B. R. 1319.) 



FIG. 15L GREVILLEA KOBUSTA. 



G. rotmsta (robust).* fl. orange ; racemes panicled. June / 

 pinnate, with from eleven to twenty-one pinnatifld pinna; seg- 

 ments acute, smooth and veiny above, hoary beneath, h. 5ft. 

 V ge plant, and for general purposes 



wn of the genus. See Fig. 151. 



Grevillea continued. 



G. rosea (rose). A synonym of G. lavandnlacea. 



G. rosmarinifolia (Rosemary-leaved).* fl. red, disposed in 

 terminal clusters. June. I. linear, h. 4ft. This very handsome 

 shrub proves to be hardy in the more southern counties of 

 England. 1824. (L. B. C. 1479.) 



G. sericea (silky).* fl. rose-coloured ; racemes very dense, rather 

 short, on short terminal peduncles. I. shortly petiolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate or almost linear, mucronate, with recurved margins, 

 glabrous or sparingly silky above and more or less distinctly 

 penniveined, closely silky-tomentose underneath, the midrib 

 alone prominent. Branches rather slender, silky-pubescent. An 

 erect, spreading, or diffuse shrub. SV.NS. G. dubia, Lysanthe 

 sericea,. (A. B. R. 100 ; B. M. 3798 ; L. B. C. 880.) 



G. sulphurea (sulphur). A synonym of G. juniperina sulphurea. 



G. Thelemanniana (Thelemann's).* fl. bright deep red and 

 yellowish at the tip, produced in dense pendulous racemes, Sin. 

 or 4in. long. Spring. I. pinnate ; divisions linear, bright green. 

 Branches slender, somewhat drooping, h. 3ft. to 5ft. 1838. This is 

 one of the most elegant of the genus. SYN. G. Preissi. (B. M. 5837.) 



G. vestita (clothed), fl. purple ; racemes axillary, dense, scarcely 

 exceeding the leaves ; rachis pubescent or villous. May. 

 I. cuneate, broad or narrow, tapering toward the very narrow 

 base, more or less deeply three or rarely five-lobed at the end ; 

 lobes broad, mucronate, and often pungent, glabrous above when 

 old and veined, pubescent or villous underneath ; margins re- 

 curved, ft. 6ft. to 9ft. An erect, bushy shrub. SYN. Maivjlesia 



GREWIA (named in honour of Nehemiah Grew, 

 M.D., famous for his work on the Anatomy of Vege- 

 tables). STNS. Chadara, Mallococca. ORD. Tiliacece. A 

 genns comprising about sixty species of trees or shrubs, 

 for the most part confined to the hotter regions of the 

 Old World. Flowers yellow or rarely purple, axillary, 

 few, or more numerous and panicled. Drupe fleshy or 

 fibrous, entire, or two to four-lobed. Leaves entire or 

 serrate, three to seven-nerved. Grewias thrive in a mix- 

 ture of sandy loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, 

 inserted in sand, under a glass, in heat. The species 

 here described are those best known to cultivation. 

 G. aslatica (Asiatic), fl., petals yellow, linear-oblong, half the 

 length of the sepals ; peduncles two or more. July and August. 

 I. obliquely cordate, base five-nerved, h. 12ft. East Indies, 1792. 

 A small tree. 



G. occidentalis (Western).* /. purple ; peduncles solitary, one- 

 flowered. July to September. 1. roundish-ovate, blunt-toothed, 

 smooth, h. 10ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1690. (B. M. 422.) 

 G. sapida (savoury), fl. yellow, iin. in diameter ; sepals oblong ; 

 petals entire, half the length of the sepals. I. sub-sessile, 

 ovate or orbicular, doubly serrate, pilose above, pubescent be- 

 neath. Tropical Himalaya. A decumbent shrub. 



GREYIA (named after Sir George Grey, Governor- 

 General of the Cape Colony, where the species was dis- 

 covered). ORD. SapindacecB. A monotypic genus. The 

 species is a handsome greenhouse shrub, requiring full 

 exp osur e to the sun, and a season of rest (during 

 which it must be kept rather dry) after the wood is 

 ripened. It grows best in a sandy loam. Propagated 

 by seeds ; or by cuttings, made of half -ripened shoots. 

 G. Sutherland! (Sutherland's), fl. showy, flve-petaled, crowded 

 in long, thick, terminal racemes. March. I. alternate, sub-cor- 

 date, stalked, inciso-lobate. Stems stoutish, soft, smooth. 

 Natal, 1859. (B. M. 6040.) 



GRIAS (from grao, to eat; fruit edible). Anchovy 

 Pear. ORD. Myrtacece. A genus containing two or three 

 species of tall, hardly branched, stove evergreen trees, 

 natives of tropical America. Flowers white, large ; petals 

 four, coriaceous. Leaves very long, oblong, entire. 

 The species are of quick growth, and thrive in a compost 

 of rich sandy loam. Propagated by cuttings of ripe wood, 

 in spring. 



G. canliflora (stem-flowering).* fl. produced in short peduncles 

 from the old stem, not particularly ornamental, but very sweet- 

 scented. Berry ovate, about the size and shape of an alligator's 

 egg, of a brownish-russet colour. I. alternate, lanceolate, spathu- 

 late or entire, drooping, glossy green, sometimes upwards of 3ft. 

 long. h. 30ft. to 50ft. West Indies, 1768. (B. M. 5622.) 

 G. zamorensia (Zamoran). 1. ovate-lanceolate, 1ft. to 2ft. long. 

 Peru, 1879. A very noble and striking ornamental foliage 

 plant, not yet much grown. 



GRIFFINTA (named in honour of William Griflin, 

 a patron of botany). ORD. Amaryllidece. A genns com- 

 prising seven or eight species of very ornamental cool 



