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GERARD lA—GLEDITSCHTA. 



carolinia'num, diffuse, pubescent ; leaves 

 opposite, 5-lobed, crowded toward tlie top ; 

 flowers small, white. S. 



ca;spito' anm, radical leaves renifopm, 

 deeply cleft ; flowers red. S. 



pusWlnm, (small crane's bill. b. M. ©.) 

 leaves sub-reuifonn, 7-lobed ; lobes 3-cleft ; 

 peduncles short, 2-flowered ; jjetals emar- 

 ginate, scarcely longer than the awnless 

 calyx; carpels keeled, pubescent; seeds 

 smooth. Probably synonomous with dis- 

 sectum. 



dissec'tum, (wood geranium, r. Ju. 0.) 

 leaves 4 -parted ; lobes opposite, petiolate, 

 3-cleft, linear ;• peduncles short, 2-liowered ; 

 petals emarginate, rather shorter than the 

 awned calyx ; carpels hairy, not rugose ; 

 seeds reticulate. 12 i. 



cohnnhi'nwm, (long-stalked geranium, C. 

 M. 11.) peduncles 2-flowered, longer than 

 the leaves ; leaves 5-parted ; lobes many- 

 cleft, linear ; petals emarginate, of the 

 length of the awned calyx ; carpels gla- 

 brous. 

 GERAR"DIA. 13-2. {Saophularim.) [From 



Gerarde, a writer on plants in 1597.] 



lemiifo'Iia, (p. Au. Sept. $ .) very branch- 

 ing; leaves linear, acute, scabrous ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, longer than the flowers ; teeth 

 of the calyx acute. 6 10 i. 



Jla'va, (false foxglove, y. Ju. Z(.) pubes- 

 cent ; .stem nearly simple ; leaves sub-ses- 

 sile, lanceolate, entire, or toothed, lower 

 ones sub-pinnatifid, gashed; flowers axil- 

 lary, opposite, sub-.sessile. 2-3 f 



glaii'ca, (oak-leaf foxglove, y. Ju. 2/.) 

 smooth ; stem panicled ; leaves petioled, 

 pinnatifid, paler beneath, the upper ones 

 lanceolate ; flowers axillary, opposite, on 

 pedicels. 3-5 f. 



pedic7ila'ria, (lousewort foxglove.y. Sept. 

 $ .) pubescent, brachiate-panicled ; leaves 

 oblong, doubly gash-serrate and pinnatifid; 

 flowers axillary, opposite, pedicelled ; di- 

 visions of the calyx leafy, gash-toothed. 

 Var. pectina'ta, stem and branches densely 

 pilose ; leaves ovate, pectinately sub-bipin- 

 natifid, soft pubescent ; calyx hirsute. 2 f 



pnrpu'rea, (p. Au. ^.) stems with oppo- 

 site branches ; leaves linear, slender ; flow- 

 ers axillary, opposite, sub-sessile ; segments 

 of the calyx subulate. 12-18 i. 

 _ apliyl'ln, (p. Ju. %.) .stem naked, nearly 

 simple, with small, deciduous, oppo.site, 

 ovate scales ; corolla longer than the ped- 

 uncle. 3 f. <S. 



fascicula'ta, (p. S. 0.) stem rigid, erect, 

 branching near the summit ; leaves oppo- 

 site, and in threes, sometimes alternate, lin- 

 ear, clustered, very scabrous ; peduncles 

 much shorter than the leaves. S. 



GE'UM. 11—12. (Rosaccm.) 



riva'le, (purple avens, p. J. 14..) pubes- 

 cent; stem simple; radical leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, cauliue ones 3-cleft ; flow- 

 ers nodding ; petals as long as the calyx ; 

 awns plumose, nearly naked at the top, 

 minutely uncinate. 10 i. 



Virginia' num., (avens, w. Ju. 2/.) pubes- 

 cent ; radical and lower cauline leaves ter- 

 nate, upper ones lanceolate ; stipules ovate, 



I sub-entire ; flowers erect ; petals shortef 

 j than the calyx ; awns hooked, naked, at 

 j the apex twisted, hairy. Var. tnlobum, 

 I has the radical leaves 3-lobed, or ternate. 

 !2f. 



I stricf'tum, (upright avens, O. y. J. 2^.) hir- 

 I sute ; leaves all interruptedly pinnate, the 

 odd one largest; leafets ovate, toothed, 

 stipules ga.shed ; divisions of the calyx 5, 

 alternately linear, short ; flowers erect ; pe- 

 tals roundish, longer than the calyx ; awn 

 naked, hooked. 2 f. 



aVbum, (w. Ju. 2/.) pubescent; radical 

 leaves pinnate, cauliue ones temate, upper 

 ones simple, 3-cleft ; lower stipules gashed ; 

 flowers erect ; petals of the length of the 

 calyx; awns hooked, naked, hairy at the 

 end. 2 f. 



trijlo'riim, (W. w. 24^.) pilose ; stem sim- 

 ple, somewhat 3-flowered ; radical leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate ; leafets wedge-fonn, 

 ga.sh-toothed ; petals oblong, as long as the 

 calyx ; aw^ns very long, villo.?e. S. 



coccin"eiim, a splendid plant, a native ot 

 Chili, with large orange-scarlet flo%vers. 



uvha'num, (y. M. IX) flowers erect ; awna 

 hooked, naked ; stem erect, branching, 

 haiiy ; radical leaves pinnatifid in fives, cau- 

 line ones palm ternate, upper ones ovate, 

 1-lobed ; stipules large, sub-orbicjilar. 12-18 

 i. Ex. 

 GILLE'NIA. 11-5. {Rosacem.) 



trifolia'ta, (Indian physic, w. J. 7X-) 

 leaves temate ; leafets lanceolate, seiTate ; 

 stipules linear ; flowers in loose, terminal 

 panicles, large, medicinal. Emetic resem- 

 bling ipecac. 



stipula'cea, (w. J. 2/.) radical leaves pin- 

 natifid, stem leaves ternate ; leafets incisely 

 serrate; stipules foliaceous, ovate, incisely 

 toothed and clasping ; flowers in loose, ter- 

 minal panicles, large. Var. inci'sa, has ter- 

 nate leaves, with leafets gash-toothed. 2-3 f. 



GLAU'CIUM. 12—1. iPapaveracecB.) [From 

 gtaukos, sea-green, from its color.] 

 lu'leum, (honied poppy, y. Ju. ^.) stem 



glabrous; cauline leaves clasping, repand; 



peduncles 1-flowered; silique tuberculate 



and a little scabrous. S. 



GLADIO'LUS. 3—1. ilridea.) [Diminutive 

 of gladius, a sword, from the shape of its 

 leaves.! 

 ensiform"is, (p. r. b. Ju. 2^.) leaves ensi- 



fonn, glabrous, entire ; flowers spiked, col 



ors various ; root bulbous. 



GLAUX. 5—1. {LysimachicE.) [V v om glaukos, 



sea-green.] 



ma rati' ma, (black salt-wort, r-w. 2J!.) 

 leaves roundish, entire, fleshy ; stem leafy. 

 4-5 i. Marshes on the sea-coast. 



GLECIIO'MA. 13—1. (Labiatcc.) [From glu- 



kos, SA^-eet.] 



hedera'cca, (ground ivy, gill-overground, 

 b. and r. M. IX.) leaves reniform, crenate; 

 stem rooting. Var. cordata, leaves cordate. 

 GLEDITSCir'IA. 20—6. (Leguminosa.) [From 



Gleditsch, professor of botany at Frankfort.] 



triacati"iha, (honey-locust, w. J. '^.) 

 thorn strong, cross branched ; a large tree, 

 with oval and oblong leaves pinnate ; le- 

 gumes large, not caducous. 



