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GLO 



THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



GLO 



ground to keep out the frost. If the plants thrive well, they 

 will be fit to transplant to the places where they are to re- 

 main after two years' growth, for they do not bear removing 

 when large ; the best season for transplanting these trees is 

 late in the spring; they thrive best in a deep light soil, for 

 in strong shallow ground they become mossy, and never 

 grow large; they should also have a sheltered situation, for 

 when much exposed to winds, the branches are frequently 

 broken, when fully clothed with the leaves, which do not 

 appear till June. As this is an elegant tree, it should appear 

 singly in the openings of plantations, wherever it can be well 

 sheltered from cold winds. 



2. Gleditsia Monosperma; Swamp Locust Tree. Branches 

 somewhat thorny; little leaves ovate-oblong, sharp; pods con- 

 taining only one seed. It flowers in July, and is a native of 

 Carolina and Florida. This plant is only considered by Miller, 

 a variety of the first species ; but being fully satisfied, with 

 Fred. Pursh, that it is entirely distinct from Gleditsia Tria- 

 canthos, we have copied his specific description. 



Glimts; a genus of the class Dodecandria, order Penta- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth five- 

 leaved; leaflets ovate, concave, coloured within, permanent. 

 Corolla : none ; nectaries often five, flat, resembling petals, 

 narrow, shorter than the calix, unequally bifid or trifid. Sta- 

 mina : filamenta about fifteen, (Geertner says, fifteen to 

 twenty,) subulate, flat, the length of the calix; antheree erect, 

 upright, compressed, twin. Pistil: germen superior, five- 

 cornered ; styles five, short, (Gwrtner says one, five-cleft ;) 

 stigmas simple. Pericarp : capsule ovate, five-celled, five- 

 cornered, five-valved. Seeds: very many, roundish, in a 

 single row under the valves, tubercled, affixed at the base to 

 a small swelling membrane. Observe: The nectaries of Lin- 

 nens are what Gaertner calls the petals. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Calix: five-leaved. Corolla: none; nectaries 

 cloven bristles. Capsule: five-cornered, five-celled, five- 

 valved, containing numerous seeds. * The species are, 



1. Glinus Lotoides ; Hairy Glinus. Stems procumbent, 

 jointed, hairy ; leaves obovate ; root annual; flowers nearly 

 sessile, crowded together; capsule ovate-pyramidal, thin, 

 pustuled by the protuberating seeds ; partitions inserted in 

 the middle of the valves. Native of the south of Europe, 

 and the Levant. 



2. Glinus Dictamnoides. Stem frutescent, prostrate; leaves 

 orbicular, tomentose, flat; calicine leaflets lanceolate; 

 branches alternate ; both they and the stems tomentose at 

 top, but with hairs less distinct than in the first species ; 

 peduncles at the joints aggregate, short. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



3. Glinus Setiflorous. Stem shrubby; leaves obovate, plait- 

 ed ; calicine leaflets ovate. The whole plant is hoary, with 

 very close hairs, longer than in the first species; flowers axil- 

 lar, several; peduncles very short; spinules rigid, minute, 

 from the base of the peduncles, permanent. Native of inun- 

 dated woods, in Arabia Felix, during the rainy season. 



Globba; a genns of the class Diandria, order Monogynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth superior, one- 

 leafed, cylindric, with a trifid mouth, permanent. Corolla: 

 rnonopetalous, cylindric, with a trifid equal mouth. Sta- 

 mina: filamenta two, filiform, middling in length; anthcrte 

 fastened longitudinally to the filamenta. Pistil: germen in- 

 ferior; style bristle-shaped, of a middling length; stigma 

 (harp. Pericarp : capsule roundish, three-celled, three- 

 valved. Seeds: very many. ESSENTIAL CHARACTKH. 

 Calix: superior, trifid. Corolla: equal, trifid. Capsule: 

 three-celled. Seeds: very many. The specie.* are, 



1. Globba Marantina. Spike terminating, erect; stem 



simple, herbaceous, about two feet high ; flowers remote, 

 each involved in an ovate bracte, longer than the flower. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



2. Globba Nutans. Spike terminating, pendulous. Rum- 

 phius makes two varieties of this, the great and the small : 

 the first has a very straight firm stem, from fourteen to eigh- 

 teen feet in height, two inches in diameter at bottom, naked 

 for six feet from the root, and stout enough for walking- 

 canes ; the upper part is soft, and is eaten in some places ; 

 leaves three feet long, and more than two hands broad, thin, 

 smooth, with many parallel transverse veins, bending up- 

 wards near the edge, forming slight ridges on the upper, and 

 furrows on the lower surface; fruit the size of a pigeon's egg, 

 red. The leaves of the smaller sort are more wandering, 

 narrower, and draw more to a point at the base ; the pri- 

 mary stem is two or three feet in length, and leafless, pro- 

 ducing abundance of oblong flowers in bunches, like the 

 Hyacinth. Native of the East Indies. 



3. Globba Uviformis. Spike lateral ; stem from seven or 

 eight to twelve or fourteen feet high, the thickness of a fin- 

 ger; leaves from fourteen to sixteen inches long, and from 

 four to six fingers broad, smooth, and dark green above, pale 

 green and lannginose beneath : the fructification issues from 

 the side of the stem, eighteen inches or two feet above the root, 

 in a spathed bunch or spike a hand in length, containing many 

 white flowers, which are succeeded by fruit resembling grapes, 

 but larger, white, becoming black, or of the colour of smoke, 

 and are sometimes eaten. Native of the East Indies. 



4. Globba Japonica. Raceme terminating, drooping ; 

 leaves sword-shaped, entire; the stem is sheathed with leaves, 

 simple, round, streaked, smooth, upright, two feet high or 

 more ; flowers many ; rachis flexuose, a hand in length ; pe- 

 duncle scarcely a line long, nodding a little, one-flowered ; 

 style filiform ; seeds surrounded by a white connecting mem- 

 brane, angular, smooth, brown ; capsule ovate. Native of 

 Japan, where the fruit ripens in December and January. 



Globe Amaranth. See Gomphrena. 



Globe Flower. See Trollius. 



Globe Thistle. See Echinops. 



Globularia ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: common perianth, 

 imbricate with scales the length of the disk, and equal; pro- 

 per one-leafed, tubular, five-cleft, sharp, permanent, (four or 

 five toothed, the teeth bristle-shaped and acuminate, accord- 

 ing to Gartner.) Corolla: universal, nearly equal ; proper 

 rnonopetalous, tubular at the base; border five-parted; upper 

 lip very narrow, two-parted, shorter, lower of three larger 

 equal segments. Stamina: filamenta four, simple, the length 

 of the corollule; antheree distinct, incumbent. Pistil: ger- 

 men ovate, superior; style simple, the length of the stamina; 

 stigma obtuse. Pericarp: none; proper calix converging, 

 inclosing the seed. Seed: solitary, ovate. Receptacle: com- 

 mon, oblong, separated bychalFs. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Calix: common imbricate; proper tubular, inferior; corollett 

 the upper lip two-parted, lower three-parted. Receptacle: 

 chaffy. The species are, 



1. Globulaiia Longifolia; Long -leaved Globularia. Stem 

 shrubby ; all the leaves linear-lanceolate, quite entire ; heads 

 axillary. This rises much higher than the next species, hav- 

 ing a hard white wood, with a large pith, and a scabrous 

 light brown or gray bark ; the branches towards their ends 

 very thick set with leaves, without any order, they are two 

 inches long, and a third part of an inch broad in the middle; 

 the nerves yellowish green; flowers small, blue, in round 

 heads. It flowers in July and August, and is a native of 

 Madeira. This, and the eighth species, are somewhat 



