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Gnidia; a genus of the class Octandria, order Monogynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one-leafed, 

 funnel-form, coloured; tube filiform, very long; border four- 

 parted, flat. Corolla: petals four, sessile, flat, shorter than 

 the calix, and inserted into it. Stamina : filamenta eight, 

 bristle-shaped, erect, almost the length of the flower ; 

 antheree simple. Pistil: germen ovate; style filiform, in- 

 serted into the side of the germen, the length of the stamina ; 

 stigma capitate, hispid. Pericarp: none; fruit in the bot- 

 tom of the calix. Seed: single, ovate, obliquely acute. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: funnel-form, four-cleft. 

 Petals : four, inserted into the calix. Seed : one, somewhat 

 berried. These are shrubby plants, except the last; and are 

 usually increased by cuttings, planted during the summer 

 months in pots filled with light earth, plunged into a very 

 moderate hot-bed, covering the pots closely with bell or 

 hand glasses, to exclude the air, and shade them during the 

 day: they will put out roots in six weeks, when they should 

 be gradually inured to the open air. In winter, place them 

 in a dry airy glass-case, where they may enjoy free air in 



mild weather, and be protected from frost and damp air. 



The species are, 



1. Gnidia Pinifolia ; Pine-leaved Gnidia. Leaves scattered, 

 linear; floral-leaves in whorls. Stem three or four feet high, 

 with a few side-branches; the flowers come out almost in 

 whorls from between the leaves, at the extremities of the 

 branches, on short peduncles ; calix and petals white. It 

 varies with blue flowers. Native of the Cape. 



2. Gnidia Radiata; Radiated Gnidia. Leaves subulate, 

 three-sided, erect ; heads terminating, sessile, radiate ; bractes 

 lanceolate. This is a rough proliferous shrub; flowers some- 

 what villose on the outside. Native of the Cape. 



3. Gnidia Simplex ; Flax-leaved Gnidia. All the leaves 

 linear, acute; flowers terminating, sessile. Stems half a foot 

 high, unequal, roughened with the tubercles from leaves 

 that are fallen ; the floral-leaves are not broader than the 

 rest; petals oblong, acuminate. Native of the Cape. 



4. Gnidia Tomentosa; Rough Gnidia. Leaves scattered, 

 ovate-oblong, smooth, scabrous about the edge ; petals small, 

 emarginate. Native of the Cape. 



5. Gnidia Sericea ; Silky Gnidia. Leaves ovate, tomen- 

 tose ; floral-leaves in fours. Throat of the corolla crowned 

 with eight coloured threads, the same length with the corolla 

 itself, on the outside of the petals. Native of the Cape. 



6. Gnidia Oppositifolia ; Opposite-leaved Gnidia. Leaves 

 opposite, lanceolate. The uppermost leaves are blood-red at 

 the extremity. Native of the Cape. 



7. Gnidia Capitata. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, smooth ; 

 flowers in heads, fortified with bractes; peduncles naked. 

 Stem shrubby, with upright round purplish branches ; flowers 

 aggregate, peduncled. Native of the Cape. 



8. Gnidia Filamentosa. Leaves elliptically ovate, very 

 smooth, approximating; flowers in heads; filamenta capil- 

 lary. This is a very smooth shrub, tubercled with the scars 

 of fallen leaves. Native of the Cape. 



9. Gnidia Imbricata. Leaves oblong, imbricated in four 

 rows, silky ; flowers terminating in the axils of the leaves. 

 Native of the Cape. 



10. Gnidia Sparrraanni. Leaves linear, subulate, flat 

 above, sharp ; flowers in pairs, axillary. Brauches smooth 

 and even, not tomentose. Native of the Cape. 



11. Gnidia Daphneefolia. Decandrous: leaves oblong, 

 flat, quite entire ; head terminating, peduncled, involucred ; 

 flowers five-cleft. The leaves are alternate. Native of the 

 island of Madagascar. 



Goat's Beard. See Trayopoijon. 

 VOL. i. 53. 



Goafs Rue. See Galega. 



Goat's Thorn. See Astragalus. 



Golden Flower. See Chrysanthemum. 



Golden Rod. See Solidago. 



Golden Rod Tree. See Bosea. 



Goldilocks, Goldylocks. See Chrysocoma. 



Gold of Pleasure. See Myagrum. 



Gomphia ; a genus of the class Decandria, order Monogy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-leaved ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, sharpish, nerved, coloured, deciduous ; 

 two with a membrane on both sides, one with a membrane 

 on one side only, and two without any. Corolla: petals five, 

 spreading longer than the calix, somewhat unequal ; claws 

 shorter than the calix, widening gradually into roundish, flat, 

 entire laminas. Stamina : filamenta ten, thick, angular, very 

 short; antherse upright, parallelepiped, drawn to a point at 

 top, gaping at the tip on the outside, with a double hole, 

 shorter than the calix. Pistil: germen sitting on a short, 

 fleshy, angular receptacle, five-cornered, and five-cleft ; style 

 longer than the stamina, five-furrowed ; stigma sharp. Pe- 

 ricarp : berries from one to five, generally two, ovate, ob- 

 liquely attenuated at the base, somewhat compressed, obtuse, 

 upright, sitting on a very large globular receptacle, for re- 

 ceiving a single berry, or lobed for several berries, which are 

 each fixed to a lobe. Seed: solitary, ovate. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix: five-leaved. Corolla: five-petalled. 

 Berries : one to five, on a large receptacle. Seed : solitary. 

 The species are, 



1. Gomphia Angustifolia. Leaves lanceolate, serrate on 

 the outside; panicle terminating; petals longer than the ca- 

 lix. This tree is only about twelve feet high, with a slender 

 trunk ; the bark is brownish red ; the wood whitish, with a 

 greenish heart; the flowers are yellow, and have no scent. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



2. Gomphia Nittda. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate ; panicles terminating ; calices equal to the corolla. 

 Branches alternate, flexuose at the top, covered with a brown 

 bark, round, smooth, as is the whole plant; flowers before 

 their evolution ovate, obtuse ; petals yellow. Native of the 

 West Indies. 



3. Gomphia Lsevigata. Leaves lanceolate, very obtuse, 

 quite entire, emarginate ; panicle terminating. This is also 

 a smooth plant ; the branches are alternate, and covered with 

 an ash-coloured bark ; petiole very short, thickened at the 

 insertion ; calicine leaflets lanceolate. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



Gomphrena (GLOBE AMARANTH); a genus of the class 

 Pentandria, order Digynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : 

 perianth coloured, outer three-leaved ; leaflets two, converg- 

 ing, keeled. Corolla : five-petalled, upright; petals subulate, 

 permanent, rude, villose ; nectary a cylindric tube, the length 

 of the corolla, with a five-toothed patulous mouth. Stamina: 

 filamenta five, scarcely observable, within the mouth of the 

 nectary ; anthera upright, closing the mouth of the nectary. 

 Pistil: germen ovate, with a point; style cloven half way, 

 filiform ; stigmas simple, the length of the stamina. Peri- 

 carp: capsule roundish, circumcised. Seed: single, large, 

 roundish, with an oblique tip. Observe : What is here calfed 

 the corolla, is rather the calix. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Calix : coloured, outer three-leaved ; leaflets two, converg- 

 ing, keeled. Petals: rude, villose. Nectary: cylindric, 

 five-toothed. Style : cloven half way. Capsule: one-seeded. 



The species are, 



1. Gomphrena Globosa; Annual Globe Amaranth. Stem 

 upright ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; heads solitary ; peduncles 

 two-leaved. This is an annual plant, rising with an upright 

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