GMELINA 



GODETIA 



1353 



Spiny or not : shoots tomentpse : Ivs. opposite, entire, 

 toothed or lobed: fls. in panicled cymes or racemes, 

 tomentose at least while young; calyx bell-shaped, 

 shortly 5-toothed or entire; corolla-tube slender below; 

 limb oblique, 5- or 4-lobed; stamens 4, didynamous, 

 nearly exserted: fr. a succulent drupe. Eight or 10 

 species from E. Asia and N. Austral. The genus pro- 

 duces a fancy timber similar to teak, which is a prod- 

 uct of the same order. Vitex and Clerodendron are 

 better known congeners. 



A. Plant not climbing. 

 B. Lvs. becoming 9 in. long, 6 in. wide. 



arbdrea, Roxbg. (G. Rheedii, Hook.). Unarmed tree, 

 sometimes attaining 60 ft., deciduous, flowering with 

 the young Ivs.: Ivs. cordate-ovate, entire: panicles 

 often 1 ft. long, terminal. India, Malaya. B.M. 4395. 

 Cult, apparently only in S. Calif, by Franceschi, who 

 keeps G. Rheedii separate. 



BB. Lvs. }/%-! ^A, in. long. 



asiatica, Linn. (G. parviflora, Pers., a typographical 

 error for G. parvifolia, Roxbg.). Shrubby, sometimes 

 spinescent: Ivs. ovate or obovate, entire or lobed: fls. 

 in racemose clusters, the corolla about 1^ in- across. 

 India, Ceylon. 



AA. Plant scandent. 



Hystrix, Kurz. A large spiny scandent shrub: Ivs. 

 3xlH in-> entire, glaucous beneath: fls. in dense 

 terminal cymes, the bracts very large and nervose, 

 colored; corolla about 2 in. across, yellow, but not 

 hairy on the outside as in G. asiatica. E. Indies. A 

 sprawling plant with the habit of bougainvillea. 



N. TAYLOR-f 



GNAPHALIUM. See Leontopodium and Helichry- 

 sum. There are various native gnaphaliums, but they 

 are not in cultivation. G. lanatum of gardeners is 

 Helichrysum petiolatum. 



GNIDIA (Gnidus, a place in Crete). ThymeUeaceae. 

 Trees, shrubs or subshrubs, of about 100 species in 

 Trop. and S. Afr. and E. India. Some of them have 

 been grown abroad as greenhouse evergreen woody 

 often heath-like subjects: Ivs. mostly small: fls. white, 

 yellow, red or violet, mostly in heads on the ends of the 

 branches; perianth-tube cylindrical, at length detach- 

 ing above the ovary, the lobes 4 and spreading, with 

 scales in the throat alternating with the lobes; stamens 

 8; ovary sessile, 1-celled: fr. small and dry, included 

 in the persistent base of the perianth. G. polystdchya, 

 Berg. Handsome shrub, to 6 ft., with many graceful 

 pubescent branches: Ivs. crowded-imbricate : fls. small, 

 yellow, in terminal heads. S. Afr. B.M. 8001. G.C. 

 III. 41:294. G. tomentosa, Linn. Three to 4 ft.: Ivs. 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, decussate and sometimes 

 reflexed: fls. yellow, fascicled with the Ivs. at the ends 

 of the branches, the tube slender and silky. S. Afr. 

 B.M. 2761. L. H. B. 



GOAT'S - BEARD is usually Aruncus Sylvester 

 (Spiraea Aruncus) ; also the genus Tragopogon. 



GODETIA (C. H. Godet, Swiss botanist). Ona- 

 gracese. Mostly erect annuals with very showy flowers 

 in leafy racemes or spikes. 



Calyx-tube obconic or funnelform; petals rose, lilac- 

 purple or white, often marked with a large deep crim- 

 son or purple spot; stamens 8; ovary 4-celled, inferior: 

 fr. a many-seeded caps. Twenty or more species in 

 the western parts of S. and N. Amer., especially Calif. 



Seed may be surface-sown in the late fall in order to 

 be covered by the rains which follow, or in February 

 lightly covered in sunny or in half-shady places. G. 

 amcena is very popular and furnishes an abundance of 

 bloom in early summer when many late spring annuals 



have succumbed to advancing heat. In the wild garden 

 the species come again freely but have a tendency to 

 move to new ground after the second year. 



A. Plants tall, slender: fls. loosely spicate-paniculate. 



amcena, Lilja. FAREWELL-TO-SPRING. Fig. 1658. 

 Slender, branching, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. linear to lanceo- 

 late, y^-IYi in. long, often with smaller ones fascicled 

 in the axils: buds erect: calyx-lobes united and turned 

 to one side on expansion of the fl. ; corolla lilac-crimson 

 or red-pink, satiny, 1-2 in. broad : caps, teretish, sessile 

 or very shortly pedicelled. Cult, also in European gar- 

 dens (since 1818). Exhibits considerable variability, 

 especially in the size, and color-scheme of the fls. 

 G. rubicunda, Lindl. (B.R. 1856), is the lilac-crimson 

 form. G. vinosa, Lindl. (B.R. 1880), is a white-fld. 

 state. G. Schwdminii (Gn. 70:203), a double-fld. pink 



1658. Godetia amoena 

 (G. rubicunda splendens 

 of the trade). (XH) 



form. (Enothera Llndleyi, Douglas (B.M. 2832), has the 

 crimson petals with a large central blotch of deeper 

 color. (Enothera rdseo-dlba, Bernh. (Reichenbach, Icon. 

 Bot. Exot., pis. 47 and 150), is a prolific-flowering form. 



Bottae, Spach. Similar to G. amcena: buds nodding: 

 petals pink or light crimson; stigmas united at base to 

 form a cup-like apex to the style: caps, long-stalked, 

 usually with flat sides. S. Calif, near the coast. 



AA. Plants low: fls. in a short spike or cluster of spikelets. 



grandiflora, Lindl. ((Enothera Whitneyi, Gray). Fig. 

 1659. Stout, simple and dwarfish, 4-12 in. high: lys. 

 oblong, tapering to base and apex: buds large, 1-2 in. 

 long; corolla 3-5 in. across, rose-red with a deeper 

 blush or blotch in center, varying into pure white 

 (Duchess of Albany), dark crimson (Lady Albemarle), 

 or bright carmine (Lady Satin Rose) : caps, sessile, 4- 



