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GLAUCIUM 



ennials, a few of which are grown for their large poppy- 

 like fls. and glaucous-blue foliage. Sepals 2 : petals 4 : 

 stamens many: ovary with 2 (rarelyS) cells, the stigmas 

 miter-shaped, the fruit becoming a long silique-like 

 capsule: Ivs. alternate, lobed or 

 dissected. Glauciums are low, 

 branchy herbs, often somewhat 

 suceulent,with large fls., mostly 

 yellow or orange, but varying 

 to red and purple. The fls. are 

 usually short-lived, but they are 

 borne in rapid succession. They 

 are well adapted for foliage ef- 

 fects in borders or edgings. Of 

 easy culture in any good soil. 

 They prefer an open, sunny 

 situation. Mostly prop, by seed, 

 but the perennial kinds by di- 

 vision; however, the perennials 

 are short-lived, and usually had 

 best be treated as biennials; 

 they should be grown from seed. 



mteum, Sc.,11. (r;.rt()i'»w,Dr.). Fii,'s.915,916. Stems 

 stout, ] 2 I'l . I'uin-r, nr : i:i,ii,;il l\s. 2-pinnate and 

 hairy, tin , :. i ': i:, ; ! i i •- |iiuuatifid : fls. 

 genei'iill m h, ,ii. iieross, yellow 



ororau^i-. i... >|i;MiiiLiv ii:ii iirini/^ •! i:. Perennial or 



eomioulatum, Curt. {G. phosniceum, Gaert. G. ru- 

 hriim, Hort.). Lower: radical Ivs. pinnatifid, pubescent, 

 the upper ones sessile and truncate at the base: tts. red 

 or purplish, with a black spot at the base of each petal. 

 -Mostly annual. G. Fisdieri, Hort., is probably a 

 L H. B. 



a-— ; 



915. Glaucium 1 



form of this. 



GLAZIdVA. See Cocos insignis. 



GLECHOMA. See Nepela. 



GLEDtTSCHIA (after Gottlieb Oleditsch, director of 

 the l.i.tani.' ijarden at Berlin; died 1780). Syn Gledit- 

 xiii. LnjiiMiiiosw. Honey Locust. Ornamental decid- 

 uous trci/s. often with large branched spines on trunk 

 and branches : branches spreading, forming a broad 

 graceful rather loose head with tinely pinnate foliage 

 generallj 1 gl t green an 1 turnmg clear vellow in fall 

 the greenisl fls appearing in racemes early n summer 

 are inconspicuous but the lar^-e flat ] n Is are ornamen 



tal an 



: verj vilu ible 

 n les and make al 

 tl 1 kly and prune 

 is iurable an 1 

 «<•( ^7o IS V 

 Locust tut b 

 been used as 

 of Vigorous gr 



fert le tree is therefore to 1 e preferre 1 

 ( t cat t) OS IS a iseful n ti e ( 



i r f rnji are almost hardy North Tl 

 r ] rk plant ng an 1 for 

 peuetral le he Iges if j 1 



The 



GLEDlTSCHLil 



by seeds sown in spring about 1 in. deep, they should be 

 soaked in hot water before being sown; varieties and 

 rare kinds are sometimes grafted on seedlings of G. M- 

 acatithos in spring. About 10 species in N. America, 

 Asia and Africa. Lvs. alternate, abruptly pinnate, often 

 partly bipinnate on the same leaf, or wholly liipinnate, 



r.jj 



walled: h: 

 U Ills., or 



triacAnthos, Linn. Hoset or Sweet Locdst. Thkee- 

 THOKNED Acacia. Fig. 917. Tree, 70-140 ft., usually 

 with stout simple or branched spines 3-4 in. long: lvs. 

 6-8 in. long, with pubescent grooved rachis ; pinnate 

 witli 20-30 Ifts., bipinnate with 8-14 pinna»; Ifts. oblong- 

 lancuolate, remotely crenulate-serrate, Vi-Wi in. long: 

 fls. very short-pedicelled in lK-3 in. long, narrow ra- 

 cemes: pod 12-18 in. long, 

 slightly falcate and twisted 

 at length Maj June From 

 Pa south to "\riss \\ t t 

 Neb and T 

 12b -\ 11 11 

 armed or ii 

 ■nhatmoi 1 

 habit \ 11 

 ( G Bujuti p. 

 ■ft ith slender i 

 branches ind nan 



Japfimca, Miq 1 1 

 ft w itb somewhat 

 pre . 1 often brar 

 s;inp 2-4 in long 1 

 12 in 1 lUo w ith gro 

 "ightly ■w in,^ed pu 

 i pinnate ■« i 

 bip 



Bu] 





Itts 



itet_ 



nearly lanceolate, obtuse, 

 entire or remotely erenulate 

 lustrous above, /4 -2 in. long: 

 fls. short-pedicellcd, in slen 

 der racemes* pod 10 1** in 

 long t viste 1 1 Kt tl 



the seeds near th n 1 I 



purpdi 



917 Gledtsch 



Hort is a shrut 

 AA Po 1 thick 



Hort f S e»s 1 var on 

 oval t 1 long oval ol tuse 

 the 1 innate smaller on the 



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