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GLYCYRRHIZA 



The roots of Glycyrrhiza, a native of southern Eu- 

 rope and central Asia, are used extensively by drug- 

 gists; in America by brewers and manufacturers of 

 plug tobacco; in Turkey, Egypt and France to make 

 cooling drinks. Our supply— more than one and a halt 

 million dollars' worth in 1899-is derived miiiulv fnnii 

 Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and I; <-■>:, . I'l; h-imh. i, 

 sia),the roots from Spain and lt:il : : i -l 



best, and those from Turkey poori-1 ■ , ,i ■ , mm 



bitterness. The soil for Licurico imi • ' ^ .1 . ;.. m. :i"v, . 

 moist, rich and free from ston- -, 1 ■I,.:,; ■.\i->' usually set 

 in rows, 3 ft. or more apiirt 1 )i i ]• - i liaii 1 ft. asun- 

 der. After the plants li;n'- ro\,,,,| ih. tcround, they 

 are allowed to shift for tin m-ih ,s r,,r :i or i years. 

 ITnrvc^tin^- i< primitive, the ruuis Ijeiii^ exposed by the 

 j.li.w :Min I'lillr.l liy hand. Large quantities of roots are 

 tliii- liii I. 1-1 1 "luee a succeeding crop or to overrun the 



uside 



fair 



iee. In America 

 ■:ilifornia, where 



l.xperimentand 

 Utile more than 



M. G. Kains. 



. the ! 



the only fields V„rlhv thr name an 

 Licorice is not coiisMl.Ti-.l \ . i y |.a\ 

 experience with it are, Iium \ii-, 

 begun. 



GLYPTOSTRdBUS. See Taxodi 



6MELINA (after one of five distinguished German 

 botanists named Gmelin). I >(■/>«■»"'•/'"■. F.iirht spp.'ies 

 of E. Asiatic and N. Austra.lian l,v. . an. I slnnl.s. l„.ar- 

 ing yellow or brownish irn -nlai- IN. -iinniinrs n.aiiy 

 2 in. across. A very few planis may Ih> ,-iilr. in Kurn- 

 pean warmhouses, and in Aimri.a i.nlv in S. I'la. ami 



5. Calif, outdoors. The genus pro<luees a fancy limher 

 similar to teak, which is a product of the same order. 

 Vite-t and Clerodendron are better known congeners. 

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

 toothed or lobed: fls. in panicled eynu's, toniriituse at 

 least while young; corolla tube slemlir Inlnw; liiulj ob- 

 lique, 5- or 4-lobed; stamens 4, did\iiannMis. 



A. Lvs. becoming 9 in. tomj, i: in. ti-idc. 



arbdrea, Roxb. {G. Rheedii, Hook.). Unarmed tree, 



sometimes attaining CO ft., deciduous, flowering with the 



young lvs.: lvs. cordate-ovate. India, Malaya. B.M. 



4395. Cult, only in S. Calif, by Franceschi, who keeps 



6. Rheedii separate. 



AA. Lvs. M-IM in. long. 

 Aeiitioa, Linn. {O. parvifldra, Pers., a typographical 

 error for 6. parvifdlia, Itosh.). Shrubby, sometimes 

 spinescent: lvs. ovate or obovate, entire or lobed. In- 

 dia, Ceylon. 



GNAPHALIUM. See LennlnpmUum and Helichry- 

 sum. There are various nativi' ( imiplialiiims, but they 

 are not in cultivation. G. Iniiiiliiin c>r jjanleners is He- 

 lichrysnm petiolafnm . 



GOAT'S BEARD is usually Spinea Aruncus; also the 

 genus Tragopogon, to which the Salsify or Oyster Plant 

 belongs. 



GOAT'S FOOT. OxnIi.f Caprina. 



GOAT'S RUE. See Galega. 



GOBO. See Burdock. 



GODETIA. Included in (Enothera. 



GOLDEN CHAIN. Lahnrnum vulgare. 



GOLDEN CLUB. n,-o„ll„m. 



GOLDEN DEWDROP. Fanciful name for Durnnta 

 PlHinirri. 



GOLDEN FEATHER. See Chnjsanflicmum paHJie- 

 niniden. 



GOLDENROD. SoUdago. 



GOLDEN SEAL. 11 nil, -a si is. 



GOLD FERN. Gjinniogramma 



GONGORA 

 GOLDFUSSIA. Included in SIrobiUii 

 GOLD THREAD. Copti.^ Irifolia. 

 GOMBO, Gumbo, or Okra. See Ilibi, 

 GOMPHRfiNA mam. -ul'^'. -i. .1 I., 



everlasting llower of easy culture. It is also known as 

 Bachelor's Button, though two other utterly distinct 

 plants (Centaiirea Cyanus and Ranunculus acris) have 

 the same popular name. The flower-heads are an inch 

 or less in diameter, globose, of many colors, and chiefly 

 remarkable for the showy bracts, which hide the true 

 flowers. In a family remarkable for brilliant foliage this 

 genus seems to be the only one valued for everlastings. 

 Nearly all the other everlasting flowers of importance 

 belong to the Composit®. Gomphrena has about 70 spe- 

 cies, mostly in the warmer parts of America and Aus- 

 tralia, but the Globe Amaranth is widely dispersed 

 throughout the tropics. Herbs erect or prostrate, pu- 

 bescent to villous, with or without a leafy involucre: 

 fls. short or long, white or colored: bracts short or long, 

 concave, and keeled, winged or crested on the back. For 

 culture, see Annuals and Everlasting Flouers. 



globdsa, Linn. Globe Amaranth. Bachelor's But- 

 TiiN. Height 18 in. or less: lvs. elliptic to obovate, the 

 largest 4 in. long, VA in. wide, tapering to a petiole. 

 •July. B.M. 2815. R.H. 1890, p. 522. F.R.I :.333. The 

 following names of horticultural varieties indicate the 

 range of color : vars. dlba, aiirea, cimea, nana com- 

 picta (=alba|, purptirea, striata, Tiol&cea. Dwarf and 

 compact forms are likely to be associated with any color. 

 There is a narrow-leaved form of this species which 

 Voss calls G, Haageina, Kl. (G. aurantidca, Hort. G. 

 coccinea, Decne. ), which has lanceolate lvs., often 6 

 times as long as broad. The Ivs. are rarely % in. wide. 

 R.H. 18.54:161. All are easily grown annuals. 



a. gnaphalioides, Vahl. See Pfafiia. \\\ M. 



GONANIA is a typographical error in some nursery 

 catalogues for Gouania. 



GONGORA (after Don Antonio Caballero y Gongora, 

 Bishop of Cordova). Includes ^rropcrn. Orchid&cea, 

 tribe I'liiidew, subtribe Cyrlopodiice. A small genus 

 of plants with curious spotted fls., not common in cul- 

 tivation, and of little value except for collections. Dis- 

 tinguished from the other members of the subtribe by 

 being epiphytic, having the dorsal sepal adnate to the 

 column, and" by its muny-tld. rac. ine. Dorsal sepal erect, 

 spreading, thus app.ai III ; i- |.i nm fr..m the base of the 

 column; lateral sc].:.' ■ r n-flexed from the 



base of the column. \ i -mall, adnate to the 



base i.f the column: In - I mi ■ - iimmus with the col- 



(n- a- i:iiij , 1 11. 1 .\ iiiL.'-'i : ]i.,.ii.l.'l.nll.> Mil.'al.'. sheathed, 



loose, pendent raceme arisim.' ri-..m tin l.ase of the 



(Tongonis are extremely ft.. t|..\\ . i in-, and grow 



cliaf. .'I.! iiil.l.'.i l.ir .!i iiiiiaii. . 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 l' I Ijo growing season 

 III. , ' , I . I ' : lirisk heat. In the 



wini I I ' -In.uld be kept in a 



im . ! ii.i.l..i house. They grow 



w. II 1. tnperature of 60° in"winter 



ami - . L'rowers prefer to use fine 



1.1 II I .' 1. 1 for a top finish a little fine 



in.'-- i. .1111. 1 II. .iiiiii] ri.iiiws, instead of sphagnum, 



wliK-li 111 il.i,-. . liinai.- IS .|iiick to decay. 



A. Lateral sepals ovate or oblong, truncate. 

 truncita, Lindl. Pseudobulbs deeply furcate : lateral 

 sepals rotund, oblong, truncate, the upper one ovate, 

 keeled; petals minute, ovate; sepals and petals pale 

 straw color, spotted with purple ; base of labellum com- 

 pressed in the middle, 2-horned : apex ovate, canalicu- 

 late. B.R. 31:56. 



