GYNURA 



iOnly slightly villous: Ivs. oval, entire or repand, green both 

 (sides: fls. yellow, fragrant. China. B.R. 2:101. G. tricolor, 

 [DC., 2-3 ft., of looser growth than the above, glabrous: Ivs. 

 lance ovate, somewhat downy, short-petioled, deep-toothed or 

 'pinnatifid, green above and purple beneath: fls orange. Mo- 

 luccas. B.M. 5123. G. ovdlis, DC.==G. auricolata. G. sar- 

 i mentosa, DC. Climbing, with purple glabrous stems: Ivs. nar- 

 ^row, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate petioled, remotely small- 

 toothed, green and purple-ribbed. Warmhouse plant from 

 , Malayan Is. B.M. 7244. L. H. B. 



GYPS6PHILA (gypsum-loving, because it likes cal- 

 .careous soils). Caryophyllacece. European and Asian 

 iherbs, bearing a profusion of small fls., and useful for 

 mist-like effects in mixed borders and 

 as trimming in bouquets. There are 

 perhaps 60 species. Sepals 5, united 

 below, but the calyx naked at the base 

 (not bracted, as in some related gen- 

 era) : petals 5, clawed, very small, usu- 

 ally white: styles 2: pod 4-valved: Ivs. 

 small, entire, opposite. Very branchy 

 or spreading, slender herbs, with scant 

 foliage when in bloom. Of easiest cul- 

 ture, in open, rather dry places. They 

 are desirable for rockwork. They make 

 an excellent effect as filling amongst 

 shrubbery; also good for covering un- 

 kempt places with a mass of delicate 

 bloom. Hardy. 



A. Plant annual. 

 1012. Gypsophila muralis, Linn. Fig. 1011. Very dif- 

 elegans. fuse and branchy, mostly with shorter 



Natural size. joints than G. elegans, of finer appear- 

 ance : Ivs. linear, spurry like : fls. 

 small, rosy; 1-1% ft. Eu. Makes a dense little mound 

 when well grown. 



elegans, Bieb. Pig. 1012. Repeatedly forked-branched, 

 glabrous: Ivs. sessile, the uppermost linear, the lower 

 oblong or spatulate: fls. white or sometimes (G.rdsea, 

 Hort.) rosy; 1 ft. Caucasus. Much cult., and handsome. 



AA. Plant perennial. 

 B. Lvs. short, spatulate : plant pubescent. 



cerastioides, D.Don. Low, densely pubescent : Ivs. 

 pubescent, the radical ones long-petioled, the others 

 spatulate or obovate, obtuse or nearly so: fls. large (of- 

 ten % in. across), white or lilac, pink-veined. Himalayas. 



GYPSOPHILA 



705 



B.M. 6699. Gn. 47, p. 422.-Of creeping habit; excellent 

 tor rockwork. 



BB. Lvs. long : plant glabrous or nearly so. 



paniculata, Linn. BABY'S BREATH. Fig. 1013. Dif- 

 fuse and rather tall-growing (2-3 ft.), forking: Ivs. lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, the largest 3 in. long, but becoming 

 smaller towards the inflorescence, sharp-pointed: fls. 

 white, very numerous : pedicels 2-3 times as long as the 

 calyx. Eu. A very popular plant, especially for use in 

 the trimming of bouquets. A most graceful subject. 

 Stems stiff and wiry, therefore excellent for cutting. A 

 picture of its use in 

 floral arrangement will 

 be found in A.F. 6:-340. 



acutifdlia, Fisch. Very 

 like the last, but the 

 plant greener, the Ivs. 

 narrower (indistinctly 3- 

 nerved) and the pedicels 

 scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Caucasus. G. 

 paniculata seems some- 

 times to be cult, under 

 this name. 



StSveni, Fisch. (G. 

 glauca, Hort.). Lower 

 than G . paniculata , glau- 

 cous-green : Ivs. linear- 

 lanceolate and carinate, 

 mostly radical ; fls. 

 rather larger, white, the 

 panicles smaller than 

 those of G ' . paniculata; 

 petals shorter than the 

 calyx. Caucasus. 



repens, Linn. Stems 

 trailing or prostrate, 

 ascending at the ends, 

 not glaucous : Ivs. lin- 

 ear, sharp-pointed, gla- 

 brous : fls. rather large, 



white or rose, the petals 1013> G y p SO phila paniculata 

 about twice longer than 



the sepals and the pedicels usually much longer. Alps 

 and Pyrenees. B.M. 1448. Best adapted to the rock- 

 ery. L. H. B. 



