700 



GUAVA 



1(1 kept growing in pots 

 ing in the orchard, as 

 rausplant well. Rooted 

 •uted the same as seed- 



be potted off when very 

 until wanted for j>Hrni:i 

 the plants inopcn L'n'im. 

 cuttings, of coTir^' , -Iimi 

 ling plants as to iIikiI IhmkIIhi-. 



Guavas grow w. II ,.n ;iiiy ^uil, sandy or clayey, rich 

 or poor, dry or moist; hut they will not live in a bog. 

 On too rich soil the growth is apt to be rank and the 

 quality of the fruit injured. This fruit tree is as easily 

 grown under sheds as is the pine-apple in Florida, and 

 when thus protected is certain to bear abundantly, even 

 well out of the tropics. e. N. Reasoner. 



GUAZtTMA (name of Mexican origin). SlerculiAceo'. 

 Seven or eight tropical American (one also Javan) 

 trees, with small white, pink or yellow tls. in short- 

 peduncled, axillary cymes. Petals 5, often 2-parted: 

 stamens 10, united into a tube or column, some of them 

 sterile; styles 5: fr. aS-loculed nutthe size of a filbert: 

 Ivs. 2-ranked, serrate. Allied to Theobroma. but that 

 genus has a berry-like fr., entire Ivs., fascicled or soli- 

 tary fls., and a different staminal column. G. ulmiSdlia, 

 Lam., the "Guacima" of Mexico, is offered by Pran- 

 ceschi. It becomes a large tree: branchlets powdery: 

 Ivs. ovate to oblong-lanceolate, somewhat pointed, ob- 

 lique at base, powdery beneath when young but becom- 

 ing glabrous: nut nearly globular, with 5 furrows. The 

 tree is said to yield medicinal preparations. 



GUELDER HOSE. See Viburnum Opulus. 



GUERNSEY LILY. Serine Sarniensis. 



GUEVlNA. See Gevulna. 



GUILIELMA. See Bactris. 



GUINEA HEN FLOWER. FriliUaria MeUagris. 



GUIZdTIA cift.r Guizot, the celebrated historian). 

 Co»ip(''sitii . Tlii-i L'c iivis has 5 species of annual herbs 

 from iLi) I \ 1 1 ! I, r.nc of which has some economic 

 interi-i i ■ -I'lducing seeds. Neither this nor 



closely I I I M> much ornamental value. The 



plants li ii. ii.ls, about 2 in. across, with 8 



bro.acl.:; : i imI a leafy outer involucre. Seeds 



can li I I p.iund from S. Fla., and they are 



listed :i I I III ous agricultural seeds in a few 



of til.- I.I.I I I 11 ;i II catalogues. The plant is cult. 



in India l..r ll., ...1. 



AbyBSinica, Cass. (G. oUifera, DC. Verbexhm saliva, 

 Roxb.). Lvs. opposite, lanceolate, clasping, remotely 

 serrate. B.M. 1017. 



GUM TREES. See Eucalyptus and Acacia. 



GUNNfiRA (.1. Ernst Gunner, 1718-1773, was a Swed- 

 ish bishop and botanist, and wrote a local floral. Halo- 

 ragice<v. The little family Haloragacefe comprises 

 about 100 widely scattered and heterogeneous species in 

 9 genera. In the northeastern states are the aquatic 

 genera Callitriche, Proserpinaca, Hippuris, Myriophyl- 

 lum. These comprise small and mostly inconspicuous 

 plants. In the Australian region are the endemic gen- 

 era Loudonia and Meionectes ; and there remain Ser- 

 picula, Gunnera, and Haloragis, with very wide and dis- 

 jointed distributions. Gunnera has perhaps a dozen 

 known species in S. Afr., Abyssinia, Java, Tasmania, 

 Hawaii and S. Amer. In general appearance the Gun- 

 neras are wholly unlike ournative haloragaceous plants. 

 The lvs. are gigantic and more or less orbicular, radi- 

 cal : fls. perfect or imperfect, small, packed in a great 

 cob-like spike ; petals 2 or none ; calyx none, or with 

 2-3 lobes ; stamens 1 or 2 : ovary 1-loculed, bearing 2 

 filiform styles : fr. a drupe. They are perennial herbs, 

 and with protection the two following species may be 

 grown even in some of our northern states. 



Gunneras are perhaps the noblest of all lawn foliage 

 plants. To produce satisfactory effects, rich, moist 

 ground is indispensable. Th.- plants must never suffer 

 for want of water. Full .xiin-nr.- tn -nii is advisable, 

 but they should be shi-It. r. .1 tr.nii -.Ni-re winds, else 

 the leaves will be damayi .1. Aiii|.l. winter protection 



GUZMANIA 



should be provided for. A liberal covering of leaves or 

 litter, held in place by brush or branches, will generally 

 keep them from harm. Apply the covering in December 

 and remove early in spring. Prop, by division. Seeds 

 are also employed, and they can now be readily se- 

 cured. 



manicita, Lind. Stem thick and very short, the 

 titanic crown of lvs. rising from the ground : petioles 

 often as tall as a man, prickly : blades becoming 5 to 

 10 ft. across, orbicular in general outline, variously 

 lobed, crenate, furrowed and channeled along the great 

 veins: fls. green: spikes dense and tapering, often more 

 than 1 ft. in diam. and 3-4 ft. tall. S. Brazil. I.H. 

 31:531. Gn. 45,p. 21: 50, p. 455 ; 54, p. 385. G.C. HI. 

 14:589. G.F. 8:55. — The crown of lvs. sometimes meas- 

 ures from 25-35 ft. across. This is the better species. 



Chil^nsis, Lam. (G. scAbra, Ruiz & Pav.). Not so ro- 

 bust, the lvs. smaller and less spiny, and the fl. -spikes 

 less tall: fls. reddish. R.H. 1862, p. 310 ; 1894, p. 397. 

 Gn. 49, p. 151. G.C. II. 20:425; HI. 8:GG5.-Longer 

 known in cult. Thrives in drier soil. 



L. H. B. and J. B. Kei.lek. 



GUTIERRfiZIA (personal name). Compdsifir. About 



lis s) lis ..f lu-rbs or subshrubs, often resinmis, idi 



Am. ri.'.ui, iii.istly western N. American. They are iiuifli 

 linin.liiil friiiii "the base, and have narrow, entire lvs. 

 and clusters of small yellow heads. 



Euthamiae, Torr. & Gray. More or less woody at base, 

 seldom over 1ft. high: involucre turbinate, 2 lines long: 

 rays and disk-fls. each 3-9 : akenes silky-pubescent ; 

 paiipus of about 9 chaffy scales. N. W. N. Amer. 



GUZMANIA (A. Guzmann, Spanish naturalist). Bro- 

 mdiiuyip. Includes Caraguata. About 70 tropical 

 American Bromeliads, of which several are fairly well 

 known ornamental glasshouse subjects. They closely 

 resemble the erect-growing Tillandsias, but differ in 

 technical characters: fls. in a simple spike-like terminal 

 clusfir. tulnilar, the outer segments or calyx oblong and 

 obtuse, tile inn. r nrp.-tals shorterthan the tube; anthers 

 ins. ri. .1 ..II lb.- till'.. at of the tube, and united by their 

 e.l;,'. s ar.iiin.l tin- st_\Ii'. (.Jrown in the warrahouse, along 

 Willi I'.illbirfxia and Tillandsia, which see for culture. 

 Closely allied to iEchmea. Many species are cult, in 

 fanciers' collections in the Old World. For G. picta, see 

 Nidularium. For G. I/egrelliana, see JTohenbergia. G. 

 rosea, a name which has appeared in the Amer. trade, is 

 probably an ..Echmea. Monogr. by Mez, DC. Monogr. 

 Phaner. 9 (189G). 



A. Corolla {or segments) purple or red. 



lingulita, Mez (CaraguAta linguldta, Lindl. C. 

 spUndens, Bouch^. C. linguldta spUndens, Hort. ). 

 Epiphyte : lvs. many, lanceolate or ensiform, IK ft. 

 long, remotely toothed : spike becoming drooping, 

 showily red-bracted: expanded fl. about as long as the 

 long-pointed bracts, the tube yellowish and the liinb 

 blue-purple. W. Indies, Cent. Amer., and adjacent S. 

 Amer. B.R. 13:1068. P.S. ll:1091.-Handsome. Var. 

 cardinilis, Andr6 {CaraguAfacardindlis,AnATe]. Bright 

 scarlet: verv showy. Columbia. I.H. 27:374. R.H. 

 1883:12. 



AA. Corolla {or segments) white. 



tricolor, Ruiz & Pav. (G. frigrans, Hort., at least m 

 part. G. grdndis, Hort., in part. G. maculiita, Hort., in 

 part. G. woHo.s/f)(-7i(/n, Rusby). Lvs. several to many, 

 broad and more or less recurved, entire on the edges, 

 usually shorter than the stout, erect spike: lowerbracts 

 green streaked with black, upper ones red-tinged : co- 

 rolla white. W. Indies, Cent. Amer., S. Amer. L.B.C. 

 5:462. F.S. 9:918. B.M. 5220. -Interesting because of 

 its combination of green, red and white. Some, at least. 

 of the horticultural plants which pass as G. fragrans 

 belong to ^chmea eburnea. Baker {Canistrum Lin- 

 den!, Mez. mduUrium Lindeni, Regel). This species 

 is further mentioned under Nidularium. 



Devaneayina.Morr. (Caragurllii Deransay(hia,MoTT.). 

 Lvs. .ib.Hit 20. narrow linear or ensiform, brown-striped 

 on the back : fls. white, in a dense, oblong spike, the scar- 

 let bracts oval. Equador. 



