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GYMNODI'SCUS. (From gymnos, naked, 

 and discus, a disk. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteraceae]. Linn., 19-Synyenesia &-Ne- 

 cessaria. Allied to Othonna.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds in March or April, in any 

 common soil. 



G. ea;>i7/a'rw (hair-like). Yellow. June. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 1822. 



GYMNOGRA'MMA. (From gymnos, naked, 

 and gramma) writing ; in reference to the 

 spore-cases. Nat. ord, Polypods [Polypo- 

 diaceoe]. Linn., 2^-Cryptogamial-Filices.) 



Beautiful stove Ferns, with brown spores, ex- 

 cept where otherwise stated. Division of the 

 plant, and spore-cases from the fronds scattered 

 freely on rough peat, in a pot, and covered with a 

 square ef glass, before being placed in a damp, 

 warm, shady place ; peat and loam, most of the 

 former, with a little silver sand. Summer temp., 

 60 to 85, a little shade ; winter, 50 to 60, and 

 rather dry. 



G. calomela'nos (beautiful-black). 2. July. W. 

 Ind. 1/90. 



chesrophy'lla (chervil-leaved). . June. Brazil. 



1825. 



chrysophy'lla (golden-leaved). 1. July. W. 



Ind. 1824. 



corda'ta (heart-shaped). 1. August. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1838. 

 falca'ta (sickle-shaped). May. W. Ind. 



hy'brida (hybrid). May. S. Amer. 



Java'nica (Javanese). May. Java. 



leptophy'lla. (slender-leaved). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1819. 



myriophy' lla (myriad-leaved). 1. Brazil. 1824. 



ochra'cea (yellow). 1. Yellow. March. Buenos 



Ayres. 



peda'ta (doubly-lobed). $. June. New Spain. 



1822. 



Peruvia'na (Peruvian). I.July. Peru. 1822. 



rn'f a (red-haired). %. June. Jamaica. 1793. 



sulphu'rea (sulphur-coloured). 1. July. Ja- 



maica. 1808. 



tarta'rea (infernal). 1. August. W. Ind. 1817- 



tornento'sa (downy). Brazil. 1831. 



trifolia'ta (three-leaved). 2. July. Jamaica. 



1810. 



vesti'ta (clothed). Yellow. May. W. Ind. 



villo'sa (shaggy). June. Brazil. 1836. 



GYMNO'PSIS. (From gymnos, naked, 

 and opsis, like ; naked-looking grains. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 

 IQ-Syngenesia 3-Frustranea.) 



Same as Gymnolomia. Stove evergreen shrubs, 

 with yellow flowers. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots in spring or summer, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, and in heat ; peat and loam. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 50 to 55. Macula' ta is 

 very pretty. 

 G. conna'ta (joined). 4. October. Brazil. 1821. 



macula'ta (spotted). 3. June, W. Ind. 1821. 



tripline'rvia (triple - nerved). 3. October. 



New Spain. 1825. 



GYMNO'PTEEIS. (From gymnos, naked, 

 and pteris, a fern. Nat. ord., Polypods 

 [Polypodiacece]. Linn., ^-Cryptogamia 

 1-Filices.) 



Stove Feme. Treatment similar to Gymno- 

 gramma. 



G. acumina'ta (sharp-pointed). Brown, yellow. 

 July. 1831. 



axilla'ris (axillary -spared) , Brown, yellow. 



June. Isle of Luzon. 



nicotianifo 1 lia (tobacco-leaved). Brown. July. 



W. Ind. 1843. 



norma'lis (normal). Brown, yellow. June. 



Samarcand. 



ophioglossoi'des (adder's-tongue). Brown. July* 



W. Ind. 



platyrhy'nchos (broad-tip). Brown. W. Ind. 



quercifo'lia (oak-leaved). Brown. W. Ind. 1840. 



subrepu'nda (slightly-waved-/eawed). Brown, 



yellow. June. Isle of Luzon. 



tacafo'lia (yew-leaved). Brown, yellow. June. 



E. Ind. 



<ri7o6a'/a(three-lobed). Brown, yellow. Au- 



gust. Isle of Luzon. 



GYMNOSPHJE'RA. (From gymnos, naked, 

 and sphaira, a globe; referring to the 

 spore-cases. Nat. ord., Polypods [Poly- 

 podiaceae]. Linn., Zi-Cryplogamia 1- 

 Filices.) 



Stove Fern. Treatment similar to Gymno- 

 gramma. 



G. squamula'ta (scaly). Brown, yellow. April. 

 Malacca. 



GYMNOSTA'CHYS. (From gymnos, naked, 

 and stachys, a spike. Nat. ord., Orontiads 

 [Orontiacese]. Linn., ^-Tetrandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Acorus.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennial. Suckers 

 and divisions ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 55 to 75 ; winter, 40 to 50. 

 G. a'nceps (two-edged). 1. June. N. Holland. 1820. 



GYNANDRO'PSIS. (From gyne, female, 

 andros, a male, and opsis, like; referring 

 to the appearance of the stamens as if 

 borne on the style. Nat. ord., Capparids 

 [Capparidacese]. IAnn.,\^-Tetradynamia,. 

 Allied to Cleome.) 



Hardy annuals, seed in the open border, in 

 April, or in a slight hotbed, in March, and trans- 

 planted ; tender annual and biennial in a hotbed 

 in March, potted and flowered in the greenhouse ; 

 rich, sandy, loamy soil. 



STOVE. 



G. pentaphy'lla (five-leaved). 2. White. July. 

 E. Ind. 1640. Annual. 



specio'sa (showy. 3. White. July. Cartha- 



gena. 1818. Biennial. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



G. candela'brum (chandelier). 1. Red. July. 

 S. Amer. 1824. 



pulche'lla (neat). 1. White. June. Maran- 



hatta. 1825. 



sessiliflo'ra (stalkless-flowered). 1. White. 



July. W. Ind. 1820. 



triphy'lla (three-leaved). 1. White. July. 



W. Ind. 1816. 



GYPSO'PHILA. (From gypsos, chalk, 

 and phileo, to love ; in reference to the 

 soil most suitable for them. Nat. ord., 

 Cloveworts [Caryophylacese]. Linn., 10- 

 Decandria2-Digynia. Allied to Saponaria.) 



Both annuals and perennials by seed, and the 

 latter alo by division ; common garden-toil. 



