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G. bilo'ba (two-lobed). 2J. Yellow. July. 

 Alps. 1820. 



Burse 1 ri (Burser's). 2. Yellow. July. Py- 



renees. 1820. 



campanula'ta (bell-flowered). 2. Sulphur. 



July. Switzerland. 1819. 



Catesbat'a (Catesby's). 1}. Blue. July. 



North America. 1803. 



cilia' tu (hair- fringed). ^. Blue. July. 



Germany. 1759. 



clava'ta (studded). |. Blue. 1820. 



crucia'ta (crossed). 1. Dark blue. July. 



Austria. 1596. 

 fimbria'ta (fringed). \, Blue. August. 



Caucasus. 1818. 

 fri'gida (frigid). . White. July. Syria. 



1817- 



Ge'bleri (Gebler's). Blue. August. Russia. 



1832. 



ge'lida (ice-cold). 1. Blue. July. Siberia. 



1807. 



hy'brida (hybrid). 2j. Yellow, purple. 



July. Switzerland. 1817- 



imbrica'ta (imbricated). . Blue. July. 



Switzerland. 181p. 



incarnu'ta (flesh-coloured) . 2. Pink. Sep- 



tember. North America. 1812. 



interme'dia (intermediate). 2. Purple. Sep- 



tember. North America. 1820. 



linea'ris (narrow-leaved) . 1. Blue. August. 



Carolina. 1816. 



lu'tea (yellow). 4. Yellow. July. Alps. 



1596. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 1. Blue, July. 



Siberia. 1796. 



ochroleu'ca (cream-flowered) . 2. Yellowish. 



August. North America. 1803. 



Panno'nica (Pannonian). 1. Purple. July. 



Alps. 



plebe'ia (vulgar). f. Dark blue. July. 



Germany. 1834. 

 pneumona'nthe (wind-flower). $. Blue. 



August. England. 

 flo're a'lbo (white-flowered). 



i. White, green. August. Germany. 



1834. 

 gutta'ta (spotted). . Blue. 



August. 



pse'udo-pneumo-na'nthe (Bastard-wind flow- 



er). . Blue. August. North America. 

 1800. 



pu'mila (dwarf). . Blue. May. Switzer- 



land. 1817. 



puncta'ta (spotted-flowered). 3. Yellow. 



July. Alps. 1775. 



purpu'rea (purple). 3. Blue. July. Alps. 



1768. 



flo're a'lbo (white- flowered). 2. 



White. July. European Alps. 1823. 



Pyrena'ica (Pyrenean). 4. Blue. July. 



Pyrenees. 1825. 



quinqueflo'ra (five-flowered). ;|. Blue. Au- 



gust. North America. 1824. 



sapona'ria (Soap-wort-leavrd}. 2. Blue. 



August. North America. 1//6. 



flo'ro a'lbo (white-flowered). 4- 



White. September. North America. 

 1826. 



septc'mfida (seven-cleft), if. Blue. July. 



Persia. 1804. 



. gutta'ta (spotted). $. Blue. 



June. Levant. 1804. 



G. septe'mfida cauca'su-a (Caucasian). Blue. 

 August. Caucasus. 



triflo'ra (three-flowered). . Blue. July. 



Siberia. 1807- 



umbella'ta (umbelled). ^. Purple. June. 



Caucasus. 1823. 



utriculo'sa (bladdery). ^. Purple. April. 



South Europe. 1822. 



ve'rna (spring). |. Blue. May. England. 

 flo're a'lbo (white - flowered). $. 



White. April. 



GEOFFKO'YA. Bastard Cabbage tree. 

 (Named after Dr. Geoff roy, of Paris, 

 author of " Materia Medica." Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous plants [Fabaceae]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia k-Pcntagynla. Allied to 

 Andira.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots, in sand, in peat, and under a bell-glass ; 

 peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 75; 

 winter, 48 to 55. 



G. J3raferae'#en(Bredemeyer's). Yellow. July. 

 Caraccas. 1824. 



spino'sa (spined). 30. Yellow. South 



America. 1818. 



viola'cea (violet). 20. Violet. Guiana. 1823. 



GEOME'TEA. The Amphida'sis and 

 Hyberna'ria of some entomologists, is 

 a genus of moths; including G. polo- 

 sa'ria, Pale Brindled Beauty Moth 

 which appears in March ; eggs depo- 

 sited in bands round a twig, as clone by 

 the Lacky Moth. Caterpillars appear 

 with the opening leaves of the elm, 

 lime, lilac, and apple tree. They are 

 at first a light green. 



<!. tfefolia'ria, Lime Looper, or Mot- 

 tled IJnibre Moth, feeds on the leaves 

 of the lime and apple. Moth appears 

 in November. Caterpillar reddish, 

 with a bright yellow stripe on each 

 side. Female moth has no wings, so 

 that a piece of cloth dipped in tar and 

 bound round a tree's stem prevents its 

 ascent. 



G. pinia'ria attacks the pine and fir 

 tribe. 



GEO'NOMA. (From yeonomos, skilled 

 in agriculture ; as much as to say that 

 only a skilful planter could increase 

 these palms. Nat. ord., Palms [Palm 

 acese]- Linn., %%-Dlccc'm (\-JIcxandrw. 

 Allied to Borassus.) 



Stove palms. Seed; rich sandy loaui. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 55 to 60. 

 G. acuu'lis (stemless). 5. Brazil. 1823. 



mttcrosta'cfiys (large-spiked). 5. Brazil. 



1823. 



pinna' tifrons (leaflet-leaved). 15. CaraccaH, 



1821. 



