GALANtHUS-GENTlANA. 99 



leaves, pedunculate ; flcAvers pedicelled; calyx acuminate viliose, legume 

 compressed, viliose ; flowers small, purple. Milk plant. Pine barrens. 

 glabella, leafets shining above ; stem smooth. 



GALANTHUS. 6—1. (Narcissi.') [From gala, milk, anthos, flower, in allusion to its white- 

 ness.] 

 nival'is, (snow-drop, w. Ap. %.) leaves linear, keeled, acute, radibal ; snape 

 1-flowered. Ex. 



GALEGA. 16 — 10. (LeguminoSa.') [From g-a/o, milk, because it increases the milk of am- 

 mals who eat it.] 

 virginia'na, (goats' rue, r-y. w. Ju. %..) erect; leafets 8-12 pairs, oval-oblong, 

 mucronate, white- viliose beneath; raceme terminal; legumes falcate, viU 

 lose. 1 f. 

 GALEOPSIS. 13 — 1. {Labiates..) [Fromg-fl/e, a weasel, opsis, appearance.] 

 lada'num, (red hemp-nettle, r-w. Ju. ©■) stem hairy, not swollen below the 

 joints; leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, serrate, hairy; flowers whorled ; 

 upper lip of the corolla slightly crenate. 1 f. Waste grounds. Introduced. 

 tcLra'hit, stem hispid, svVoUen" between the joints ; flowers rose-coloured, with 

 a whit(3 tube, lower lip dotted with purple. 



b.\LIUM. 4 — 1. (RubiacecB.) [From g'rate, milk, sonife species having the property of Coagu- 

 lating milk.] 

 trifi'duvi, (bed-straw, w. Ju. %) stem procumbent, scabrous backwards ; cau- 

 line leaves in fives; branch leaves in fours, linear, obtuse, scabrous at the 

 margin and on the nerves ; terminal, fevv-flowered ; pedicel short ; corollas 

 mo.stly 3-cleft. 

 aspre'/'him^ (rough bed-Straw w. Ju. 9.1-.) stem diffuse, very branching, prick- 

 ly backwards; leaves in fives and sixes, lanceolate, acuminate; margins 

 and nerves prickly; pedicels short. 18-24 i. 

 it?idoVm»i, (dier's cleavers, w. Ju.) stem ditfu-se, smoothish ; leaves linear; 

 cauline leaves in sixes, branch leaves in fours ; peduncles terminal, elon- 

 gated, mostly 3-flowered. Wet woods. Stem weak and branching. Leaves 

 very narrow. Corolla mostly 4-cleft. Used as a red die. 

 GAULTHERIA. 10—1. (Ericm.) [From Gaulthier, a physician and naturahst.] 

 procum'hens, (spicy Wintergreen, w. J. Q\.. or 1^.) stem procumbent ; branches 

 erect; leaves obovate, acilte at the base; flowers few, nodding. Berries 

 red, .'onsisting in part of the permanent calyx ; a little mealy, pleasaait 

 tasted. 

 GAURA. 8—1. (OnagrcB.) 

 bien"nis, (r-y. Au. J*.) stem having leaves purplish, sessile, lanceolate, tooth' 

 ed; flowers in terminal spikes. Banks of streams, 

 GEL5EMINUM. 5-2. (BignoTiea:.) 

 sempcrvi'rens, (y. March %.) stem twining, smooth, glabrous ; leaves oppo- 

 site, perennial, lanceolate, fentire, dark green above, paler beneath; petioles 

 short. S, Nearly allied to Bignonia. 

 GENISTA. 16—10. (Leguminosce.) [From g-ewu, a knee, on account of its joints.] 

 tintto'rea, (dier's broom, y. Ju. }i.) root creeping, stem sub-erect, sufi"ruticose; 

 branches terete, striate, erect; leaves lanceolate, smooth; flowers in spiked 

 racemes ; legumes smooth. Hills. Introduced. Afibrds a yellow die. Ex; 

 GENTIANA. 5—2. (Gentianm.) [From Gentius, king of lUyria.] 



quinquejlo'ra, stem square, branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub-clasping, 

 acute, 3-nerved, flowers somewhat in fives, axillary and terminal ; corolla 

 sub-campanulate, 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, mucronate, calyx very short. 

 Woods. Aug. Flowers small, pale blue. 

 ockroleu'cn, large flowers, yellowish white, striped inside -vVith blue and purplci 

 crini'ta, (fringed gentian, b. Sept. %..) stem terete ; branches long, l-flo\Vef- 

 ed ; leaves lanceolate, acute ; corolla 4-cleft ; divisions oboVate, gash cili* 

 ate. 18 i. 

 Isapona'ria, (b. Oct. %.^ leaves ovate, lanceolate, acute, S^nerved ; flowers 

 whorl-capitate, sessile; corolla ventricose, closed, 10-cleft; interior segments 

 Unequally 3-cleft, as Ions: as the exterior ones; segments of the calyx ovat^ 

 shorter than the tube.. 18 i. Soap gentian. 



