100 GERANIUM-GOMPHRENA. 



GERANIUM 15—10. (.GentiancB.) [From g-eranos, a crane, because its pistil is long, like a 

 crane's r ill.] 



macula'tum, (crow-foot geranium, r. and b. J. %..) erect; pubescence revers- 

 ed ; stem dichotomous ; leaves opposite, 3-5-parted, gashed ; upper ones 

 sessile ; peduncles 2-flowered ; petals obovate. 1-2 f. 



sara°"!a?j"ewr/i, (bloody geranium, %..) peduncle 1-flowered ; leaves 5-parted, 

 3-cleft, orbicular ; capsule bristly at the top. Ex. 



robertia'num, (herb robert, p. Sept. ©) leaves ternate or quinate pinnatifid; 

 peduncles long, 2-fiowered ; calyx angular, hairy ; carpels small, wrinkled ; 

 stem long. Plant fetid. 



carolinia'mim, diffuse, pubescent ; leaves opposite, 5-lobed ; crowded towards 

 the top ; flowers small, white. S. 



ccespito'sum, radical leaves reniform, deeply cleft ; flowers red. S. 



GERARDIA. 13—2. (ScrophularitB.) [From Gerarde, a writer on plants in 1597.] 



tenuifo'lia, (p. Au. Sept. J'.) very branching; leaves linear, acute, scabrous ; 

 peduncles axillary, longer than the flowers ; teeth of the calyx acute. 6-10 i. 

 Jia'va, (false foxglove, y. Ju. %.) pubescent ; stem nearly simple ; leaves sub- 

 sessile, lanceolate, entire or toothed; lower ones sub-pinnatifid, gashed; 

 flowers axillary, opposite, sub-sessile. 2-3 f. 



GEUM. 11—13. (RosacecB.-) 



riva'le, (purple avens, p. J. %.) pubescent; stem simple; radical leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate; cauline ones 3-cleft; flowers nodding ; petals as long as 

 the calyx ; awns plumose, nearly naked at the top, minutely uncinate. 10 i. 



Virginia' nmn, (avens, w. Ju. %.) pubescent; radical and lower cauline leaves 

 ternate, upper ones lanceolate; stipules ovate, sub-entire; flowers erect; 

 petals shorter than the calyx; awns hooked, naked; at the apex twisted, 

 hairy. Var. trilobum, has the radical leaves 3-lobed, or ternate. 2 f. 



GILLENIA. 11—5. {Resaceoi.) 

 trifoli'ata, (Indian physic, w. J. Ij--) leaves ternate ; leafets lanceolate, serrate 5 

 stipules linear; flowers in loose, terminal panicles, large, medicinal ; emetic 

 resembling ipecac. 



GLADIOLUS. 3 — 1. (Iridem.) [Diminutive of g-tedms, a sword, from the shape of its leaves.] 

 ensiforvi"is, (p. r. b. Ju. %.) leaves ensiform, glabrous, entire ; flowers spiked, 

 colours various ; root bulbous. 

 GLAUX. 5—1. (Lysimachi<B.) [From glaukos, sea-green.] 

 marati'ma, (black salt-wort, r-w. %..) leaves roundish, entire, fleshy ; stem 

 leafy. 4-5 i. Marshes on the sea-coast. 



GLECHOMA. 13—1. (Labiates.) [From glukos, sweet] 

 hedera'cea, (ground ivy, gill-overground, b. and r. M. %.) leaves reniform, 

 crenate; stem rooting. Var. cor^iflte, leaves cordate. 

 GLEDITSCHIA. 20—6. (LeguminoscB.) [From Gleditsch, professor of botany at Frankfort.] 

 triacan"tha, (honey-locust, w. J. T^.) thorn strong, cross branched ; a large 



tree with oval and oblong leaves, pinnate; legumes large, not caducous. 

 monosper"ma, pods small, 1-seeded. Water locust. 

 GLYCIRRHIZA. 16—10. {Leguminosa,.) [From g-M-os, sweet, and n'za, root.] 

 gla'bra, legume glabrous ; leaves pinnate ; root tuberous, sweet. Liquorice. 

 Ex. 



GNAPHALIUM. 17—2. iCorymbiferm.) [From gjiaphalon, cotton.] 



magaritace'um, (large-flowered life-everlasting, y. and w. Ju. 1]..) leaves lin- 

 ear, lanceolate, gradually narrowing, acute; stem branching above; co- 

 rymb fastigiate; flowers pedicelled ; flowers with white, pearly rays, aai 

 yellow disks. 1-2 f. 



poly ceph" alum, (sweet-scented life-everlasting, y-w. Ju. ©.) leaves lance-lin- 

 e*ar, acute, glabrous above, downy beneath ; stempanicled, downy ; corymbs 

 terminal. 1-2 f. 



QOMPHRENA. 5—1. (Amarantht.) [From the surname of Pliny, the naturalist.] 

 globo'sa, {globe amaranth, bachelor's button, r. Au. ©.) stem erect | leaves 

 lance-ovate, heads solitary ; peduncles 2-leaved. Ex, 



