GAM 



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GAR 



glauca . 

 hirsuta . 



ripened wood will root in sand, under a glass, 

 in heat. 



. Yellow . 4, S. Ev. S. 6 Mexico . 1824 

 . Yellow . 6, S. Ev. Tw. 8 Mexico . 1829 

 . Yellow . 9, S. Ev. S. 4 Mexico . 1824 



Gama qeass. See Tripsacum dactyldides. 



Gambeer. See Uncaria Gdmbier. . 



Gambier. - See Uncaria Odmbier. 



Gamb&ge. See Garclnia Gambbgia and Nauclea 

 Gdmbier. 



Gamolepis, De Candolle. From gamos, joined, 

 and lapis, a scale. Lima. 19, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 

 Aster amae. See OOwnna. 



Gamopetaxotjs, when the petals are joined at 

 the edge. 



Gamosepalous, when the sepals are joined at 

 the edge. 



Ganymedes. See Narcissus. 



GarcInia, Linn. In honour of Laurent Garcin, 

 M.D., F.R.S., an oriental traveller. Linn. 11, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Clusiacece. This is a valuahle 

 and much admired genus of fruit-bearing trees. 

 The plants thrive best in a light loamy soil 

 with a little peat mixed : they require a strong 

 moist heat to flourish well, and ripened cut- 

 tings will root in sand, under a glass, in a 

 moist heat. The G. Mangostana bears a fruit 

 which, in the East Indies, ranks with that of 

 the pine-apple. It rises with a taper stem, 

 sending out many branches, not unlike a fig- 

 tree, with oval leaves, seven or eight inches 

 long. The flower is like that of a single rose ; 

 the fruit round, the size of a middling orange ; 

 the shell is like that of the pomegranate, the 

 inside of a rose colour, divided by thin par- 

 titions, as in oranges, in which the seeds are 

 lodged, sux'rounded by a soft juicy pulp, of a 

 delicious flavour, partaking of the strawberry 

 and the grape, and is esteemed one of the 

 richest fruits in the world. According to Dr. 

 Garcin, it is esteemed the most delicious of the 

 East Indian fruits, and a great deal of it may 

 be eaten without any inconvenience ; it is the 

 only fruit which sick people are allowed to eat 

 without scruple. It is given with safety in 

 almost every disorder ; and we are told that 

 Dr. Solander, in the last stage of a putrid fever 

 in Batavia, found himself insensibly recovering 

 by sucking this delicious and refreshing fruit. 

 The pulp has a most happy mixture of the tart 

 and sweet, and is no less salutary than plea- 

 sant. All the other species bear excellent 

 fruit, but by no means equal to the Mangos- 

 tana. C. Gambbgia produces the gamboge of 

 commerce : the fruit is powerfully purgative. 



. Yellow . 5, S. Ev. T. 30 E. Indies . 1823 

 . Yellow . 5, S. Ev. T. 30 E. Indies . 1822 

 . Yellow . 5, S. Ev. T. 30 E. Indies . 1820 

 . Purple . 6, S.Ev. T. 30 Java . .1780 



Garden balsam. See Justicia peetoralis. 



Garden cress. See Lepidium sativum. 



Gardener's garters. See Ar&ndo Dbnax 

 versicolor. 



Gardenia, Ellis. Named in compliment to 

 Alexander Garden, M.D., of Charleston, Caro- 

 lina, a correspondent of Ellis and Linnaeus. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. CincTwnacece. This 



cornea . . 

 C6wa . 

 Gambbgia 

 Mangostana 



is a splendid genus of plants, producing their 

 sweet-scented flowers very freely. They re- 

 quire a mixture of loam and peat ; and the 

 stove kinds, a strong moist heat and plenty of 

 water at the roots. Cuttings of all root readily 

 if not too ripe when taken off, planted in sand, 

 under a glass, in a moist heat, with the pots 

 plunged. Synonymes: 1, Musscenda spinbsa; 

 2, Cdnthium coronatum, Posoqueria dume- 

 tbrum; 3, Posoquiria fragrans; 4, P. longi- 

 spina ; 5, nutans ; 6, Cdnthium cliininse ; 7, 

 MussoSnda tetracdntha ; 8, JRdndia longist$la ; 

 9, G. longifblia. See Genlpa, Edndia, Oscy- 

 dnthus, Sherbourni. 



Garden rocambole. See Allium ophioscdrdon. 



Gard6qdia, Ruin and Pavon. In honour of 

 Don Diego Gardoqui, a Spaniard, who greatly 

 promoted, the publication of the Flora Peru- 

 viana. Linn. 14, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Lamiacece. 

 These plants are well worthy of cultivation, on 

 account of their large showy flowers, especially 

 G. Eookiri. A mixture of equal parts of sand, 

 loam, and peat suits the species well ; and cut- 

 tings root readily in the same kind of soil, 

 under a glass. See Cedronilla. 



betoniooldes . Purple 10, G. Her. P. 1} Mexico . 1837 

 Purple 6, S. Ev. S. " " ' 

 Lilac . 6. G. Ev. 8 

 Scarlet 6, G. Ev. 

 Purple 4, G. Ev. 



Garidblla, Linn. In honour of Pierre Garidel, 

 M.D., a botanical author of Provence in the 

 beginning of the last century. Linn. 10, Or. 

 3, Nat. Or. Ranunculacece. An inconspicuous 



discolor 

 Gilliesii . 

 Hookeri . 

 multi&ora 



4 Chile . . 1827 

 | Chile . . 1828 

 S. l£ Carolina 1832 

 S. 1 Chili . . 1837 



