GAR 



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GAS 



plant, merely requiring to be sown in the open 



border in spring. 



NigelKstrum . Br. grn. 7, H. A. 1 Franco . 1736 



Garland flowers. See Pleurdndra Cnebrum, 

 Erica persoluta, and Daphne Cnebrum. 



Garlic. See Allium. 



Garlic pear. See Crat&va. 



G-ARRTA. Named by Douglas in compliment to 

 Nicholas Garry, Esq., of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company, to whose assistance he was much 

 indebted during his travels. Linn. 21, Or. 4, 

 Nat. Or. Garryacecs. This is a genus of orna- 

 mental shrubs, very similar in appearance to 

 VibHrnum, and perhaps may be considered the 

 greatest botanical curiosity in all Mr. Douglas' 

 collections. The species prefer a loamy soil, 

 and may be readily increased by layers, 

 elllptica . . Green . 9, H. Ev. S. 6 N. Califor. . 1828 

 foemina . Tel. w. 9, H. Ev. S. 6 N.W.Amer. 1849 

 laurifblia . . Whits 5, H. Ev. S. 6 Mexico . . 1839 



GarryAcea A small order of shrubs with 

 opposite leaves, and pendulous amentaceous 

 racemes of flowers ; they are found in North 

 and Central America in temperate latitudes, 

 and in the "West Indies. 



GARiJGA, Roxburgh. The Telingas call it Garuga, 

 or Garoogoo. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Bur- 

 seracece. An ornamental genus, attaining the 

 height of twenty feet ; for culture and propa- 

 gation, see Bosw&llia. 



pinnata . . . Tel. 5, S. Bv. T. 20 E. Indies . 1808 

 madagascariensis Tel. 5, S. Ev. S. 20 Madagasc. 1824 



GastERIA, Haworth. Derived from gaster, the 

 belly; alluding to the enlarged base of the 

 flowers. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Liliacew. 

 These plants are all extremely interesting, and 

 remarkable for producing their leaves, more or 

 •less regular, in two rows. Sandy loam, a little 

 leaf-mould, and peat, well mixed together, 

 with a small quantity of brick rubbish, is the 

 best compost for them ; and being of a very 

 succulent nature, they require to be only 

 moderately watered at any time, particularly 

 when not growing. They all increase from 

 suckers, or leaves, which will produce young 

 plants from their base, as Furcr&a and Aloe. 

 Synonymes: 1, longifblia; 2, nigricans; 3, 

 nigricans fasciata. 



acinacifolia 



minor 

 angulata 1 



minor 

 angustifblia 



longifulia 

 blcolor . . 

 brevifdlia . 



pervlridis 

 candicans . 

 carinata 

 conspurcata 

 crassifolia 

 decfpiens 2 

 dfsticha . 



major 

 ensifdlia . 

 excavata . 



obliqua 

 fasciata 3 . 



laxa . . 

 formdsa . 

 glabra . . 



minor 



G. Bv. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 14 C. G. H. 

 G. Bv. S. H C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 14 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G- H. 

 G. Ev. S. 1J C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 3 

 G. Ev. S. 1 

 G. Bv. S. 2 

 G. Bv. S. 2 

 G. Bv. S. 2 

 G. Ev. S. 1 

 G. Ev. S. 14 C. G. H. 

 G. Bv. S. 14 C. G. H. 

 G. Bv. S. 14 C. G. H. 

 G. Bv. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Bv. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 



C. G. H. 

 C. G. H. 

 C. G. H. 

 C. G. H. 

 C. G. H. 

 C. G. H. 



1S19 

 1820 

 1791 

 1S20 

 1731 

 1796 

 1824 

 1809 

 1S20 

 1822 

 1731 

 1796 

 1820 

 1820 

 1820 

 1820 

 1823 

 1824 

 1759 

 1820 

 1820 

 1820 

 1790 

 1820 



Gast6nia. Dedicated by Commerson to Gaston 

 de Bourbon, son of Henry IV. of France, a 

 promoter of botany. Linn. 11, Or. 5, Nat. Or. 

 Araliacece. Rather an ornamental shrub, re- 

 quiring a soil composed of a mixture of sand, 

 loam, and peat ; and cuttings root readily 

 when planted in sand, under a glass, in heat, 

 palmata . . Wht. grn. 3, S. Ev. S. 4 . 1818 



GASTRfDlUM, Beauvois. Derived from gastri- 

 dim, a little swelling. Linn. 3, Or: 2, Nat. 

 Or. Gramin&cece. Plants of little interest, and 

 of the easiest culture. Synonymc : 1, Milium 

 Undigerum. 



australe 1 . . Apetal . 7, H. Grass, i Brit., Sa. fields, 

 muticum . . Apetal . 7, H. Grass. 1 Sicily . . 1819 



GASTROCARPHA, Don. From gasler, the belly, 

 and karphe, chaff ; alluding to the form of the 

 receptacle. Linn. 19, Or. 4,. Nat. Or. Aster- 

 accas. This is an ornamental plant, succeed- 

 ing in any common soil, and increased readily 

 from seeds. Synonymc: 1, G. moscaria, Mos- 

 chdria pinnatifida. See Moscharia. 

 • runcinata 1 . . White . 7, F. Her. P. 3 Chile. . 1S27 



GASTROCHiLCS, Wallich. From gaster, the belly, 

 and cheilos, a lip ; alluding to the bellied lip. 

 Linn. 1, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Zingiber&cece. These 

 species are all more or less ornamental, and 

 succeed well in sandy loam ; they may be in- 

 creased by divisions. See Saccoldbium. 

 Jenkinsbnii . Or. cri. 6, S. Her. P. 14 E.Ind. . 1841 

 longiflbrus . Yel.red 7, S. Her. P. 2 B.Ind. . 1843 

 pulcherrimus Yel. pk. 8, 8. Her. P. 2 Rangoon . 1828 



Gastr6dia, B. Brown. From gaster, the belly, 

 and od'jas, a tooth ; referring to the top of 



