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Glumaceous ; plants are said to be gluniaceous 



when their flowers are like those of grasses. 

 Glume, a part of the floral envelopes of a grass. 

 Gluten, glue. 



GlutS I •*»** gluey. 



Glyceria, R Swum. From glyfceros, sweet ; 

 alluding to the herbage. Linn. 3, Or. 2, Nat. 

 Or. Graminacece. An aquatic of no interest or 

 beauty ; it is of the simplest culture. Syno- 

 nyme : 1, Festiica ,/Kretons— ftuitans. See Hy- 

 drdchloa. 



Glycine, Linn. From glykys, sweet ; the leaves 

 and roots of some of the species are sweet. 

 Linn. 17, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Fabacece. A beau- 

 tiful genus of plants, producing their pretty 

 flowers in fascicles, or racemes, from the axils 

 of the leaves ; for culture and propagation, see 

 Cliioria. Amphicarpa, Apios, Chcetdcalyx, Fa- 

 gel ia, Poiretia, Ehynchbsia, B6thia, Rud6lphia, 

 Sweetia, Toandziia and Wistaria. 



B ta? <mS !" } Pul ? 16 • r ' s - **• Tw - 20 

 bildba '. '. . Violet . 11, G. Ev. Tw. 20 Mexico 1827 

 clandestma . Pa. yel. 7, S. Ev. Tw. 4 N. Hoi. 1824 

 hedysaroldes Purple. 7, S. Ev. S. 1£ Guinea 1823 

 heterophylla Yellow 7, G. Ev. Tw. 3 C. G. H. 1825 

 minima . . Purple . 7, G. Ev. Tw. 3 N. Hoi. 1818 

 mailis . . . Yellow 7, S. Ev. Tw. 3 W. Ind. 1824 

 secunda . . Yellow 7, G. Ev. Tr. 1J C. G. H. 1825 

 striata. . . Yellow 7, S. Ev. Tw. 4 S.Amer.1818 

 ddbilis, parviflbra. 

 Glyc6smis, Correct,. From glykys, sweet, and 

 osme, smell ; alluding to the sweet-scented 

 flowers. Linn. 10, Or. 1, Wat. Or. Auranti- 

 acece. These trees are said to attain the height 

 of twenty feet, and thrive well in a rich mould. 

 They may be increased by cuttings in sand, 

 under a glass, in heat. Synonymes : 1, Limbnia 

 citrifblia, L. parviflbra ; 2, Limbnia penta- 

 phfflla. 



arbdrea . . White . 7, S. Ev. T. 20 E. Ind. . 1796 

 citrifolia 1 . White . 2, G. Ev. S. 6 China . 1820 

 pentaphylla 2 White . 7, S. Ev. T. 20 E. Ind. . 1790 



GlycyerhIza, tournefort. From glykys, sweet, 

 and rhiza, a root ; the sweetness of the root of 

 the Liquorice is well known. Linn. 17, Or. 4, 

 Nat. Or. Fabacece. A deep light sandy loam 

 suits all the species of this genus, and they are 

 readily increased by slips from the roots with 

 eyes, and planting them in spring. The sweet, 

 subacrid, mucilaginous juice is much esteemed 

 as a pectoral. Synonymes: 1, dspera, hispida ; 

 2, Liquiritia officinalis. 



asperrima . Blue . . 7. H. Her. P. 2J Siberia . 1795 

 echinata . . Pale . . 7, H. Her. P. 3 Italy . . 1596 

 fdBtida. . . Pa. yel. . 7, H. Her. P. 3 Africa .1817 

 glabra 2 . .Pa. blue 7, H. Her. P. 3 Italy . . 1562 

 Slandulifera. Pale . . 7, H. Her. P. 3 Hungary 1805 

 hirsuta . . Pale . . 7, H. Her. P. 3 Levant . 1739 

 lepiddta . . Pale . . 7, H. Her. P. 3 Missoun 1811 

 uralensis . . Pa. blue 7, H. Her. P. 3 Siberia . 1818 



GLYFHOMfTMON, Bridel. From glypho,_ to era- 

 boss, and mitrion, a little diadem. Linn. 24, 

 Or. 5, Nat. Or. Bryacecs. Small tufts of moss, 

 found on rocks in the spring. Synonyme: 1, 

 Grimmia DamZsii, Encalppta Baviesii—Da.- 

 viesii. 



GmelIna, Linn. In honour of George Gnielin, 

 a celebrated German naturalist and traveller. 



Linn. 14, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Verbendcece. This 

 is a genus of fine plants, though they seldom 

 flower in this country. They grow best in rich 

 loam, mixed with a little peat, requiring a 

 very strong heat to grow them well. They 

 may be increased without difficulty by cuttings 

 - planted in sand, in heat, under a glass. Syno-' 

 nyme; 1, Oambulu. 



arb6rea . . Yellow . 5, S. Ev. T. 10 E Ind. . 1824 

 asMtica . . Yellow . 5, S. Ev. T. 10 E. Ind. . 1792 

 parviflbra . Orange . 5, S. Ev. T. 10 E. Ind. . 1817 

 Bheedii 1 . White . 6, S. Ev. T. 12 E. Ind. . 1824 

 speciosissima White . 6, G. Ev. T. 10 Nepal . 1823 

 vflldsa. . . White . 5, S. Ev. T. 10 E. Ind. . 1818 



Gnaphalium, Linn. From gnaphalon, soft 

 down ; alluding to the woolly covering of the 



Elants. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Asteracece. 

 ome of these are interesting plants, on ac- 

 count of the quality the flowers possess of re- 

 taining their colours after they are gathered 

 from tne plants. They grow in any rich light 

 soil, and the shrubby and herbaceous kinds 

 may be increased by cuttings and divisions. 

 The annual and biennial kinds require the 

 same treatment as other tender and hardy an- 

 nuals and biennials. Synonymes: 1, Filago 

 arvinsis; 2, F. cephaloldea ; 3, Gnaplialium 

 spicaium; 4, F. gdllica; 5, gcrmdnica; 6, al- 

 pistris ; 7, Lagopus : 8, montana; 9, G. spa- 

 tulata ; 10, F. pusilla; 11, pyramidata ; 12, 

 recta; 13, sphtbrica; 14, G. alpinum; 15, F. 

 sylvdtica; 16, G. multicaule. See Antenn&ria, 

 Astilma, Helichrysum, Leoniopddium, Long- 

 chdmpsia, Metalhsia and Spirdlepis. 

 albescens . White . . 7, S. Ev. S. 2 Jamaica 1793 

 involucratumBr. yel. . 7, H. Her. P. 1 N. Zeal. . 1699 

 obtusif&lium Yellow . 7, H. A. 1 N. Amer. 1732 



purpureum . Purp. . 7, G. B. 1J N. Amor. 1732 



sanguineum. Crimson 7, H. Her. P. 2 Egypt . 1768 

 undulatum . Yel. wht.7, H. A. 1 Africa . 1732 



americanum, arvinse 1, cepTialdideum 2, coarc- 

 iatum 3, dec&rrens, gdllicum 4, germdnicum 5, 

 Lagopus 6, liUeo-dlbum, minimum 7, mon- 

 tanum 8, pennsylvdnicum 9, puMlum 10, pyra- 

 midatum 11, Tectum 12, sphcericam 13, su- 

 pinum 14, sylvdticum 15, uhginosum 16. 



Gnemon. See GnUum. 



Gnetum. Linn. Derived from gnemon ; the 

 name given to it in the island of Ternate. 

 Linn. 21, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Gnetacece. This 

 plant will grow in sandy peat and loam mixed ; 

 it is multiplied by cuttings in sand, under a 

 glass, in heat. In Amboyna, they eat the 

 seeds roasted, boiled, or fried, and the taste- 

 less green leaves form a favourite vegetable in 

 lieu of spinach. 

 Gnemon . . Grn tan. 6, S. Ev. T. 10 E. Ind. . 1815 



Gnetace*, or Joint-fies. An order of small 

 trees or shrubs, nearly related to Pinacece. 

 Some species bear eatable fleshy fruit, and the 

 leaves of others are boiled and eaten as spinach. 



GnIdia, Limn. The ancient name of the laurel. 

 Linn. 8, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Thymelaceoz. The 

 species of GnIdia are very pretty, and thrive 

 well in a peat soil, if carefully watered, in 

 which respect they require particular atten- 



_ tion, as they have very tender roots. They 



" are rather difficult to propagate, particularly 



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