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Linn. 8, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Meliacece. These are 

 tall-growing trees ; the soil best adapted to 

 them is loam mixed with a little sand ; and 

 cuttings of the ripened wood, with the leaves 

 not shortened, will root in sand, in heat, under 

 a glass. Synonymes: 1, trichilioides ; 2, tri- 

 chuioldes. 



grandia&ra 1 . White . 6, S. Bv. T. 20 S. imer. 1752 

 ramiflbra . . White . 6, S. Ev. T. 20 RortoRicol824 

 Swartzii2 . White . 6, S. Ev. T. 25 Jamaica. 1818 



Guatimala. See Indigifera Guatemala. 



Gfatteria, Ruiz and Pavon. In honour of 

 John Baptiste Guatteri, an Italian botanist, 

 and once professor at Parma. Linn. 13, Or. 

 6, Nat. Or. Anonacece. This is a splendid 

 genus of plants (67. virgata is the lance-wood 

 of commerce) succeeding in a mixture of loam, 

 peat, and sand. Young plants are readily ob- 

 tained by cuttings planted in sand, under, a 

 glass, in heat. Synonyme: 1, Uvaria lanceo- 

 lata. 



cerasoldes . Green . 5, S. Ev. S. 16 E. Indies . 1S20 

 laurifblia . . White . 6, S. Ev. S. 8 Jamaica . 1818 

 i-nfa .... Brown 7, 8. Ev. S. 3 China . . 1822 

 suber&sa . . White . 7, S. Ev. S. 8 E. Indies . 1820 

 virgata 1 . White . 6, S. Ev. T. 40 Jamaica . 1739 



Guava. See Psldium. 



Guayacine. A peculiar substance, differing 

 both from gum and resin, found in the various 

 species of Guaiaeum. 



Guazuma, Plumier. The name of the plant in 

 Mexico. IAnn. 18, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Sterculi- 

 dcece. These are ornamental trees, described 

 as growing from twenty to forty feet high ; 

 they thrive in a mixture of peat and loam, and 

 increase from cuttings in sand or soil, under a 

 glass, in heat. Synonymes: 1, Bubrdma gua- 

 zuma, Theoifrhma guazuma ; 2, Bubrdma poly- 

 bbtryum. 



polybiStrya 2 . . Tel. . 6, S. Ev. T. 25 Brazil . 1S16 

 tomentbsa . . Tel. . 6, S. Ev. T. 2« Cumana . 1820 

 ulmifdUa 1 . . Yel. . 6, S. Ev. T. 40 Jamaica 1739 



Guelder-rose. See Viburnum Opulus. 



GuEPfNlA. See Teesdalia. 



Guernsey-lily. See Nerine samiinsis. 



Guettarda, Ventenant. In honour of Etienne 

 Guettard, a French botanist. Linn. 21, Or. 

 6, Mat. Or. Cinchonacece. Splendid trees, at- 

 taining from upwards of twenty feet high ; 

 they succeed best in peat and loam mixed ; 

 and cuttings strike in sand without any diffi- 

 culty. Synonymes: 1, Laug&ria hirsuta ; 2, 

 L. liuMa ; 3, L. odorata ; i, Mathlola scabra. 

 ' See Isirtia. 



hirstita 1 . . White . . 5, S. Ev. T. 20 Peru . . 1820 

 lucida 2 . . White . . 5, 8. Ev. T. 20 Jamaica . 1818 

 odorata 3 . White . . 5, S. Ev. T. 20 Jamaica . 1818 

 rugdsa . . Red . . 5, 8. Ev. T. 20 W. Ind. . 1793 

 tornent&sa . Red . . 5, S. Ev. T. 20 Jamaica . 1820 

 scabra 4 . .White. . 5, 8. Ev. T. 20 W. Ind. .1818 

 specidsa . . Scarlet . 5, 8. Ev. T. 25 E. Ind. . 1771 



GuevJna. See Quddria. 



Guevo UPAS. A valley in Java, of a fearfully 

 poisonous character, which deleterious nature 

 has been attributed, without sufficient autho- 

 rity, to the injurious influence of the Antiaris 

 toxiearia. 



Guicben6tia, Bay. In honour of Anthony 

 Guichenot, who sailed round the world. Linn. 



5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Bytlneriacece. This is a 

 very pretty shrub ; for culture, &c, refer to 

 Corethrostylis. 



macrahtha . Pa. pur . 3, G. Ev. S. 3 Swan R. 1847 

 GuilandIna, Jussieu. In honour of Melchior 

 Guilandina, of Prussia, a great traveller, and a 

 professor of botany at Padua, who died in 1589. 

 Linn. 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Pabacece. These are 

 pretty stove shrubs, of easy culture in sandy 

 peat, mixed with a little loam ; and young 

 plants are obtained either by cuttings or by 

 seeds, without difficulty. The native practi- 

 tioners of India suppose the kernels of 67. Bon- 

 ducilla to possess powerful tonic virtues. 

 Bonduc . . Yellow . 6, 8. Ev. S. 10 India . . 1640 

 BonducOla . Tellow . 7, 8. Ev. 8. 8 E. Ind. . 1700 

 glabra . . . Yellow . 0, S. Ev. S. 6 India . . 

 microphjflla . Yellow . 7, S. Ev. 8. 10 E. Ind. . 



Guilb6gui. See Lardizdbala biternata. 

 GuiMAUVE. See Althcea officinalis. 

 GuiNEA-HEN weed. See Petiviria alliacea. 

 GuiNEA-PEACH. See Sarcociphalus. 

 Guinea-plum. See Parinarium excilsum. 

 Guiz&TIA, Be Oandolle. In honour of M. Gui- 



zot, the great French minister. Linn. 19, Or. 



2, Nat. Or. Asteracece. See Verbesina. 

 Guldenst.&dtia, Fischer. In honour of J. A. 



Guldenstffidt, a Russian naturalist. Linn. 17, 



Or. 4, Nat. Or. Pabacece. A dwarf plant, of 



little beauty, and very simple culture. Syno- 



nyme : 1, Astrdgalus pauciflorus. 



paucifl&ra 1 . Red . . 7, H. Her. P. J Siberia . 1827 



Gum- ammoniac. See fferacleum. 

 Gum-animi is obtained from the roots of Hyme- 



niea Gourbdril. 

 Gum-arabic tree. See Acacia ardbica. 

 Gum-butea is yielded by Butea fronddsa and 



superba. 

 Gum-cistus. See Cistus Ladanlferus. 

 Gum-doctors is produced by Bhas metbpium. 

 Gum-dragon is the produce of Pterocarpus 



Draco and Santalinus. 

 Gum-elemi is procured from a species of Icica. 

 Gum-gutta is the produce of Vismea guianSnsis. 

 Gum-hog. See Phils. 

 Gum-kino. See Ooccoldba uvifera, Pterocarpus 



erinacevs, and Eucalyptus resinifera. 

 Gum-lac is obtained from Erythrina mono- 



spdrma. 

 Gummieerous, producing gum. 

 Gum-sandarach is produced by Thuja quadri- 



valvis. 

 Gum-Senegal. See Acacia vlrek and Adan- 



Gum-SUCCORY. See ChondrUla. 



Gum-tragacanth. See Astragalus v&rus. 



Gum-tree. See Eucalyptus robusta. 



Gundelia, Tournefort. From Andrew Gundel-' 

 scheimer, a German botanist, and first disco- 

 verer of the plant. Linn. 19, Or. 5, Nat. Or. 

 Asteracece. A curious plant, though possessed 

 of no great beauty ; it does best in sandy peat, 

 and is readily increased by divisions. 

 Touroef&rtii Lgt grn. 7, H. Her. P. 1} Levant . 1739 



Gunnera, Linn. In honour of E. Gunner, 

 bishop of Drontheim, a good botanist. Linn. 



