G O M 



GOMORA, a fmall iflantl in the Eaft Iiidian f-a, near 

 tlie welt coali of Oby. S. !:.t, i' 52'. E. long. 128^. 



QOMORRKA, in Jnc'init Gtfography, a town of Paltf- 

 tiue, and one of tlic principal cities of the Pentapolis, cou- 

 funied by fire from heaven. It was probably the moft 

 northern of the five cities. Gen. xix. 24. 



GOMOZIA, or GoMEZIA, in Bolany. See Ner- 



GOMPHI A, from yof/.?').-, a mill or knob, alluding to the 

 form of the receptacle of the fruit. Sclireb. 291. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. V. 2. 569. Mart. Mill. Dift. V. 2. (Jabotapita ; 

 Plum. Grn. 41. t. 32. Ochtia ; Gaertn. t. 70. Julf. 2H2.) 

 Clafs and order. D<ram\r\a Momgyina, Nat. Ord. Mog- 

 ■vol'j', Juff. 



Gen. Ch. (7.7/. Perianth inferior, of five lanceolate, 

 (harpifti, ribbed, coloured, deciduous leaves, two of which 

 have a membranous margin at each fide, one on one fide 

 only, and two are deilitute of any. Cor. Petals five, fpread- 



G O M 



membrane, and producing two conipTcffed mafTes of pollen, 

 whicli attach tliemfthes by a tnper point to the (ligma, and 

 remain pendulous there. I'lft- Germens two, fuperior, ovate, 

 fi)lcs two, very fnort, Itanding clofe together; ifigma 

 common to the two, dilated, horizontal, flat, with five 

 angles to receive the mafTes of pollen. Pcr'tc. Follicles two, 

 iuflated, ovate, pointed, clotiied with foft fpiiTcs. Recep- 

 tacles membranous, longitudinal, linear, at length feparate. 

 Seeds numerous, imbricated, pendulous, cro^vned with lilky 

 down. 



EfT. Cli. Corolla in five deep reflexed fegments. Nec- 

 tary of five hooded leaves, fimple, with a fingle tooth on 

 eacii fide, crowning the filaments. Anthers terminated by 

 a membrane. Stigma deprefled, pointlefs. Follicles in- 

 flated, prickly. Seeds hairy. 



This genus is feparated from Jlfdepias by Mr. Brown, 

 (whofe effay on the whole order, and whofe difcovery of the 

 mode in which the pollen is projected by the anthers upon 



' lontrer than the calyx, rather unequal ; the claws are the lUgraa, do him the iiighelt honour,) on account of the 



fiiorter than the calyx, each gradually widening into a 

 roundifh, flat, entire torder. Siam. Filaments ten, very 

 fliort, thick and angular ; anthers creft, (horter than the 

 calyx, f/}uare, tapering upwards, burfting at the top, on 

 the outfide, by two pores. Pijl. Germen placed on a fliort 

 flefhy angular receptacle, with five angles and five-divilions ; 

 flvle longer than the ilamens, marked with five furrows ; 

 fligma acute. Perk. Drupas from oae to 'ii^t, molt gene- 

 rally two, ovate, obliquely attenuated at the bafe, fi)mewhat 

 comprefled, obtufe, ereft, Handing on a very large globofe 

 receptacle, which is undivided, if the berry be lolitary, 

 lobcd if there be more, one lobe being appropriated to each 

 berry. Seeds folitary, ovate. 



Efl". Ch. Calyx five-leaved, inferior. Petals five, vsitli 

 claws rather unequal. Anthers nearly felhle, fqiiare, open- 

 ing by two pores. Drupas Handing on a rounded flefliy 



receptacle. 



Vahl and Swartz defcribe five fpecies, all trees, natives of 



tropical climates. IMie chief and original one is G. Juhnta- 

 p'l'.a, (Ochna Jabotapita ; Linn. Sp. PI. 732. Jabotapita 



pvramidato flore luteo, fruftu rubro ; Plum. Ic. 147. 



t. 153.) Tliis is a native of South America, flowering 



in December and January. The ivood is foft and tough. 



Leaves fimple, as in the whole genus, alternate, ftalked. 



inflated prickly fruit, and the Angular horrr which in Afcle- 

 p'uu grow out from the bottom ot the nectaries. It confiils 

 of Afclep'ias arburejccns, Linn. Mant. 216; frvticofa, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 315; s.nd fetoj a, Vahl. Symb. v. i. t. 8 ; and, as 

 Mr. Brown lufpects, of crifpn, Linn. Mant. 215. Suppl. 

 170. A.pubefcem, Liim. Mant. 215, is, as he juflly obferves, 

 on the authority of the late excellent Mr Dryander, bor- 

 rowed from the I.,irmxan herb;uium, the fame plant as arbo- 

 rtj'rens, with a fynonym from Plukenet (t. 139. f. i.) and 

 Morifour which is prefumed to be cr'tfpa. 



GOMPHOLOBIUM, fo named by the writer of the 

 prefent article, from ^c^.'ii, a <uiedge, club, or any thing 

 fwelling upwards from a narrow bafe, and J'.,3cf, apod, or 

 legume, expreifive of its tumid fruit. Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. 

 V. 4. 220. Ann of Bot. v. i. ^05. — Clafs and order, 

 Deeandr'm Monogyma. Nat. Ord, PapiUonacca, Linn. Le- 

 guiiiinofte, .Tuff. 



Gen. Cli. Cal, Perianth inferior, of one leaf, coriaceous, 

 fliort, bell-fiiaped, in (i\e deep, oblong, pointed, unequal 

 fegments. Cor. papilionaceous. Standard very large, in- 

 verfely heart-fliaped, carinated at the back, recurved, with 

 a fliort claw. Wings fhorter than the llajdard, parallel, 

 horizontal, with a prominent lobe on one fide near the bafe. 

 Keel the length of the wings, of two half-ovate, tumid, 



ovate, acute, ferrated. Floivers in terminal clulters, yellow, clawed petals, with a reverfed tooth at the upper edge of 

 fragrant, compared by Marcgrave to thofe of a Wall-flower each. Slum. Filaments ten, concealed in the keel, awl- 

 in figure, or rather colour, but he fays their fcent isfweeter. fliaped, dilliiKt, afccnding, rather unequal in length ; anthers 

 The/r«/V and its receptacle are black, juicy, aflringent. vertical, roundifli, two-lobed. Plfl. Germen ftalked, ob- 



Thls genus is certainly very nearly related to Ochna, both long, fomewhat cylindrical ; flyle awl-fhaped, afcending, as 

 in habit and character. 



GOMPHIASIS, fromyoyv'o-, a nml, a difordcr of the 

 teeth, in whicli they become loofe and painful. The con- 

 nection of the derivative with the Greek is imputable to the 

 circumltaBce of the teeth being fixed in their fockets, like 

 nails in a piece of wood. 



GOMPHOCARPUS,in Bnlany, fromy-i.ujo., anything 

 fwelling upwards from a narrow bale, as a nail, wedge, or 

 club, and xkjt ?, fruit, alluding to the tumid follicles. 

 Brown Afclepiad. (from the Wernerian Society's Tranfac- 



long as the ftamens ; fligma fimple, acute. Piric. Legume 

 on a ftalk, nearly globular, inflated, of one cell, crowned 

 with the flyle. Sereis feveral, roundifh, ranged along the 

 upper future on fliort flalks. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx bell-fliaped, fimple, in five deep feg- 

 ments. Corolla papilionaceous. Stigma fimple. Legume 

 inflated, globofe, of one cell, with many feeds. 



Five fpecies of this genus are defined in the Tranfaftions 

 of the Linnxan Society, v 9, 249, Ci - grcindijl-;rum, Exot. 

 Bot. t. 5 : — lal'ifolium, [fiuibrintum ; Exot. Bot. t. 58:) 



tions) 26. The genus is confounded by I.,inn£eus under fcabrum, a fpecies communicated by Mr. Menzies : minus, 



his AJchpias. Clafs and order, PeiUandria Digynia. Nat. very near the lafl, except in the acute recurved points of the 



Ord. Contortie, lAnn. Apocineir, Ju{{. A/clepiadea, Brown. leaves: ?ind piiinatum, a fmall fpecies from Port Jackfi)n, 



Gen.- Ch. Ciil. Perianth inferior, fm.all, in fi\e acute, remarkable for its pinnate leaves, and zig-zag herbaceous 



permanent fegments. Cor. of one petal, regular, in five ftem. Probably the fubfequent volume of Ivlr. Brown's 



deep, reflexed fegments, deciduous. Ncftary of five hooded- Prodromus will add more to this number. 



leaves, fimple within, furnifhed with a tooth at each fide. The habit of Gomplolobium is marked by the compound 



placed on the top of the united filaments. Stam. Fila- (ternate or pinnate) leaves, and a certain aipcft of rigidity 



inents five, cohering; anthers of two cells, terminated by a and fmoothnefs. The flipulas arc not istriiioliaccDus as in 



PuticniTJt 



I 



