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as species of Ipomopsis, are biennials ; the 

 Zepiodactylons are perennials ; and the 

 rest are mostly annuals. [C. A. J.] 



GILIBERTIA. A genus of ivyworts, 

 characterised by having the corolla with 

 five to ten petals ; stamens five to ten, 

 attached to the petals and alternate with 

 them ; style short, ending in five to ten 

 stigmas, which are at first erect, and then 

 spreading. The genus was named in honour 

 of J. E. Gilibert, a French botanist. The 

 only species is a small shrub of Peru, 

 having alternate oblong acute leaves, 

 slightly toothed ; and flowers in terminal 

 compound umbels. [G. D.] 



GILL, or GELL. Nepeta Glechoma. 



GILLENIA. A genus of perennial her- 

 baceous plants belonging to the Rosacea 

 | and allied to Spircea, from which, however, 

 I it is well distinguished by its funnel- 

 shaped calyx, very short stamens, and Ave 

 carpels combined into a five-celled cap- 

 sule, with two seeds in each cell. The 

 leaves are ternate, with stalked serrated 

 leaflets : the flowers whitish or red, axillary 

 and terminal, on long flower-stalks. The 

 roots are medicinal, possessing in a mild 

 degree the properties of ipecacuanha. Two 

 species only are described by botanists, 

 both natives of North America : G. tri- 

 foliata, distinguished by its very narrow 

 pointed stipules ; and G. stipulacea, the 

 stipules of which are large, ovate and 

 deeply cut. [C. A. J.] 



GILLIESIACEJ3. {Gilliesiads.) A natu- 

 ral order of hypogynous monocotyledons 

 belonging to Lindley's lilial alliance of 

 j Endogens. Bulbous plants, with grass- 

 ; like leaves, and umbellate flowers enclosed 

 I in a spathe. Perianth of two portions, the 

 I outer petaloid and herbaceous, six-leaved, 

 j the inner minute often five-toothed ; sta- 

 mens six, three sometimes sterile. Capsule 

 ! three-celled, three-valved, many-seeded, 

 : opening in a loculicidal manner ; covering 

 of seed black and brittle ; embryo curved ; 

 albumen fleshy. Natives of Chili. The ge- 

 nera are Gllliesia and Miersia, comprising 

 about half a dozen species. [J. H. B.] 



GTLLTESIA. A genus of Chilian bulbous 

 herbs, belonging to Gilliesiacece. They 

 have linear flaccid root-leaves, and sub- 

 decumbent scapes, the flowers cernuous, 

 greenish, inconspicuous, in an umbel with 

 two leaf-like bracts at the base. The exte- 

 rior involucre is five-leaved, with the two j 

 lateral interior ones much smaller than | 

 the others ; the interior involucre many- j 

 leaved, surrounding a slipper-like perianth j 

 lobe ; the stamens are united into a cup, 

 the three posterior ones sterile. [J. T. S.] 



GILLIFLOWER. A name corrupted 

 from the French Giroflee: also written Gil- ' 

 Ioflower and Gillyflower, and further cor- : 

 rupted into July-flower ; that of the old wri- 

 ] ters was Bianthus CaryapUyllus, of the mo- j 

 derns, Mntthiola. — , CLOVE. Bianthus 

 Caryophylhis. — , MARSH. Lychnis Flos 

 cuculi. '— , QUEEN'S. Hesperis matronalis. j 



— , ROGUE'S. Hesperis matronalis. — , SEA. 

 Armeria vulgaris. — , STOCK. Matthiola 

 incana, annua, &c. — , WALL. Cheiran- 

 tlius Cheiri. — , WATER. Hottonia palus- 

 tris. — , Wl NTER, Hesperis matronalis. 



GILLS. The lamellas or plates growing 

 perpendicularly from the cap or pileus of 

 an agaric. 



GILVUS. Dull yellow, with a mixture 

 of grey and red. 



GINGELLY OIL. The oil of Sesamum 

 orientale. 



GINGEMBRE. (Fr.) Zingiber. 



GINGER-GRASS OIL. An essential oil 

 obtained from Andropogon Nardus. 



GINGER. Zingiber officinale. The ginger 

 of the shops is the dried rhizomes of this 

 plant ; black or East Indian ginger is the 

 unscraped rhizome prepared by scalding ; 

 white or Jamaica is the scraped rhizome 

 dried in the sun. — , AMADA. Curcuma 

 Amada. — , EGYPTIAN. Colocasia escu- 

 lenta. —.INDIAN. Asarum canadense. 

 — , MANGO. Curcuma Amada. — , RED. 

 The same as East Indian ginger. — , WILD. 

 Asarum canadense. — , WOOD. An pld 

 name for Anemone ranunculoides. 



GINGERBREAD-TREE. The Doom 

 Palm, Hyphcene thebaica; also P 'armarium 

 macrophyllum. 



GINGERWORTS. A popular name for 

 the Zingiber acece. 



GINGILIE OIL. The oil of Sesamum 

 orientale. 



GINGO, or GINKGO. The aboriginal 

 Japanese name of Salisburia adiantifolia. 



GINSEN. (Fr.) Panax. 



GINSENG. The root of one or more 

 species of Panax. It is also called Gin- 

 schen. Pereira gives P. quinquefolium as 

 American Ginseng, and P. Schinseng as 

 Asiatic Ginseng. 



GIPSYWORT. Lycopus europmus. 



GIRANDOLE. (Fr.) Coburgia. 



GIRARDINIA. A genus belonging to a 

 small group of the nettle family, charac- 

 terised by its stinging properties. From 

 Urtica itself it differs in having alternate 

 instead of opposite leaves, and from other 

 allies in the calyx of the fertile flowers 

 being two-parted, one of the segments 

 being much the larger and three-toothed, 

 the other small, linear, or sometimes abor- 

 tive. The species, three of which are East 

 African and three East Indian, are tall 

 annual or perennial herbs.having all their 

 parts clothed with long and sharp white 

 stinging hairs. The stalked leaves, which 

 are accompanied by large stipules, are 

 sometimes nearly a foot in length, variously 

 lobed and coarsely toothed, some like those 

 of the hemp, others like those of the maple 

 in form. The small green flowers, like 

 those of a nettle, are unisexual ; the males 

 in racemes and the females in compact 



