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GOBE-MOUCHE. (Fr.) Silene muscipula ; 

 also Dracimculus crinitus, Apocynum an- 

 droscemifolium, &c. 



GOBET. (Fr.) Cerasus vulgaris. 



GQBLET-SHAPED. The same as Cra- 

 teriforiu. 



GOBO. The Japanese name of Arctium 

 Lappa. 



GOCKROO. Euellia longi/olia, an Indian 

 drug. 



GODET. (Fr.) Xarcissus Pseudo-NaT- 



GODETIA. A genus of ornamental an- 

 nuals, belonging to the Onagracece, and 

 closely allied to Evening Primroses {(Eno- 

 thera), from which they may be known by- 

 bearing flowers of a purple or pink hue, 

 never yellow. The true Evening Primroses, 

 as their name implies, do not open their 

 flowers in the sunshine, but the Godetias are 

 subject to no such rule. The majority of 

 the species are natives of America, and are 

 much grown in English gardens for the 

 sake of their showy flowers. Some of them 

 are remarkable for the brilliant colour of 

 their anthers, and others for the deep pur- 

 ple spots on their petals. They are all very 

 similar in habit, upright more or less bran- 

 ching herbs, with the broad four-petaled 

 flowers in the upper leaf-axils. [C. A. J.] 



GODOYA. A genus of tropical American 

 trees, of doubtful position, but referred by 

 Lindley to Ochnacece. The leaves are shin- 

 ing, thick, marked with very numerous 

 transverse stria? or veins. The flowers are 

 yellow, disposed in clusters, the calyx con- 

 sisting of several series of overlapping 

 coloured leaves ; fhe five petals convolute ; 

 and the stamens numerous, the outermost 

 of them sterile, free or united into five 

 distinct bundles alternating with the pe- 

 tals, the inner ones free and fertile. The 

 capsule woody, three to five-celled, burst- 

 ing by five valves. G. gemmiflora is a stove 

 plant of elegant appearance. [M. T. MO 



GOD*S FLOWER. Helichrysum Stcechas. 



GOD-TB.EE. Eriodendron anfrcctuesum. 



GGEPPERTIA. A genus of Brazilian 

 and West Indian trees, of the laurel 

 family, having a six-parted wheel-shaped 

 perianth, nine fertile stamens in three 

 rows, the innermost row provided with 

 glands, the anthers opening by two or four 

 valves. Fruit placed within the hardened 

 tube of the perianth. [M. T. M.] 



GOGANE. (FrJ Fritillaria Meleagris. 



GOLDBACHIA. A genus of Cruciferw, 

 consisting of annuals found in the Levant 

 and in the Caspian Desert. They have al- 

 ternate oblong leaves, and racemes of 

 flowers, small, white or lilac, opposite the 

 leaves. The pod is short, breaking trans- 

 versely, when mature, into two one-seeded 

 joints. % [J. T. S.] 



GOGO. Entada Purscetha. 



i GOKOKF. A collective Japanese name ; 

 for bread-stuffs and pulse. 



GOLD-CUPS. Ranunculus bulbosus,acris, | 



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I GOLD-DP ST. A popular name for Alys- 

 sum saxatile. 



GOLDE. Calendula officinalis. 

 GOLDEN-CHAIN. Cytisus Laburnum. 

 GOLDEN-CLUB. Orontium. 

 GOLDEN-CROWN. Chry sostemma. 

 GOLDEN-FLOWER. Chrysanthemum. 

 GOLDEN-HAIR. Chrysocoma Comaurea. 

 GOLDEN-PERT. Gratiola aurea. 



GOLDEN-ROD. The common name for 

 Solidago ; also Leontice Chrysogonum. — , 

 R.AYLESS. An American name for Bige- 

 lovia. — TEEE. Losea Yenarnora. 



GOLD-FLOWER. Helichrysum Stcechas. 



GOLDFUSSIA. A considerable genus of 

 Acanthacece, containing twenty-four spe- 

 cies, natives of India. They are shrubs with 

 serrate penninerved leaves, having all the 

 nerves directed upwards, but not reaching 

 the apex. The flowers have two deciduous 

 , bracts, and are arranged in a head or spike, 

 ; which after the fall of the bracts becomes 

 I very loose ; there is an unequally five- 

 parted calyx, a funnel-shaped corolla with 

 an equally five-cleft limb, four didynamous 

 included stamens with nodding anthers, 

 and a subulate irritable stigma. [W. C.j 



GOLDILOCKS, or GOLDYLOCKS. Heli- 



j chrysv.m Stcechas ; also Ranunculus auri- 

 ; comus, Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, and a 

 1 common name for Chrysocoma. 



GOLDINS. Clirysanthemum segetum. 

 GOLD -KNOBS, or GOLD-KNOPPES. 

 Ranunculus acris, bulbosus, &c. 

 . GOLD OF PLEASURE. Camelina sativa. 

 GOLD-SHRUB. Palicourea speciosa. 

 GOLD-THREAD. Coptis trifolia. 

 GOL-KAKB.A. Momordica mixta. 

 GOMART. (Fr.) Bursera. 



GOMBAUT, or GOMBO. Abelmoschus es- 

 culentus. Gombo is also used for the fibre- 

 yielding Hibiscus cannabinus. 



! GOMMA DA BATATA. A purgative 

 , drug obtained from Ipomcea operculata. 

 I GOMPHIA. A genus of tropical ochna- 

 ' ceous trees or shrubs, most abundant in 

 j Brazil. They bear panicles of handsome 

 yellow flowers, having the following struc- 

 I ture : sepals five, coloured, deciduous ; 

 petals five, generally stalked ; stamens 

 ten, the anthers opening by pores; ovary 

 five to six-lobed, placed on a thickened 

 receptacle; style very short; fruit succu- 

 lent, placed on the enlarged receptacle. 

 Some of them are grown in this country 

 I as evergreen stove shrubs ; they are for 

 I the most part West Indian. [M. T. M.] 



