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NARQUE. Narcissus concolor. —ORCHIS 

 MILITAIRE. Orchis fusca. — PIN. Pi- 

 ?i its Pinaster. — PLANTAIN. Plantago 

 major. — RAIPORT. Cochlearia Armora- 

 Cia. — SCEAU DE SALOMON. Conval- 

 laria multiflora. — TREFLE ROUGE. 

 Trifolium pratense. — VALERIAN E. Va- 

 leriana Phu. 



GRANDE CAPUCINE. <Fr.) Tropceo- 

 lum majus. — CIGUE. Conium macula- 

 turn. — CONSOTJDE. Symphytum offici- 

 nale. — DOUVE. Ranunculus Lingua. 



— ECLAIRE. Chelidonium majus. — 

 ^PIAIRE. Stachys sylvatica. — ESULE. 

 Euphorbia Lathy ris. — FOUGERE. Pteris 

 aqullina. — GESSE. Lathyrus latifolius. 



— LUNAIRE. Lunaria biennis. —MAUVE. 

 Malva si/lvestris. — ORTIE. Urtica dioica. 



— OSEILLE. Rumex Acetosa. — PA- 

 TIENCE DES EAUX. Rumex Hydrolapa- 

 thum. — PERVENCHE. Vinca major. — 

 RENOUEE. Polygonum orientale. — 

 SAUGE. Salvia officinalis. — VRILLE"E 



BATARDE. Polygonum dumetorum. 



GRANGEA. A few small prostrate or 

 erect weeds of the chamomile group of the 

 composite family, most nearly related to 

 Cotula, differing chiefly in the broadly 

 three-toothed ray florets, and in the pre- 

 sence of a small cup-shaped fringed pap- 

 pus. The species are widely diffused over 

 the tropics of both hemispheres ; and have 

 pinnatifld leaves, and solitary terminal 

 yellow flower-heads, much like those of a 

 chamomile divested of its white ray florets ; 

 all the florets are tubular, the outer bearing 

 pistil only, the inner perfect. G. maderas- 

 patana, a very common weed all over In- 

 dia, occurs in Brazil, growing abundantly 

 in sandy plains, and is used, according to 

 Mr. Gardner, all over the country instead of 

 chamomile, for which it is said to bean ex- \ 

 cellent substitute. It is known by the j 

 name of Marcella. [A. A. B.J 



GRANGERIA. A genus of Chrysobala- 

 nacece. G. borbonica, the only species, is a 

 common bush or small tree of the Mauri- 

 tius, where it is known as Arbre de Buis 

 (box tree,. It has glossy green coriaceous I 

 leaves, in form like those of the common 

 box but somewhat larger ; and the small j 

 white flowers are disposed in short ra- i 

 cemes, and have a five-parted calyx, five 

 rounded petals, fifteen stamens, and a style I 

 arising from the base of a woolly ovary j 

 which, when ripe, becomes a three-sided j 

 pyriform drupe, with a single seed. The 

 genus is nearly related to the American 

 Hirtellas, but differs in the 6tamens being 

 regularly disposed, and not all arising from 

 one side of the flower. [A. A, B.] 



GRANITICUS. Growing in granitic 

 soil. 



GRANTIA. A genus of Persian herba- 

 ceous succulent-leaved composite plants. 

 The involucre consists of two rows of 

 somewhat leafy bracts; the outer florets 

 are strap-shaped and neuter, the inner ones 



tubular and perfect, placed upon a pitted 

 receptacle, with membranous scales be- 

 tween the pits ; the branches of the style 

 are elongated and cylindrical. The fruits 

 are somewhat cylindrical, ribbed, crowned 

 by a pappus, of which the outer row con- 

 sists of a few narrow scales, the inner of 

 hairy bristles. [M. T. M.] 



GRANULA. Large spores contained in 

 the centre of many algals, as Gloionema. 

 Among fungals it sometimes expresses a 

 spore-case. 



GRANULAR, GRANULATE. Divided 

 into little knobs or knots, as the roots of 

 Saxifraga granulata. 



GRANULES. Any small particles; 

 grains ; the hollow shells which consti- 

 tute pollen. 



GRAPE. The well-known fruit of the 

 vine, Vitis vinifera. — , BEAR'S. Vacci- 

 nium Arctostaphylos and Arctostaphylos 

 Vvaursi. —.CHICKEN. Vitis cordifolia. 

 -.CORINTH. The fruits of the Black 

 Corinth variety of Vitis vinifera, which 

 when dried form the currants or corinths 

 of the shops. — , FOX. Vitis vulpina 

 and Vitis Labrusca. — , FROST. Vitis cordi- 

 folia. — , SEA. Ephedra distachya ; also 

 Sargassum bacciferum. — , SEASIDE. 

 Coccoloba, especially C. uvifera. — , WILD, 

 of Peru. Chondrodendrnm convolvulaceum. 

 — , WINTER. Vitis cordifolia. 



GRAPE FLOWER. Muscari racemosum. 



GRAPHIDEI. A natural order of lichens, 

 distinguished by the disk of the fruit being 

 linear and either simple or branched. 

 There is generally a distinct receptacle, 

 though this is sometimes wanting. It is 

 exactly analogous to Hysterium amongst 

 Fungi. Many fine species occur in tropical 

 countries, but temperate regions produce 

 a great many, and we have many striking 

 representatives in the genus Opegrapha, 

 which adorn the trunks of trees in our 

 forests. In Sclerophyton the fruit is col- 

 lected in linear elevations of the crust, 

 so that it is parallel with Trypethelium 

 amongst Verrucaricei. Though Opegrapha 

 is so common in the northern hemisphere, 

 it does not occur at all in New Zealand. In 

 Arthronia, which is one of the lowest 

 genera of lichens, the receptacle vanishes 

 altogether. [M. J. B.] 



GRAPPLE PLANT. The colonial (.Cape) 

 name of Uncaria procumbens. 



GRAPTOPHYLLUM. A genus of Acan- 

 thacca? containing a single species, anative 

 of India, but having escaped from gardens 

 it has been diffused over the tropical 

 regions of both the Old and New worlds. 

 It is a shrub with oblong or ovate varie- 

 gated leaves, and flowers in terminal ra- j 

 cemes ; they have an equally five-parted j 

 calyx, a ringent corolla with the upper : 

 lip arched and the lower trifld, and two ! 

 stamens with sagittate anthers. The cap- i 

 sule is rostrate. [W. C] ! 



GRASS. A general name for all grarni- ! 



