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RTE. Hordeum pratense ; also Lolium per- 

 enne. —, RIBBON. Digraphis arundi- 

 nacea variegata. — , RICE CUT. An Ame- 

 rican name for Leersia oryzoides. — ,ROPE. 

 Iiestio. — , ROT. Pinguicula vulgaris. —, 

 ROUGH. Dactylis glomerata. — , RUSH. 

 An American name for Vilfa. — , RUSH 

 SALT. Spartina juncea. —, RYE. Hor- 

 deum pratense and murinum ; also 

 Secede and Lolium. — , SAND. Uralepis 

 purpurea. — , SCORPION. Myosotis. —, 

 SCOTCH, of Jamaica. Panicum molle. — , 

 SCURVY. Cochlearia officinalis. — , SEA. 

 Ruppia maritime,. — , SEA HARD. Ophiu- 

 rus. -, SEA LYME. Elymus. — , SEA 

 MAT. Ammophila arenaria. — , SEA 

 SPUR. Glyceria distans. — , SENECA. 

 Hierochloa borealis. — , SESAME. Tripsa- 

 cum. — , SHAVE. Equisetum hyemale. — , 

 SHELLY. Triticum repens. — , SHERE. 

 Carex. — , SHORE. Littorella lacustris. 

 — SHRUBBY Thamnochortus. — ,SILK. 

 Eriocoma cuspidata. — , SLENDER. Lepto- 

 chloa. — , SMALL. Hierochloa. — , SOFT. 

 IIolcus. — , SOUR. Panicum leucophceum. 

 — , SPARROW. Asparagus officinalis. — , 

 SPEAR. Poa. —SPIKE. Uniola. — , 

 SPIKED. Triglochin. — , SPIKED QUAK- 

 ING. Brizopyrum. — , SPRING. Antho- 

 xanihum. — , SPURT. Scirpus maritimus. 

 — , SQUIRREL-TAIL. Hordeum jubatum. 

 — , STANDER. Orchis mascula. — , STAR. 

 Callitriche ; also an American name for 

 Hypoxys and Aletris. — , STRIPED. Di- 

 grujmis arundiuacea variegata. — , SWEET. 

 Glyceria. — .SWINE'S. Polygonum avicu- 

 lare. — , SWORD. Gladiolus ; also Are- 

 naria segetalis, and Meiilotus segetalis. —, 

 THIN. Agrostis elata and perennans. — , 

 THREE-LEAVED. Trifolium. — , TIMO- 

 THY. Phleum pratense. — , TRIPLE- 

 AWNED. Aristida. —, TOAD. Juncus 

 bufoniits. —.TURTLE. Zostera marina. 

 —, TUSSAC, or TUSSOCK. Dactylis ccrspi- 

 tosa. —, TWIG. Rhabdochloa. — , TWO- 

 PENNY. Lysimachia Numnudaria. —, 

 VANILLA. Hierochloa borealis. — , VEL- 

 VET. Holcus lanatus. — , VERNAL. 

 Anthoxanthum odoratum. — , VIPER'S. 

 Scorzonera. —, WATER SCORPION. Myo- 

 sotis palustris. — , WATER STAR. Lep- 

 tanlhus gramineus. — , WHEAT. Triticum. 

 — , WHITE. Leersia virginica. — , WHIT- 

 LOW. Draba, especially Draba verna ; also 

 Saxifraga tridactylites. —, WILD OAT. 

 Danthonia. — , WIND. Apera Spicaventi. 

 — , WIRE. Eleusine indica, and Poa com- 

 pressa. — , WIRE BENT. Nardus stricta. 

 — , WOOD. Sorghum- {Andropogon) nutans; 

 also Luzula sylvatica. — , WOOD REED. 

 Cinna. — , WOOLLY. Lasiagrostis. — , 

 WOOLLY-BEARD. Erianthus. — , WORM. 

 Spigelia ; also Sedum album. — , YARD. 

 An American name for Eleusine. — , 

 YELLOW-EYED. Xyris. 



GRASS-CLOTH PLANT. Biihmeria nivea. 



GRASSETTE. (Fr.) Pinguicula vulgaris. 



GRASS-GREEN. Clear, lively green, 

 without any mixture. 



GRASS OIL. An oil obtained from An- 

 dropogon Iwarancusa. 



GRA&S-TREE. Xanthorrhcea ; also 

 Iiichea dracophylla, and Kingia australis. 

 GRASS-WRACK. Zostera marina. 

 GRATIA DEI. Gratiola officinalis. 



GRATIOLA. A genus of Scrophulariacece, 

 consisting of perennial herbaceous plants, 

 found wild in central Europe, North Ame- 

 rica, and extra-tropical Australia. The 

 flowers have a calyx of five equal divisions, 

 a tubular corolla whose limb is two-lipped, 

 the upper lip notched or cleft into two 

 divisions, the lower three-cleft; four sta- 

 mens, two of which are sterile and longer 

 than the fertile ; and a capsular fruit. G.' 

 officinalis, the Hedge Hyssop of the herba- 

 lists, was in formertimes called GratiaDei, 

 on account of its active medicinal proper- 

 ties. It is abitter purgative and emetic, and 

 is even poisonous in large doses. It is not 

 used in medical practice in this country, I 

 but is said to have formed the basis of a ! 

 famous nostrum for gout called Eau medi- 

 cinale. Haller says that the abundance of 

 this plant in some of the Swiss meadows 

 renders it dangerous to allow cattle to feed 

 in them. G. peruviana has similar proper- I 

 ties. [M T M.] 



GRATIOLE. (Fr.) Gratiola officinalis. 



GRATTERON. (Fr.) Galium Aparine. 



GRAVELIN. (Fr.) Quercus pedunculata. 



GRAVEL-ROOT. Eupatorium purpu- 

 reum. 



GRAVEOLENS. Strong-scented ; having 

 a smell which is unpleasant because of its 

 intensity. 



GRAVESIA. A genus of Madagascar 

 Melastomacece, of which G. bertolonioides is 

 a nearly stemless hairy herb, with opposite 

 ovate five to seven ribbed crenelled leaves, 

 and flower-stalks arising from the axis 

 bearing an umbel of flowers which have a 

 top-shaped five-toothed hairy calyx, five 

 ovate petals, and ten stamens of equal 

 length, with the connective, produced be- 

 low into an obtuse spur-like appendage. 

 This latter character serves to distinguish 

 the genus among its near allies. [A. A. B.] 



GRAWATHA. Curra-tow, the fibre of 

 Bromelia {or Ananassa) Sagenaria, which is I 

 twisted into ropes. 



GRAY A. A genus of Chenopodiacece, 

 comprising a North American erect branch- 

 ed spiny shrub with solitary or fascicled 

 oblong-lanceolate entire fleshy leaves and 

 dioecious flowers. The male flowers have 

 a regular five-parted perigone and five 

 stamens ; the females a monosepalous peri- 

 gone, compressed and winged, notched at 

 the apex, and bulging above the middle 

 within, and a subulate style with two fili- 

 form stigmas. [J. T. S.] 



GREEDS. Potamogeton. 



GREENBRIER. An American name for 

 Smilax. 



GREENGAGE. A delicious variety of 

 plum. 



