194 DICTIO^STAKY OF POPULAR NAMES GLASTONBURY 



the temperate and warm countries of the northern hemisphere ; 

 ahonnding on the shores of the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, 

 etc. By burning, a soda is obtained, which at one time was 

 largely imported under the name of Barilla, and used for making 

 soap and glass ; but since the production of soda from common 

 salt, the imports have not been so large. 



Glastonbury Thorn. (See Hawthorn.) 



Glucose, a name in the United States for a sweet syrup pre- 

 pared from grains of Indian corn, of which there are numerous 

 manufactories. It is calculated that during the present year 

 (1881) 11,000,000 bushels of corn will be used, and it is probable 

 that it will be doubled in 1882. It is used as a table syrup, in 

 brewing, in vinegar-making, by tobacconists, wine-merchants, 

 and distillers ; also in caudle-making. 



Glue, Vegetable {Gomlretum gumjm ?), a strong climber of 

 the Myrobalan family (Combretacese), native of the countries 

 on the Orinoco. It is remarkable for containing a great q^uantity 

 of gummy matter, which exudes in abundance on the bark being 

 cut, and is used by the carpenters of Angostura for the same 

 purpose as animal glue is with us. Another species is G. luty- 

 rosiim, a native of South-East Africa, producing a peculiar sub- 

 stance like butter, called by the Caffres Chignite. It is white 

 and hard, somewhat aromatic, and is taken to Mozambique as 

 an article of commerce. It is not known if this substance is 

 obtained from the stem or the kernel of the fruit, and some 

 doubts are entertained as to its really being the produce of a 

 Qomlretum, but judging by the gluey substance obtained from 

 the preceding species, it seems not improbable that a kind of 

 butter may be produced by an allied species. 



Goa Bean. — The seeds of Psophocarpus tetragonolohns are so 

 called in India. It is a tuberous-rooted, herbaceous, twining 

 plant of the Bean family (Leguminosse), and is sometimes 

 cultivated in gardens in India for the sake of its seeds, which 

 are Hke those of the scarlet-runner. It takes its specific name 

 from its four-winged pod, similar to the garden-winged pea of 

 Europe, Zotus tetragonoldbus. 



