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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Gigantochloa nigro-ciliata, Kurz. {Oxytenanthera nigro- 

 ciliata, Munro.) 

 Continental and insular India. Steins to 130 feet lonsr. 



Gigantochloa robusta, Kurz. 



Mountains of Java. Height to 100 feet, Kurz noticed in 

 Java the early growth to be nearly 18 feet in a month, the 

 principal branches only commencing when the shoot had 

 reached a height of about 70 feet. Some Java bamboo is 

 known to measure at a height of about 120 feet still 22 

 inches in girth. 



Gigantochloa verticillata, Munro. {Bamhusa verticillatay 

 Blume.) 



The Whorled Bamboo of India. It attains a height of 

 100 feet ; in damp heat it grows at the astonishing celerity of 

 40 feet in about three months, according to Bouche. The 

 young shoots furnish an edible vegetable like G. Apus and 

 Bambusa Bitung. 

 Ginkgo biloba, Linne. {Salisburia adiantifolia, Smith.) 



Ginkgo-tree. China and Japan. A deciduous fan-leaved 

 tree, 100 feet high, with a straight stem 12 feet in diameter. 

 The wood is white, soft, easy to work, and takes a beautiful 

 polish. The seeds are edible, and when pressed yield a good 

 oil. Ginkgo-trees are estimated to attain an age of 3000 

 years. 



Gladiolus edulis, Burchell. 



Interior of South Africa. The bulb -like roots are edible, and 

 taste like chestnuts when roasted. 



Gleditscllia triacanthos, Linne. 



The deciduous Honey Locust-tree of North America. Height 

 up to 80 feet. Wood hard, coarse-gi-ained, fissile. Sown 

 closely, this plant forms impenetrable, thorny, not readily 

 combustible hedges. An allied species, the G. horrida, 

 Wilkl, in East Asia. The Water Locust-tree of North 

 America (G. monosperma, Walt.) will grow in swamps to 80 

 feet. 



Glycine bispida, Bentham. {Soja Idsinda, Moench.) 



An annual herb of India, China and Japan. The beans are 

 one of the main ingredients of the condiment known as Soja. 

 Glycine Soja, Siebold and Zuccarini, is said to be a distinct 

 plant, but probably serving the same purpose. 



Glycyrrbiza echinata, Linne. 



South Europe and Orient. Erom the root of this herb at 

 least a portion of the Italian Liquorice is prepared. The 

 root is thicker than that of the following. The Russian 

 Liquorice-root is derived from this species. It is less sweet. 



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