GAULTHERIA— GERANIUM. 
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leaves in sixes, branch leavesin fours ; ped- 
uncles terminal, elongated, mostly 3-flow- 
ered. Wet woods. Stem weak and 
branching; leaves very narrow; corolla 
mostly 4-cleft. Used as a red dye. 
obtu'Rvm, (E. w. J. 2X.) stem smooth; 
procumbent leaves in fours, oblanceolate, 
obtuse, rough on the margin and midrib. 
brachia'tum, (bed-straw, E. w. Ju. 11.) 
stem limber, long, brachiate-ramose, hispid ; 
branches short ; leaves in sixes, lance-ob- 
long, acuminate, glabrous, margin and keel 
ciliate ; branches whorled, the longest di- 
chotomous ; pedicels 2-ilowered ; fruit with 
hooks. 
apari'ne,{W.-w. ^. $ .) stem limber, sca- 
brous backwards; leaves in about eights, 
linear, and Hnear-oblanceolate, mucronate, 
hispid above, margin and keel prickly ; fruit 
hook-bristled. 3-4 f 
trijlo'rum, (O. w. Ju. 11) stem procum- 
bent, smoothish ; leaves in fives or sixes, 
lance-obovate, mucronate, glabrous, scarce- 
ly ciliate at the margin ; branchlets 3-flow- 
ered at the end ; flowers pedicelled ; fruit 
small. 
borea'Ie, (O. w. Ju. 11.) stem stiffly erect, 
eraoothi-sh, branching ; branches short-erect; 
leaves in fours, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 
3-nerved, with involute scabrous margins; 
flowers panicled, terminal; fruit minutely 
hook-bristled. 12-24 i. 
circcB'zans, (w-y. J. IX.) stem erect, 
smooth or slightly pubescent on the angles ; 
leaves in fours, oval, obtuse, smooth, mar- 
gin and nerves ciliate ; peduncles short, 
divaricate, few-flowered; flowers remote, 
sub-sessile, alternate ; fruit nodding, with 
hooked bristles. 6-12 i. 
lanceola'tnm, (p. Ju. 11) stem erect, very 
smooth, with remote joints; leaves in fours, 
lanceolate, generally acute, smooth, 3-ner- 
ved, margin sub-ciliate ; peduncles long, 
divaricate; fruit sub-sessile,nodding,covered 
with hooked bristles. 1 f. 
latifo"lium, (p. Ju.) stem erect, smooth ; 
leaves by fours, oval, acute, membranous, 
the margins somewhat hispid ; peduncles 
divaricate, loosely many-flowered. S. 
nniflo'nirn, (p. J. 11) stem assurgent, 
smooth; leaves generally by fours, linear, 
acute, revolute ; peduncles generally soli- 
tary, l-flowered. 10-12 i. S. 
hispidu'lum, stem procumbent, pubescent, 
much branched ; leaves by fours, lanceolate, 
dotted, scabrous. S. 
GAULTHE'RIA.. 10-1. {Ericm.) [From 
Gaulthier, a physician and naturalist.] 
procum"hens, (spicy wintergreen, w. J. 
11 . or stem procumbent; branches 
erect ; leaves obovate, acute at the base ; 
flowers few, nodding. Berx'ies red, con- 
sisting in part of the permanent calyx ; a 
little mealy ; pleasant tasted. 
hispidn la, (creeping wintergreen, w. M. 
^.) stem creeping, hispid; leaves oval, 
acute ; flowers solitary, axillary, sub-ses- 
eile, having but 8 stamens, short-bell- 
forra. 
shaV'lon. (w. J. 1? .) erect, fruticose ; leaves 
ovate, sub-cordate, serrulate ; raceme 1- 
sided, bracted; pedicels 2-bracted in the 
middle. S. 
GAU'RA. 8—1. {Onagrm.) 
bien"nis, (r-y. Au. ^ ) stem having leaves 
purplish, sessile, lanceolate, toothed ; flow- 
ers in terminal spikes. Banks of streams. 
angnMifo'lia, (w. Ju. 11) leaves clus- 
tered, linear, repand, undulate; fruit ob- 
long, 4 angled, acute at each end. 3 f. 
moVli^, leaves lanceolate, entire, clothed 
with soft hairs. 
GELSEMI'NUM. 5—2. (Bignonece.) 
sempervi'rens, (y. March, 11) stem twi 
ning, smooth, glabrous; leaves opposite, 
perennial, lanceolate, entire, dark green 
above, paler beneath ; petioles short. S. 
Nearly allied to Bignonia. 
GENIS"TA. 16-10. (Leguminosm.) [From 
genu, a knee, on account of its joints.] 
tincto'rea, (dyer's broom, y. Ju. ^ .) root 
creeping ; stem sub-erect, suflruticose ; 
branches terete, striate, erect ; leaves lan- 
ceolate, smooth ; flowers in spiked racemes , 
legumes smooth. Hills. Introduced. Af- 
fords a yellow dye. Ex. 
GENTIA'NA. 5—2. (Gentianm.) [From Gen- 
tins, king of Illyria.] 
quinqyiejlo'ra, stem square, branched* 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub-clasping, acute, 
3-nerved ; flowers somewhat in fives, ax;il- 
lary and terminal; corolla sub-campanu- 
late, 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, mucro 
nate; calyx very short. Woods. Aug. 
Flowers small, pale blue. 
ochrolen'ca, large flowers, yellowish- 
white, striped inside with blue and purple. 
crini'ta, (fringed gentian, b. Sept. 2^.) 
stem terete ; branches long, l-flowered ; 
leaves lanceolate, acute ; corolla 4-cleft, 
divifsions obovate, gash cihate. 18 i. 
saponafna, (b. Oct. H) leaves ovate, 
lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; flowers whorl- 
capitate, sessile ; coroUa ventricose, closed, 
10-cleft, interior segments unequally 3-cleft, 
as long as the exterior ones ; segments of 
the calyx ovate, shorter than the tube. 18 i. 
Soap gentian. 
In'tea, (yellow gentian, y.) leaves broad- 
ovate, nerved ; corollas about 5-cleft, wheel- 
form, whorled. 
cates"baei, (Oc.) rough; leaves narrow- 
lanceolate ; segments of the calyx linear- 
lanceolate, twice as long as the tube ; co- 
rolla with the border erect, the interior seg- 
ments short, 2-cleft, fimbriate. S. 
GERA'NIUM. 15—10. (Gentianm.) [From ge.' 
ranos, a crane, because its pistil is long, like 
a crane's bill.] 
macula'fum, (crow-foot geranium, r. and 
b. J. 11) erect; pubescence reversed : stem 
dichotomous; leaves opposite, 3-5 parted, 
gashed, upper ones sessile ; peduncles 
2-flowered ; petals obovate. 1-2 f. 
sanguin''eum, (bloody geranium, 11) pe- 
duncle l-flowered ; leaves 5-parted, 3-cleft, 
orbicular; capsule bristly at the top. Ex. 
robertia'num, (herb-robert, p. Sept. ^.) 
leaves ternate or quinate, pinnatifid ; pe- 
duncles long, 2-flowered ; calyx angular, 
hairy ; carpels srull, wrinkled , stem long. 
Plant fetid 
