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GERANIUM-GOMPHRENA. 
GERANIUM. 15—10. (GentiarKB.) [From geranos, a crane, because its pistil is long, like a 
crane's bill.J 
macuWtum, (crow-foot geranium, r. and b. J. %) erect; pubescence revers- 
ed; stem dichotomous ; leaves opposite, 3-5-parted, gashed; upper ones 
sessile ; peduncles 2-flowered ; petals obovate. 1-2 f. 
sanguin'^eum, (bloody geranium, %..) peduncle 1-flowered ; leaves 5-parted, 
3-cleft, orbicular ; capsule bristly at the top. Ex, 
rohertia'num, (herb robert, p. Sept. <v).) leaves ternate or quinate, pinnatifid; 
peduncles long, 2-flowered ; calyx angular, hairy ; carpels small, wrinkled ; 
stem long. Plant fetid. 
carolinia'num, diffuse, pubescent; leaves opposite, 5-lobed; crowded towards 
the top ; flowers small, white. /S. 
ccespito'sum, radical leaves reniform, deeply cleft ; flowers red. S. 
GERARDIA. 13—2. (ScrophularicB.) [From GerarcZe, a writer on plants in 1597.] 
tenuifo'lia, (p. Au. Sept. J^,) very branching ; leaves linear, acute, scabrous ; 
peduncles axillary, longer than the flowers ; teeth of the calyx acute. 6-10 i. 
Jia'va, (false foxglove, y. Ju. %.) pubescent ; stem nearly simple ; leaves sub- 
sessile, lanceolate, entire or toothed ; lower ones sub-pinnatifid, gashed ; 
flowers axillary, opposite, sub-sessile. 2-3 f. 
GEUM. 11—1.3. (RosacecB.y 
riva'le, (purple avens, p. J. %.) pubescent; stem simple; radical leaves inter- 
ruptedly pinnate; cauline ones 3-cleft; flowers nodding ; petals as long as 
the calyx ; awns plumose, nearly naked at the top, minutely uncinate. 10 i. 
virginia'num, (avens, w. Ju, %..) pubescent; radical and lower cauline leaves 
ternate, upper ones lanceolate; stipules ovate, sub-entire; flowers erect; 
petals shorter than the calyx; awns hooked, naked; at the apex twisted, 
hairy. Var. trilobum, has the radical leaves 3-lobed, or ternate, 2 f. 
GILLENIA. 11—5. {Rosacea.) 
trifoli'ata, (Indian physic, w. J. leaves ternate ; leafets lanceolate, serrate ; 
stipules linear; flowers in loose, terminal panicles, large, medicinal; emetic 
resembling ipecac. 
GLADIOLUS. 3 — 1. {Iridecb.) [Diminutive of ^Zctc^iMs, a sword, from the shape of its leaves.] 
ensiform/'is, (p. r. b. Ju. %.') leaves ensiform, glabrous, entire ; flowers spiked, 
colours various ; root bulbous, 
GLAUX. 5—1. (LysimachicB.') [From glaukos, sea-green.] 
marati'ma, (black salt-wort, r-w, leaves roundish, entire, fleshy ; stem 
leafy. 4-5 i. Marshes on the sea-coast, 
GLECHOMA. 13—1. {LahiatcR.) [From ^fe^os, sweet.] 
hedera'cea, (ground ivy, gill-overground, b. and r. M. %.) leaves reniform, 
crenate ; stem rooting, Var. cordata, leaves cordate, 
GLEDITSCHIA. 20 — 6. (Leguminoscb.) [From Gleditsch, professor of botany at FrankfortJ 
triacan"tha, (honey-locust, w. J. T^.) thorn strong, cross branched ; a large 
tree with oval and oblong leaves, pinnate; legumes large, not caducous. 
monosper''ma, pods small, 1-seeded, Water locust, 
GLYCIRRHIZA. 16—10. (^Leguminosce,.) [From g-ZMi?;os, sweet, and n'za, root] 
gla'hra, legume glabrous ; leaves pinnate ; root tuberous, sweet. Liquorice. 
Ex, 
GNAPHALIUM. 17—2. iCorymhiferob.') [From gnaphalon, cotton.] 
magaritace'um, (large-flowered life-everlasting, y, and w. Ju. %.) leaves lin- 
ear, lanceolate, gradually narrowing, acute; stem branching above; co- 
rymb fastigiate ; flowers pedicelled ; flowers with white, pearly rays, and ■ 
yellow disks. 1-2 f, 
polyceph" aluvi^ (sweet-scented life-everlasting, y-w. Ju. leaves lance-lin- 
ear, acute, glabrous above, downy beneath; stempanicled, downy ; corymbs 
terminal, 1-2 f, 
GOMPHRENA. 5—1. (Amaranthi.) [From' the surname of Pliny, the naturalist.] 
globo'sa, {glohe amaranth, bachelor's button, r, Au, stem erect; leaves 
lance ovate, heads solitary ; peduncles 2-leaved, Ex. 
