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GALEGA 
Galega Tourn. ex Linn. Leguminosae (ill. 6). 3 sp. S. Eur., W. As. 
G. officinalis L. is sometimes cultivated as a fodder-plant (goat’s rue). 
Galeobdolon Adans. =Lamium Tourn. 
Galeopsis Linn. Labiatae (vi. 4). 7 sp. N. temp. 3 in Brit., in- 
cluding G. Tetrahit L., the hemp-nettle, noteworthy for the swollen 
upper ends of the internodes; these act as pulvini (p. 49). See 
Briquet’s monograph of G., Mem. cour. Acad. roy. Belg. LII. 1893. 
Galinsoga Ruiz et Pav. Compositae (v). 4 sp. Mexico to Argentina. 
G. parviflora Cav. is now a common weed on the continent, and is 
established near Kew. 
Galipea Aubl. Rutaceae (v). 6 sp. S. Am. 
Galium Linn. Rubiaceae (11. 21). Over 200 sp. mostly temp., 10 in 
Brit, (bed-straw, &c.). Herbs with whorls of leaves and stipules (see 
order), and firs, in dichasial panicles. Fir. small with honey freely 
exposed (p. 89) on the epigynous disc; in most sp. it is protandrous 
with ultimate self-pollination. Of the Brit, sp., G. verum L. and 
G. Aparine L. (goose-grass or cleavers) are the most frequent. The 
latter is a feeble hook-climber (p. 172), with small reflexed hooks on 
the stem. The schizocarp is also provided with hooks. 
Galtonia Dene. Liliaceae (11). 2 sp. S. Afr. 
Gamopetalae (Benth. -Hooker) = Sympetalae (p. 134). 
Garcinia Linn. Guttiferae (v). 200 sp. trop. Old World. Trees or 
shrubs with leathery leaves. Sta. free or united into bundles or into 
a common mass. Fruit a berry. Seed arillate. The resin of G. 
Morelia Desr. and other sp. , obtained by cutting notches in the stem, 
forms gamboge. The fruit of many sp. is edible, especially that of G. 
Mangostana L., the mangosteen; it is the aril of the seed of this 
which is esteemed as a delicacy. Some sp. yield useful timber. 
Gardenia Ellis. Rubiacae (1. 8). 60 sp. trop. Old World. They are 
largely cultivated for their showy strongly-scented firs. Some sp. 
have apparently whorls of leaves, 3 in each. This is really a case of 
condensation of two whorls of 2 into one with extreme anisophylly 
(p. 47) of one whorl; the fourth leaf is reduced to a minute scale. 
The stipules of many sp. secrete a resinous fluid. 
Garidella Tourn. ex Linn. =Nigella Linn. 
Garrya Dougl. ex Lindl. Cornaceae. 8 sp. Calif., Mexico, W. Ind. 
G. elliptica Dougl. is often found in shrubberies. The firs, are in 
catkins ; 3 firs, occur in the axil of each bract. 
Gasteria Duval. Liliaceae (ill). 35 sp. S. Afr. Xerophytes with 
succulent leaves closely packed together (p. 167), but living in the 
shade of long grass, &c. 
Gastrochilus Wall. Zingiberaceae. 2 sp. Himal., Burmah. 
Gastrolobium R. Br. Leguminosae (in. 2). 32 sp. W. Austr. 
Gaudichaudia H. B. et K. Malpighiaceae (1). 12 sp. Mexico to Vene- 
zuela. Mericarp elevated on carpophore formed from wing of cpl. 
Gaultheria Kalm. Ericaceae (11. 5). 100 sp. Am., Japan to Himal. 
