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GLOBULARIA 
G . vulgaris L., &c., occur in the Alps; “the only instance in the 
German and Swiss flora of a blue colour produced by the selective 
agency of Lepidoptera” (Muller). 
Globulariaceae. Dicotyledons (Sympet. Tubiflorae). 3 gen. with 20 
sp., Eur., Medit., Afr. Herbs or shrubs with alt., exstip., simple 
leaves and heads or spikes of firs, with or without involucres of bracts. 
Fir. $ . K (5), persistent; C (5), median-zygomorphic ; the upper lip 
of 2 petals is shorter than the 3-petalled lower lip; A 4, didynamous, 
epipetalous. Ovary superior, i-loc., with 1 pendulous anatropous 
ovule. Fruit a one-seeded nut, free in base of calyx. Embryo 
straight, in endosperm. Chief genus: Globularia. Benth. -Hooker 
unite the order to Selagineae (see Scrophulariaceae) ; Warming places 
it in Nuculiferae. 
Glochidion Forst. Euphorbiaceae (A. 1. 1). 135 sp. trop. As., Polynes. 
Gloriosa Linn. Liliaceae (1). 3 sp. trop. As., Afr. Favourite greenhouse 
plants. They climb by aid of the leaves, whose tips twine like ten- 
drils (p. 172). Fir. pendulous, with the sta. and style projecting 
horizontally. 
Glossocomia Rchb. = Codonopsis Wall. 
Glossodia R. Br. Orchidaceae (4). 5 sp. Austr. At the base of the 
labellum are two more or less joined projections, which are perhaps 
equivalent to the divided staminode of the median sta. of the inner 
whorl (see order). 
Glossostigma Wight et Arn. Scrophulariaceae (11. 8). 3 sp. Austr., 
N. Z., trop. As., Afr. 
Gloxinia L’Herit. Gesneriaceae (11). 6 sp. trop. Am. For G. speciosa 
Lodd., &c., so often cultivated in hot-houses, see Sinningia. 
Glumaceae (Benth.- Hooker). The 7th series of Monocotyledons (p. 
i3 6 )- 
Glumiflorae. The 4th cohort (Engler) or 2nd (Warming) of Monocoty- 
ledons (pp. 126, 137). 
Glyceria R. Br. Gramineae (x). 16 sp. cosmop., esp. N. Am. 2 in 
Brit. Pasture grasses in wet meadows. 
Glycine Linn. (incl. Soja Moench.). Leguminosae (in. 10). 16 sp. 
trop. Afr., As., Austr. G. Soja Sieb. et Zucc. and G. hispida Maxim, 
yield Soja beans, eaten in Japan, &c. and used as green fodder. 
An oil is obtained from the seeds. 
Glycosmis Correa. Rutaceae (x). 6 sp. trop. Afr., Ind., Austr. Fruit 
edible. 
Glycyrrhiza Tourn. ex Linn. Leguminosae (ill. 6). 12 sp. temp, and 
sub-trop. An extract of the rhizome of G. glabra L. forms Spanish 
liquorice. 
Glyptostrobus Endl. Coniferae (Arauc. 1 c.; see C. for genus cha- 
racters). 2 sp. China, G. pendulus Endl. and G. heterophyllus Endl. 
United to Taxodium by Benth. -Hooker. 
Gnaphalium Linn. Compositae (iv). 120 sp. cosmop. \ 4 in Brit. 
