The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . ick, turgid, or sub-terete, two-valved, containing pulpbetween the seeds. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets ovate, cbinensis (Chinese). Soap-tree. fi. inconspicuous, in short racemes. Jr. 3in. to 4in. long, very thick, containing a soft sui)stance, used by the Chinese women for waiihing the face. /. large; pinnje having numerous oblong, obtuse leaflets. (aina, 1899. G7MNODISCUS (from gymncs, naked, and dislcos,a disk ; the disk florets have no papp
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . ick, turgid, or sub-terete, two-valved, containing pulpbetween the seeds. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets ovate, cbinensis (Chinese). Soap-tree. fi. inconspicuous, in short racemes. Jr. 3in. to 4in. long, very thick, containing a soft sui)stance, used by the Chinese women for waiihing the face. /. large; pinnje having numerous oblong, obtuse leaflets. (aina, 1899. G7MNODISCUS (from gymncs, naked, and dislcos,a disk ; the disk florets have no pappus). Ord. small genus (two species) of half-hardy. South Africanannuals, allied to Ofhomia. G. e^piUaris has been intro-duced, but is probably not now in cultivation. GTMNOGRAMME. Inclnding Ceropteris, Lepio-gramme. and Sgngramme. CuLTUKE. This very popular genus is remarkable forthe attractive character of many of its species and varieties,and for the easy mode of cultivation under which some ofthe more robust kinds thrive. The Gymnogrammes form 1900 Supplement—Recent Introductions, &c. 407 Gjnuno^amnie— FlU. 423. GYMNOGRAMME LEPTOrHYLLA. the nnclens of that most interesting gronp the Gold andSilver Ferns, the under-side of the foliage of many ofthem being covered with farina of a colour varying fromthe purest white to shades of yellow of different degieesof intensity. Sometimes plants are found which hearfronds suffused with white and yellow powder at the same I
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