. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. GRIFPINIA GUAVA 699 A. Stig>na capitate. hyacinthina, Herb. Bulb globose : Ivs. 6-9 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, rounded at the base to a channeled peti- ole as long as the blade : scape 1-2 ft. long : pedicels none or very short : stamens much shorter than the segments. 2:163 (as Amaryllis hijacinthina. Up
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. GRIFPINIA GUAVA 699 A. Stig>na capitate. hyacinthina, Herb. Bulb globose : Ivs. 6-9 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, rounded at the base to a channeled peti- ole as long as the blade : scape 1-2 ft. long : pedicels none or very short : stamens much shorter than the segments. 2:163 (as Amaryllis hijacinthina. Upper segments tinged blue, lower ones nearly white). III. 31:371. Var. maxima, Gn. 50, p. 209, is prob- ably the best garden form. Called "Blue Amaryllis" in some catalogues. AA. Stigma distinctty 3-ciit. BIumeniTia, K. Koeh & Bouoh^. Bulb ovoid : Ivs. 4-5 in. long, cuneately narrowed to a petiole, shorter than the blade: scape 6-8 in. long: pedicels % in. long: stamens as long as the perianth. 5666 (veins rose- colored). 1867:32. Gn. 50:1083 (veined and flushed with rose). ' GKINDfiLIA (Prof. Hieronymus Grindel, of Riga and Dorpat). Compdsitce. This genus contains 2 plants from which a fluid-extract is obtained that is used externally against poisoning by " poison ; They are hardy plants sometimes cult, for their showy yellow fls., which are lJ^-2 in. across and borne freely all summer. A genus of about 14; species of American herbs, sometimes shrubby, of coarse habit, mostly natives of the U. S. west of the Mississippi. Lvs. sessile or partly clasping and usually serrate and rigid : heads terminating the branches. The plants often have a sticky balsam, espe- cially the heads before and during flowering, whence they are called "Gum-plants" in California, particularly G. robusta, which is the common one. The 2 species de- scribed below have roots that are perennial and short- lived, but sometimes annual. These plants are also
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