. 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. Gaudichaudiina, Kunth {G. vulg&ris. Fries, var. Gaudh'liaudi&na, Boott). Culms erect, 1-2 ft.: lvs. long and grass-like : staminate fls. in terminal spikes : pis- tillate fls. in 2-3 cylindrical, sessile or subsessile spikes : perigynium lenticular, small, very short beaked, obscurely 2- toothed, finely


. 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. Gaudichaudiina, Kunth {G. vulg&ris. Fries, var. Gaudh'liaudi&na, Boott). Culms erect, 1-2 ft.: lvs. long and grass-like : staminate fls. in terminal spikes : pis- tillate fls. in 2-3 cylindrical, sessile or subsessile spikes : perigynium lenticular, small, very short beaked, obscurely 2- toothed, finely nerved, longer than the narrow scale. Jap., Austral., N. Zeal.—Useful for bog planting. Fraseri, Andrews. Lvs. 1 in. or more broad, stiff, but with no midnerve, flat and thick, evergreen : culm 16 in. or less high, bearing at its summit a single whitish spike which is staminate at top : perigynium ovoid, thin and inflated. Rich mountain woods, Va. 1391 as C Fraseriana.—'Rare, and a very remarkable plant. L. H. B. GABlCA (a geographical name). Passiflor&cew. Papaw. Small trees, mostly with un- branched trunks, the juice milky. Lvs. near the top of the trunk, alternate, large and vari- ously lobed, soft, long-stalked: plant usually dioecious: fls. in racemes from the leaf-axils, the staminate funnel-shaped and bearing 10 anthers on the throat, the pistillate larger and with 5 distinct petals and 1 pistil with 5-rayed stigma. There are about 20 species, in tropical Amer. They have somewhat the aspect of palms. Under glass in frosty countries, the common C. Pa- paya is frequent, and is grown for its foliage and interesting habit (Fig. 363). In frost- less countries, this spe- cies is grown for its fruit (Pig. 364), which is oblong or egg- shaped, a foot or so long, orange - yellow when ripe, thick-skin- ned, with many small black seeds. The young fruit is cooked and eaten, and the ripe fruit is eaten by na- tives. L. H. Please note that these images are extracted


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