Gmelina
(named in honour of S. Gottlieb Gmelin, a celebrated German naturalist and traveller, 1743-1774). ORD. Verbenaceoe. A genus containing eight species of stove evergreen trees, natives of East India, Eastern Asia as far as China, the Malayan Archipelago, and tropical Australia. Flowers blue, pale violet, or yellow. Leaves opposite, entire. Gmelinas thrive in a rich fibry loam. Propagated by cuttings, made of firm young shoots, and inserted in sand, in heat. They are seldom seen in cultivation in this country; and, in all probability, the species described below is the only one yet introduced. G. Rheedii (Rheed's). fl. white; thyrse many-flowered; corolla downy, bilabiate. June to August. l. rhomb-cordate, sometimes three-lobed, tomentose beneath. h. 20ft. East Indies, 1824. Plant arboreous, downy. (B. M. 4395.)