Gronovia
(named in honour of Dr. John Frederick Gronovius, a learned botanist at Leyden; he was a friend of Linnaeus, and died in 1763). ORD. Loaseae. A scandent stove or greenhouse annual herb, somewhat resembling the common Bryony. It succeeds in a rich sandy loam. Propagated by seeds, sown on a hotbed; the seedlings, when large enough, being potted off singly, and trained upon sticks.
G. scandens (climbing). fl. yellow, small; calyx with a five-toothed border, funnel-shaped; petals five, inserted in the calyx tube. June and July. l. alternate, petiolate, broad-cordate, five-lobed, stringy. Texas to Venezuela, 1731.