GARIDELLA, in botany: A genus of the trigynia order, belonging to the decandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 26th order, Multiflora. The calyx is pentaphyllous, with leaves resembling flower-petals; there are five bilabiate and bifid nectaria; the capsules are polyspermous, and adhering together.
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