botany, a genus of the didynamia angiospermia clas. The calix consists of five segments; the corolla is bilabiated, the inferior lip being divided into three parts; the lobes are emarginated, the middle one being divided into two segments; and the capsule is bilocular, and opens at the base. There are five species, none of them natives of Britain.

Geralcon, or Gyrfalcon. See Falco.

Gergentum, a town of Sicily, the Agrigentum of the ancients, about fifty-five miles south-east of Palermo: E. long. 13° 30', N. lat. 37° 20'.

Germain, or St Germain, a town and royal palace of France, fourteen miles north-west of Paris. St Germain is also a borough of Cornwall, eight miles west of Plymouth. It sends two members to parliament.

Germ, among gardeners. See Bud.