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GILIA* capitata, 



Capitate Gilia. 



PENTANDRrA MONOGVNXA. 



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Nat, ord. Polemoniace^, 



GILIA Fl. Per. — Calyx membranaceus, obconicus, 5-fidus, glaber, 

 laciniis univeniis. Corolla infundibnlaris, 5-fidus. Stamina sinubus corollse 

 inserta. Ovarium annulo obscuro circumdatum. Capsula trilocularis, 

 3-valvis, loculicido dehiscens, axi libera trialata. Semina cuique loculo 



plura, mucosa. Herbee {Americance) foliis divisis, floribus scEpiiis 



cmruleiSj nudis* 



G. capitata; glabra, foliis bi-pinnatifidis : segmentis linearibus incisis, floribus 

 sessilibus dens^ capitatis. Hooker in bot, mag, t, 2698. 

 Caulis erectuSy bipedalis, teres, ramosus^ undique glanduloso-pilosus. 

 Folia irregulariter bi-tripinnatifida, glabra, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis sub- 

 Jalcatis, stspk hinc incisis; suprema palmata laciniis linearibus. Flores 

 terminates, spied nudd, longe pedunculatd, basi ramosd, dense capitatd, 

 ovatd aggregati* Calyx inferus, obconicus, membranaceus, angulatus, limbo 

 erecto, 5-Jido, laciniis ovatis, viridibus, marginatis, medio univeniis, corolld 

 multo brevioribus. Corolla hypogyna, ccerulea, infundibtdaris , limbo erecto, 

 S-pariito, laciniis linearibus, acutis. Stamina 5, sinubus corollce inserta, 

 edque breviora, Antherae ccerulece, ovales, longi^udinaliter dekiscentes. 

 Ovarium minimum, subrotundum, disco obscuro annulari circumdatum, tri- 

 loculare, ovulis cuique loculo pluribus, peltatis. Stylus Jiliformis, staminibus 

 brevior. Stigma trilobum, Capsula oblo?iga, calyce persistente vestita, 

 ovalis, papyracea, d-loculaHs, 3-valvis, valvis medio intits carinatis, carind 

 angulis axeos liberie triguetra adversd. Semina cuique loculo quatuor, 

 oblonga, mutud compressione angulata, epidei^ne mucilagine tenaci aqud 

 Jacillimc solubili scatente. 



Common all over the face of the north-west country of 

 North America, where it was discovered by Mr, Douglas. 

 A pretty, hardy annual, with lively blue flowers, beginning 

 to appear about the middle of June, and remaining in 



* Named in honour of Philip Gil, a Spaniard, who published at Rome, 

 in conjunction with Casparo Xuarez, phytological observations upon various 

 exotic plants cultivated about Rome. Thei^ork appeared in quarto, in 1789. 



