1888 
* GÍLIA tenuiflora. 
Slender-flowered Gilia. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. POLEMONIACEE. » 
GILIA — Suprà, vol. 19. fol. 1622. 
G. tenuiflora; caule erecto elato supernè viscoso subnudo paniculato, foliis 
bipinnatisectis glabris, floribus subsolitariis, corymbis laxis longè peduncu- 
latis, corollis calyce 4-pld longioribus. Bentham supra, vol. 19. 1622. 
în textu. 
Caulis 2-pedalis, totus paululum viscidus, ramis filiformibus sed rigidis 
subdichotomis, glandulis viridibus fungilliformibus in caule raris sub calyce 
creberrimis. Flores rosei, nec cerulei. Calyx laciniis mucronatis, dorso 
herbaceis purpureisve, margine membranaceis. Corolla infundibularis, se- 
munciam longus, extüs roseas, sanguineo acupunctatus, intús unicolor et vio- 
laceus. Anthere plumbee. Capsula ovato-oblonga, testacea, papyracea, 
semi-trivalvis loculicidò dehiscens; valvulis a placenta 3-angulari demum 
liberá secedentibus. Semina testacea, oblongo-reniformia, longitudinaliter 
corrugata, ceteràm glabra. 2 
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A hardy annual raised from Californian seeds in the 
Garden of the Horticultural Society, where it flowered for 
the first time in August, 1834. A single plant only was at 
that time raised, but it seeded plentifully, and is now not 
uncommon. 
Mr. Douglas sent it home under the name of Gila 
splendens, a somewhat singular appellation, seeing that it is 
one of the least showy of the genus. In fact it is not worth 
cultivating for the sake of the flower garden; but it is very 
pretty in nosegays as an ornament to rooms. 
Its flowers change in drying from rose colour to blue, 
which gave rise to the supposition that they are naturally of 
¿See fol. 1170. 
VOL. XXII. 
