POLEMONIACE/E. VIII. Gita. 
Buckhorn-leaved Gilia. 
5 feet. 
5 G. AcanzcA'rA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1822. Sweet, 
fl. gard. n. s. t. 218.) stem erect, tall, glabrous, panicled at top ; 
leaves pectinately pinnate, and are, as well as the bracteas, 
covered with cobwebbed villi; leaflets or segments linear, mu- 
cronate; flowers fascicled at the extremities of the branches, 
drooping a little; tube of the corolla 5 times longer than the 
calyx; segments of the limb ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, chan- 
nelled. (2. H. Native of the north-west coast of America, 
particularly towards the sources of the Columbia, and on the 
Canadian river. Ipomépsis élegans, Lindl. bot. reg. 1281. 
Gilia pulchélla, Dougl. mss. Cantua aggregata, Pursh, amer. 
1. p. 147. Upper leaves undivided. Calyx clothed with glan- 
dular hairs. Corolla an inch long, scarlet; limb at first erect, at 
length recurved. Stamens a little exserted. Segments of co- 
rolla spotted. 
Aggregate-flowered Gilia. 
3 feet. 
6 G. Frorima‘na; plant glabrous; leaves pinnate, capillary ; 
flowers disposed in loose racemes; corolla tubular, narrowed at 
bottom ; limb 4 times shorter than the tube; calyx short, with 
setaceous segments. d. F. Native of Florida.  Cántua 
floridàna, Nutt. in journ. acad. phil. 2. p. 110. Very like G. 
coronopif olia, but is a more slender plant. 
Florida Gilia. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
7 G. Sx'ssxr; stem dwarf, branched, clothed with glandular 
down; leaves pinnatifid ; segments cuneated, with pointed 
teeth; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, longer than the 
calyx; corolla with a filiform tube, double the length of the 
calyx; flowers fascicled. ©. H. Native of Mexico. Gilia 
pinnatifida, Sesse et Mocino, in herb. Lamb. Stamens inclosed. 
Sesse’s Gilia. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 G. rENurFLO'RA (Benth. l. c.) stem erect, tall, clammy, 
nearly naked, and panicled at top; leaves glabrous, bipinnate ; 
flowers usually solitary ; corymbs loose, on long peduncles ; co- 
rolla 4 times longer than the calyx. ©. H. Native of Cali- 
fornia, Douglas. Flowers blue. 
Thin-flowered Gilia. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
9 G. LONGIFLÒRA; plant quite glabrous; leaves scattered, 
finely pinnatifid ; stem much branched, panicled at top; flowers 
disposed in loose terminal, panicled, pedunculate corymbs ; tube 
of corolla very long. ©. H. Native on the banks of the 
Canadian river.  Cántua longiflóra, Torrey, in ann. lyc. p. 221. 
Corolla salver-shaped, having the tube an inch long. A remark- 
able species, having much the appearance of a PAlóx. It differs 
from all other species, in the salver-shaped corolla. 
Long-flowered Gilia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 
10 G. AnENA'n1A (Benth. l. c.) stem humble, clammy, nearly 
naked; leaves pinnatifid; lobes ovate; flowers somewhat glo- 
merate ; corollas 3 times longer than the calyx. ©. H. Native 
of California, Douglas. Flowers blue. 
Sand Gilia. Pl.dwarf. 
11 G. cnassirro ria (Benth, l. c.) stem erect, clammy, nearly 
naked, and panicled at top; leaves pinnatifid, rather woolly, but 
at length glabrous: segments oblong-lanceolate, entire or cut; 
flowers nearly solitary, divaricately panicled ; corollas twice 
longer than the calyx. ©. H. Native of Chili, Cuming. 
Flowers yellowish ? 
Thick-leaved Gilia. P1. 1 to 2 feet? 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1726. Pl. 3 to 
Fl Aug. Sept. Clit. 1827. Pl. 
Secr. II. Evera (from eu, well, and Gilia; this sec- 
tion is considered to contain the true species of the genus.) 
Benth. l. e. Leaves alternate, pinnatifid or pinnate. Flowers 
almost sdlitary, but usually glomerate. Tube of corolla rather 
shorter than the calyx. 
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12 G. PARVIFLORA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 626.) stem much 
branched, and is, as well as the calyxes, clothed with glandular 
down; leaves pinnatifid, lower ones bipinnate ; segments linear ; 
flowers solitary, terminal, panicled ; corolla about twice the 
length of the calyx. ©.H. Native of North-west America. 
Gilia inconspícua, Doug]. in bot. mag. 2883. Ipomdpsis incon- 
spicua, Smith, exot. bot. 1. t. 14. Cantua parviflora, Pursh, 
amer. 2. suppl. p. 780. Corolla small, blue; tube nearly white. 
Inconspicuous Gilia. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1793. Pl. § to 
1 foot. 
13 G. rricotor (Benth, l. c. hort. trans. 1. t. 18. f. 3. bot. reg. 
t. 1704.) stem erect, glabrous, leafy; leaves bipinnate; leaflets 
or segments linear-subulate ; corymbs 3-6-flowered, virgately 
panicled; corolla about 3 times longer than the calyx. ©. H 
Native of California, Douglas. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 264. 
The peduncles form a large and rather dense panicle. ^ Corolla 
with an orange yellow tube and centre, and the light purple or 
white of the margin separated by a circle of deep purple. 
Nothing can be prettier than this, and other species, when 
thickly covering a bed a few feet in length and breadth. 
Three-coloured-flowered Gilia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1833. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
14 G. raciNiA'rA. (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 17. t. 123. f. b. 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 187.) downy; stem erect; leaves pinnatifid ; 
segments narrow-oblong, sinuated ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 
1-3-flowered; corolla tubular, hardly longer than the calyx; 
calycine segments subulate. (2. H. Native of Chili, Peru, 
California, &c., on sandy hills. Cantua breviflora, Juss. ann. 
mus. 3. p. 119.  Thónnia multífida, Domb, herb. ^ Corollas 
purplish, with lanceolate segments. 
Jagged-leaved Gilia. Fl. July. Clt.1831. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
15 G. wurrICAv'/Lrs (Benth, l. c.) stem erect, smoothish ; 
leaves somewhat bipinnate, smoothish ; segments linear ; corymbs 
3-10-flowered, on very long peduncles, scarcely panicled ; co- 
rollas hardly twice longer than the calyx. ©. H. Native of 
California, Douglas. Corollas blue. 
Many-stemmed Gilia. | Pl. 1 foot. 
16 G. ACHILLEÆFO`LIA (Benth, l. c.) stem erect, smoothish ; 
leaves twice or thrice pinnate; segments or leaflets linear- 
subulate ; corymbs capitate, many-flowered, on very long 
peduncles; calyxes rather woolly; corollas twice longer than 
the calyx; stamens shorter than the corolla. (2. H. Native 
of California, Dougl. Lindl. bot. reg. 1682. Sweet, fl. gard. 
n. s. t. 280. Herb branched, pale green, glabrous. Bases of 
leaves ciliated. Corollas purplish blue. This species resembles 
G. capitata. 
Milfoil-leaved Gilia. 
foot. 
17 G. carira‘ta (Doug. in 
bot. mag. 2698. bot. reg. 1170.) 
plant glabrous, erect; leaves 
bipinnatifid ; segments linear, 
cut; flowers sessile, disposed 
in dense heads, similar to those 
of Jasióne, on long peduncles ; 
corolla longer than the calyx ; 
stamens shorter than the co- 
rola. ©. H. Native of North- 
west America. Flowers blue. 
Capitate-flowered Gilia. Fl. 
BIS 
Cit. 
Fl Aug. Dec. 1833. 
Jun. Sept. Clt. 1826. Pl. 1 
to 2 feet. 
Cult. All the species of 
Gilia are elegant, hardy annuals, 
of easy culture, the seeds only 
requiring to be sown in the 
