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open border in spring. The larger the quantity of each grown 
together, the more showy they appear. 
IX. /EGOCHLO^A (from até avyoc, aix aigos, a goat; and 
xoa, chloa, a green herb; from the fetid smell of some of the 
species.) Benth, in bot. reg. under no. 1622.—Gilia species, 
Dougl. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx tubularly cam- 
panulate, membranous at the base, 5-cleft at the apex ; segments 
unequal, stiff, entire or multifid, spinose. Corolla somewhat 
salver-shaped ; tube about equal in length to the calyx; limb 
5-parted ; segments oblong, entire. Stamens inserted in the 
upper part of the tube inside; anthers ovate-roundish. Cells 
of capsule many-seeded.— Herbs usually clammy and fetid. 
Leaves pinnate; segments or leaflets cut, very acute. 
1 Æ. inrerre’xta (Benth. l. c.) plant erect, branched; 
leaves glabrous, pinnate; leaflets or segments linear-subulate, 
very acute, cut, divaricate, rather spinose ; calyx woolly, hav- 
ing the teeth for the most part multifid; corolla rather shorter 
than the calyx; stamens exserted. (2. H. Native of Cali- 
fornia and North-west America, Douglas. 
Interwoven /Egochloa. Pl. 1 foot. 
2 Æ. corurEro'LrA (Benth. l. c.) plant erect, strict; leaves 
glabrous, bipinnate; segments linear-subulate, very acute, those 
of the upper and floral leaves spinose; bracteas villous; calycine 
teeth nearly entire; corolla equal in length to the calyx; sta- 
mens exserted. ©. H. Native of California, Douglas. 
Cotula-leaved /Egochloa. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 /E.runr'sceNs (Benth. l. c.) plant clothed with soft down; 
stem branched; leaves pinnate; leaflets deeply pinnatifid ; 
lobes divaricate, rather spinose; calyxes and bracteas mem- 
branous at the base, glabrous, deeply pinnatifid, and villous at 
the apex; corolla about twice longer than the calyx; stamens 
exserted from the tube. ©. H. Native of California, Dougl. 
Donny JEgochloa. Pl. 1 foot.? 
4 Æ. pu'Ncens (Benth. l. c.) plant erect, much branched, 
clothed with clammy down; leaves pinnate; leaflets entire or 
cut, the lobes lanceolate-linear, very acute and spinose ; bracteas 
ciliately hairy, dilated at the base; calycine segments lanceolate, 
nearly entire ; corolla longer than the calyx ; stamens inclosed. 
C.H. Native of California, Douglas; and of the west coast 
of America, in moist ground, in mountain valleys, near the 
sources of the Mulnomack river, one of the southern branches 
of the Columbia. Gilia püngens, Doug. in bot. mag. t. 2977. 
Gilia squarrósa, Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 115. 
Hoítzia squarrósa, Eschscholz, in mem. acad. petersb. 10. p. 
283, and in Linnea, 1823. p. 147. Flowers glomerate, terminal. 
Calyx longer than the corolla, ex Hooker. Tube of corolla 
swelling upwards, almost white; limb spreading, pale blue; 
segments ovate. 
Pungent JEgochloa. Fl. July. Ch. 1833. Pl. 14 foot. 
5 Æ. erynetoipes (Benth. l. c.) plant smoothish; leaves 
linear, opposite, floral ones pinnatifid, spiny ; flowers glomerate ; 
calyx multifid. (2. H. Native of Chili. Gilia eryngioides, 
Bot. zeit. 1833. 1. p. 122.  Gília mucronata, Lehm. cat. sem. 
hort. hamb. 1832? Nearly allied to the preceding; but differs, 
in the smoothness of the plant, and in the leaves, calyx and co- 
rolla. 
Eryngium-like /Egochloa. PI. 1 foot.? 
6 Æ. ATRACTYLIOiDEs (Benth. l. c.) plant very clammy; 
leaves pinnatifid ; raches dilated ; segments subulate, divaricate, 
spinose ; floral leaves ovate, imbricated, spiny-toothed, clasping 
the flowers; calycine teeth subulate, entire. ©. H. Native 
of California, Douglas. Habit of Atrdctylis humilis. 
Atractylis-like /gochloa. Pl. 1 foot. 
IX. Acocutoa. 
X. Corroura. 
7 Æ.? TonnEY:; plant erect, simple, or a little branched, 
stiff, glabrous ; leaves sessile, digitate, alternate, imbricate ; 
segments 5-6, pungent; flowers axillary in the upper part of 
the stem, solitary, sessile ; segments of corolla obovate, obtuse. 
©.H. Native of the Rocky mountains, in the valleys of Loup 
river. Cántua püngens, Torrey, in ann. lyc. 2. p. 220. Leaves 
sessile, digitate, appearing as if in clusters. Corolla salver- 
shaped, with a long, slender tube. Stamens inclosed. Cells of 
capsule many-seeded. Seeds angular. This has a very dis- 
tinct habit from the other species. 
Torrey's Ægochloa. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. The species of ZEgochlóa require the same treatment 
as those of Gilia. They are singular, but by no means showy 
plants. 
X. COLLO'MIA (from koňa, colla, glue; in reference to 
the seeds being enveloped in a kind of gluey, sticking substance.) 
Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 126. Dougl. in bot. reg. 1166. and 1174. 
Gilia species, Hook. 
Lin. syst. | Pentándría, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 
cleft, or somewhat 5-parted; lobes lanceolate or linear, equal, 
entire. Corolla salver-shaped ; with a slender, exserted tube; 
and a spreading, 5-parted limb; segments oblong, entire. Sta- 
mens inserted towards the middle of the tube; anthers ovate- 
roundish. Cells of capsule 1-2-seeded.—Annual herbs. Leaves 
alternate, the lower ones rarely opposite, quite entire, or deeply 
toothed, rarely pinnatifid. Flowers disposed in dense heads, 
propped by broad ovate, quite entire bracteas. 
1 C. HETEROPHY'LLA (Hook. bot. mag. 2895. Lindl. bot. reg. 
1347.) plant prostrate, branched, clothed with glandular down ; 
lower Jeaves pinnatifid and cut; superior ones cuneated, pinna- 
tifid or cut; bracteas or involucral leaves, oblong, acute, quite 
entire. ©. H. Native of North-west America. Flowers 
crowded, shorter than the involucral leaves. Corolla red, with 
a white centre. 
Various-leaved Collomia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1826. Pl. 4 
to $ foot. 
2 C. coccinea (Lehm. del. sem. hort. hamb. 1832. Benth. 
bot. reg. 1622.) plant erect, branched, beset with glandular 
down; leaves lanceolate-linear; upper ones ovate-lanceolate, 
quite entire, or deeply 2-4-toothed at the apex: calyx 
semi-5-cleft, with broad-lanceolate, obtuse segments; corolla 
more than twice longer than the calyx; cells of capsule 
l-seeded. ©. H. Native of Chili, about Conception and 
Talcahuana. C. Cavanillésii, Hook. et Arn. p. 37. Phlox 
linearis, Cav. icon. 6. p. 17. t. 527.  Phlóx biflóra, Ruiz. et 
Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 17. C. laterítia, D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. 
t. 206. This species resembles C. linearis; but from which it 
is distinguished by its deep red flowers, and by the leaves being 
frequently divided at the apex into 2-3 sharp segments, of une- 
qual size. 
Scarlet-flowered Collomia. 
to 14 foot, 
3 C. LınEAa`RIS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 126. Lindl. bot. reg. 
1166.) plant erect, branched, clothed with glandular hairs ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, opaque, uniform, superior 
ones downy beneath; calyx cup-shaped, 5-parted; corolla more 
than twice longer than the calyx; cells of capsule 1-seeded. 
©. H. Native of North America, from Lake Winepeg to the 
Western Ocean; and at the sources of the Arkansas. Hook. 
bot. mag. 2893. Heads of flowers involucrated like the rest. 
Corolla with a rufous tube, and a rose-coloured limb. Segments 
of calyx 3-veined. 
Linear-leaved Collomia. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1826. Pl.1 foot. 
4 C. GRANDIFLORA (Dougl. in bot. reg. t. 1274. Hook. bot. 
Fl Ju. Oct.” Cit. 1832. PI 1 
