CATALOGUE OF SPECIES- 155 



Gilia. 



There appear to be in the collection specimens of Gilia latiflora exilis, G. ienuiflora, 

 G. ineonspicua, and G. inconspicua sinuata. but I am unable, even after an examina- 

 tion of tho material in the Gray Herbarium, to make satisfactory identifications of 

 them. Several types, including the four named above, occur among them, but it 

 seems impossible to define the species clearly from dried specimens. 



Nos. 404, 449, 450, 562, 590, 020, 639, 694, 772, 780, and 910 belong to this group. No. 

 772 is glabrous and glaucous, and seems never to have been described. 



Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Fl.i. 147 (1814), under Carina; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 626 

 (1825). Type locality, "on the banks of the Mississippi." 

 At Mammoth, Mono County, California (No. 1821). 



Gilia achilleEefolia Benth. Bot. Keg. xix under t. 1622 (1833). Type locality, 

 "California." 

 Near Mineral King, Sierra Nevada (No. 1411). 



Gilia congesta Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 75 (1838). Type locality, "sandy plains 

 of the Columbia." 



Waucoba Cation, Inyo Mountains (No. 1787); and about 30 kilometers east of 

 Panaca, Nevada (No. 1973). 



Gilia densifolia Benth. Bot. Reg. xix. under 1622 (1833), under Hugelia; Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 311 (1845). Type locality, "California." 

 Tejon Mountains (No. 1173), 



Gilia filiformis Parry in Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. x. 75 (1874). Type locality, 

 "southern Utah, on the detritus of volcanic rocks." 



The corolla in our specimens is of a lemon-yellow color, not " cream-color," as here- 

 tofore described, and attains a length, in the largest specimens, of 6 mm. The stems 

 and leaves are glaucous and bear scattered, minute, short-stipitate glands. No. 464 

 has slightly smaller, paler flowers and a glabrous surface, and therefore more nearly 

 accords with the original specimens, but the differences do not at present appear 

 sufficient to constitute our other plants a variety. 



The species was recorded in Furnace Creek Canon (No. 464) ; and in Surprise 

 (No. 623), Hall (No. 692), Mill Creek, and Willow Creek canons, Panamint Mountain. 



Gilia fioccosa Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. viii. 272 (1870). Type locality not given; 

 range, "California to Arizona, interior of Oregon, and Utah." 



No. 2143 differs from typical G. fioccosa in having its anthers of only one-half or 

 one-third the usual length, and its leaves uniformly pinnate. 



This species was collected in Mill Creek Canon, Panamint Mountains (Nos. 757, 

 2143); near Lone Pine (No. 886); near the mouth of the Vegas Wash (No. 1896); in 

 the Kaleton Desert (No. 1995), and appears to be an abundant species of the Lower 

 Sonoran zone, extending sometimes a little above it. 



Gilia gilioides (Benth.) Bot. Reg. xix. under t. 1622 (1833), under Collomia; Greene, 

 Erythea, i. 93 (1893). Type locality, " California." 



Near Havilah (No. 1088), and in the valley of the Kaweah River (No. 1319). A 

 small and simple-leafed state. Determined by E. L. Greene. 



Gilia latifolia Wats, in Parry, Amer. Nat. ix. 347 (1875). Type locality, "south- 

 ern Utah." 



The flowers of this plant, when fresh, are of a clear, deep pink color; but xn drying 

 they change to a blue or lilac, or fade entirely. 



The species grew in the hottest valleys of the desert, on gravelly mesas, and in 

 washes; in Furnace Creek Canon (Nos. 222, 456, 570) ; near Bennett Wells, Death 

 Valley; at the mouth of Surprise, Willow Creek, and Hall (No. 672) canons, Pana- 

 mint Mountains ; and in Owens Valley, near Swansea (No. 862) ; aud on the road from 

 Keeler to Darwin. 



