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GILIA TRICOLOR. 'THREE-COLOURED 
GILIA. 
Be oe es on Oe On a a OO es aN OR a 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—PotemoniAcez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, margine et sinubus mem- 
branaceis. Corolla infundibuliformis vel subcampanulatus, 
limbo 5-partito, laciniis obovatis integris. Stamina ad 
faucem vel vix intra tubum inserta. Anthere ovato-subro- 
tunde, Capsule \oculi polyspermi.—Herbe foliis alternis 
pinnatisectis, segmentis integris dissectisve, (vel oppositis 
_ thie ae segmentis integris subulatis). Benth. in Bot. 
eg. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Gis tricolor ; caule erecto glabro folioso, foliis bipinnati- 
sectis, segmentis lineari-subulatis, corymbis 3—6- 
floris virgato-paniculatis, corollis calyce subtriplo lon- 
gioribus. Benth. 
Guia tricolor. Benth. in Bot. Reg. fol. 1622 (in the text). 
ae Trans. N.S. v. 1. t. 18. f. 3. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1704. | 
The lamented Dovetas, during his excursions in Cali- 
fornia, had the satisfaction of adding no less than twenty- 
five new species to the hitherto comparatively very limited 
Order of Potemontacem, besides those which have been 
detected elsewhere on the Pacific side of America. All of 
them are remarkable for gracefulness and beauty, and are 
well suited to ornament our flower-borders, to which, indeed, 
_ several have been introduced, through the medium of the 
Horticultural Society, by the same indefatigable Naturalist. 
An epitome of these, and a few others from the Nt 
coas 
