Tas, 4735. 
GILIA (LeprosipHon) LUTE. 
Yellow Gilia, or Leptosiphon. 
Nat. Ord. PoLEMonraAcEm.—PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Caly# tubuloso- v. obconico-paniculatus, 5-fidus, laciniis acutis. 
Corolla infundibuliformis, nunc tubo longissimo fere hypocraterimorpha, nune 
tubo brevissimo subrotata, limbo regulari. Stamina ad faucem y. paulo infra 
eequaliter inserta, filamentis basi nudis v. piloso-appendiculatis. Discus cupule- 
formis, rarius obscurus. Ovarium ovoideum. Ovula in loculis seepius plurima 
(6-10), biseriata, interdum pauca, imo solitaria, nune numerosissima, 3—4-seriata. 
Styli lobi seepe papilloso-hispidi. Capsula oblonga v. obovoidea, obtusa. Semina 
ovoidea, angulata v. compressa, rarius angustissime alata—Herbx annue v. per- 
ennes, glabre v. superne pubescentes v. lanate. Folia alterna v. opposita, subulata 
v. linearia, integra vel dissecta, nunc in sect. 1 ad 4 pinnatisecta segmentis integris 
dissectisve, nune in sect. 6 ad 11 palmatisecta segmentis integerrimis. Flores nune 
capitati, bracteis suffulti v. ebracteati, nunc sepius dissiti, ebracteati. Corolle 
elegantes, lilacine, purpurascentes, albide v. rarius flavicantes. Benth. 
GILIA (Leptosiphon) Zuéea; caulibus filiformibus molliter patentim villosis de- 
bilibus, ramis oppositis gracilibus flexuosis, foliis oppositis sessilibus pal- 
matim 5—7-lobis, lobis linearibus subspathulatisve carnosis ciliatis, brac- 
teis similibus sed majoribus lobis subulatis, calycis villoso-glandulosi lobis 
lanceolato-subulatis, coroll (lutez) tubo glanduloso longissimo filiformi. 
Grita lutea. Steud. Nomencl. Benth. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 9. p. 315. 
LeprosipHon luteus. Benth. in Bot. Reg. sub tab. 1622. 
We follow our very able countryman, Mr. Bentham, in uniting 
Leptosiphon with Gilia, from which it seems to differ in scarcely 
anything but the length and tenuity of the tube of the corolla. 
In our present species this is, indeed, of unusual length and 
slenderness, which, in conjunction with the colour of the corolla, 
a bright sulphur-yellow, with a dark almost orange-coloured eye, 
and the great quantity of flowers produced on the stems and 
branches, render this plant a highly ornamental annual, espe- 
cially if cultivated in masses, for bedding out, ete. ; and we can- 
not doubt it will become a great favourite as soon as it is more 
known. Mr. Douglas detected the plant in California ; but it 1s 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1853. 
