four long and four short: Anthers linear-oblong, longer 
than the filaments. Style almost as long as the anthers. 
Stigma four-cleft, deep purple, the segments patent. Cap- 
le vountled: an inch or more long, with aan longitudinal 
furrows, tapering upwards, downy. 
Allied to GB. purpurea, from which it is abundantly dis- 
tinct. It isa handsome and hardy annual ; and if the seeds 
be sown in the open border in the spring, the plants will 
continue to blossom throughout the summer. Dovetas. 
Introduced to the garden of the Horticultural Society, 
by Mr. Davin Dovetas, in 1827. It was discovered by 
that most zealous Naturalist, in the interior of Northern 
California ; and it flowered for the first time in this country 
in the month of June, 1828. 
Fig. 1. Stigma, magnified. 2. Capsule, natural size. 
