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GILLIA Gracitis. Sienper GH. — 
Be a eo ee ee 
Class and Order: 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Poremonracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. campanulatus, 5-fidus. Cor. infundibuliformis vel 
hypocrateriformis, quinquefida. Stam. fauci inserta. Stig- 
ma trifidum. Capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis, loculis mono- 
di- polyspermis. | : 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Gita gracilis ; elanduloso-pubescens, caule valde ramoso, 
foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis, calycis segmentis longis 
subulatis. aed 
Cottomra gracilis. Douglas MSS. 
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_ Descr. Plant much branched, annual, every where, as 
18 the whole plant, clothed with short, glandular hairs. 
Branches. not unfrequently opposite. Leaves: those of 
the stem opposite, those of the branches frequently alter- 
nate, linear-oblong, obtuse, the lower ones inclining to 
Spathulate, costate, and obscurely nerved. The leaves 
continue upon the branches up to the flowers, where they 
become small, and under each calyx become bractez. 
Flowers crowded towards the extremity of the branches, at 
length elongated into a raceme. Calyx cylindraceo-campa- 
ulate ; the tube white, thin, and mem branaceous, with 
five long, awl-shaped, straight, teeth, which run down the 
tube and form five broad, green nerves, and clothed with 
lack glands. Corolla hypocrateriform. Tube long, yel- 
OWish. Limb of five patent, rose-coloured, oval segments. 
Stamens inserted within the tube, unequal in thew apo 
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