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GILIA CAPITATA. CLUSTER-FLOWERED 
GILIA. 
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Class and Order. 
PenranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Potemontacez. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Cal. subcampanulatus, 5-fidus. Cor. infundibuliformis, - 
quinquefida. Stamina fauci inserta. Stigma plerumque 
trifidum. Capsula 3-locularis, 3-valvis loculis mono-di- 
polysperma. es 
Specific Character. 
Gia capitata ; n. sp. glabra, foliis bipinnatifidis segmen- 
tis linearibus incisis, floribus sessilibus dense capitatis. 
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Descr. An annual herbaceous plant, from one to three 
feet high, every where glabrous, branched, branches slen- 
der. Leaves: those springing from the root the largest, 
bipinnatifid, four to five inches long, the segments linear- 
oblong, acute, entire or incised; the stem-leaves less — 
compound, the divisions longer and more straggling. 
_ Pedunceles rather long, flexuose, simple, rarely branched. 
_ Flowers in dense heads ; each sessile, small. “Calyx cam- 
_ panulate, green, five-toothed, the teeth acute. Corolla 
__ twice as long as the calyx, of a beautiful purplish blue, 
infundibuliform, cut about halfway down into five, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, nearly erect segments. Stamens ; each 
inserted in the axil of the segments, purple: Filaments. 
rather shorter than the segments of the corolla: Anthers 
broadly ovate, two celled: the cells opening laterally. 
Pistil: Germen globular: style nearly as long as the 
corolla: Stigma trifid or bifid, not unfrequently simple, 
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