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9. C. Thurberi, n. sp. Biennis ? puberula ; caulibus e basi indu- 

 rata virgatia sesquipedalibus crebre foliosis ; inflorescentia spicato- 

 thyrsiformi fere prsecedentis ; pedunoulis pedicellisque brevissimis ; 

 ealycis lobis tubo suba?quilongis ; corolla " crerulea vel lilacina" hypo- 

 craterimorpha, tubo ultrapollicari sursum sensim parum ampliato 

 lobis orbiculatis calyceque 3-4-plo longioribus ; filamentis fauci 

 rectae insertis; antberis brevi-oblongis ; ovulis in loculis 8-9. Gilia 

 Thurberi, Torr. in herb. — New Mexico, near the copper mines, &c, 

 Thurber. Intermediate between the foregoing and the following, with 

 far larger flowers than the former ; from their size and abundance ap- 

 parently very handsome. 



10. C. longiflora. Annua, glaberrima ; foliorum segmentis angus- 

 tissimis elongatis ; caule (subpedali ad bipedalem) paniculato-ramoso 

 laxifloro ; peduuculis unifloris soepissime gracilibus subcorymbosis ; 

 ealycis lobis tubo brevioribus ; corolla alba hypocraterimorpha, tubo 

 longissimo (soape sesquipollicari), lobis orbiculatis ovatisve (nunc 

 acumine apiculatis) ; filamentis intra tubum superne baud ampliatum 

 nunc 2-3 ad faucem valde insequaliter insertis; antheris oblongis ; 

 ovulis in loculis 10-12. Cantua longiflora, Torr. Ann. Lye. Gilia 

 longiflora, Don, Benth., &c. — Nebi'aska to New Mexico, W. Texas, 

 and Arizona; common in pine forests, &c. 



f * * Folia omnia integerrima : corolla infundibuliformis. 



11. C. leptalea, n. sp. Annua, glandulosa vel glaberrima; caule 

 gracillimo (4- 10-pollicari) effuse paniculato ; foliis angusto-linearibus ; 

 floribus sparsis filiformi-pedicellatis ; corolla alba vel purpurea, tubo 

 tenui e calyce exserto in faucem latam lobis ovatis sublongiorem am- 

 pliato ; filamentis. valde inrequaliter insertis ; antheris brevissimis ; 

 ovulis in loculis 6. — California, in the Sierra and foot hills, from Plumas 

 to Mariposa County, Bridges, Newberry, Mrs. Davis, Torrey, Bolander, 

 A. Wood ; the latter collected a more glandular form, and states that 

 the corolla is " scarlet." Calyx 1-2, corolla 5 — 7 lines long. 

 Flowers very loosely panicled ; pedicels naked, terminal and opposite 

 the leaves, 3-12 lines long, almost capillary. 



3. GILIA, Ruiz & Pav. 



Corolla infundibuliformis, hypocraterimorpha, nunc fere campanulata 

 vel rotata. Stamina fauci vel tubo nunc sinubus corolla? requaliter in- 

 serta : filamenta saepissime gracilia, haud declinata, basi fere semper 

 nuda. Ovula in loculis plurima vel pauca, in nonnullis solitaria. 



