1G82 



* GILIA Acbillesetolia. 



Milfoil-leaved Gilia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Polemoniace^. Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 219.) 



GILIA, Supra, vol. U,fol. 1170. 



Sect. 3. Eugilia. Folia alterna, pinnatifida v. pinnatisecta. Flares 



subsolitarii, v. scepius qlomerati. Corollce tubus calyce subbrevior. Bentham 

 in Bot.Reg. fol. 1622/ 



G. Achillecefolia ; caule erecto glabriusculo, folils 2-3-pinnatisectis : segmentis 

 lineari-subulatis, corymbis capitatis multifloris longissime pedunculatis, caly- 

 cibus sublanatis, coroUis calyce duplo longioribus, staminibus corolla brevi- 

 oribus. Bentham, I. c. 



Herba a?mMa, Icete viridis, ra7nosa, pedalis et ultra, glaberrima, sahns 

 folioru?n basibus ciliatis calycibus pedunculisque. Corollas purpurece ; sta- 

 mina ad ipsos sinus inserla, limbo breviora, antheris cyaneis. 



A new hardy annual, sent from California to the Horti- 

 cultural Society by Mr. Douglas. It resembles G. capitata 

 in its foliage, and in the arrangement of its flowers ; but its 

 appearance is much more green, and its habit is dwarfish. 

 The flowers, too, are purple, instead of sky-blue. 



It will grow in any kind of soil, and produces seed in 

 abundance, so that it will soon become as common as G. 

 capitata itself. 



Our drawing was made in August last, at which time 

 the flowers first began to open. The plant continued in 

 perfection till the beginning of December, when the cold 

 nights killed it. 



* See fol. 1170. 



