1691 



* GILIA coronopifolia. 

 Ravenfooted Gilia. 



PENTANDRIA MO'NOGY^IA. 



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

 ofBotamj, p. 219.) 



GILIA. Supra, vol. 19, fol. 1622, in textu. 



§2. Ipomopsis. Foliaalterna, pinnatisecta v. pinnatifida. Flares axil- 

 lares V. subglomerati. Corolla: tubus elongatus longh exsertus. Bentham, 

 supra, fol. 1622. 



G. coronopifolia ; caullbus strictis panlculatis glanduloso-pubescentibus, foliis 

 pectinatim pinnatis : laciniis filiformibus apice setaceis, corollis elongatis 

 tubulosis limbi patuli laciniis oblongis acutis. 



G. coronopifolia. Pers. synops. 1. 187. 



Ipomopsis elegans. Smith Exot. hot. 1. 23. t. 13. 



Ipomopsis picta. Hort. Gallic. 



When we published the beautiful plant called Ipomopsis 

 elegans at folio 1281 of this work, we thought it certain, 

 firstly that the genus Ipomopsis was distinct from Gilia, and 

 secondly that the old Gilia coronopifolia of the gardens was 

 the same as that species. It however appears from the inves- 

 tigations of Mr. Bentham that we were in error in both these 

 particulars ; for he sinks the genus Ipomopsis in Gilia, and 

 separates the north-west American species from that of 

 Carolina. 



In regard to the latter point we are satisfied that we were 

 in error, and we accordingly avail ourselves of the present 

 opportunity of pointing out the differences between the two 

 species. 



Gilia coronopifolia, a Carolina plant, called in the French 

 gardens Ipomopsis picta, has its stem covered over with fine 

 glands mingled with a delicate downiness ; its leaves have 



• See fol. 1170. 

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