1888 



* GILIA tenuiflora. 



Slender-jiowei'ed Gilia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. Ord. PoLEMONIACEiE. 



GILIA:— Supn}, vol. Id.fol. 1622. 



G. tenuiflora ; caule erecto elato supern^ viscoso subnudo paniculato, follis 

 bipinnatisectis glabris, floribus subsolitariis, corymbis laxis long6 peduncu- 

 latis, corollis calyce 4-pl6 longioribus. Bentham supra, vol. 19. 1622. 

 in textu. 



Qs.\A\s l-pedalis , totus paululum viscidus, ramis Jiliformibus sed rigidis 

 suhdichotomis , glandulis viridibus fungilliformibus in caule raris sub calyce 

 creberrimis. Flores rosei, nee coerulei. Calyx laciniis mucronatis, dorso 

 herbaceis purpureisve, margins membranaceis. Corolla infundihularis , se- 

 munciam longus, extus roseas, sanguineo acupiinctatus, intils unicolor et vio- 

 laceus. Antherae plumbe(B. Capsula ovato-oblonga, testacea, papyracea, 

 semi-trivalvis loculicidh dehiscens ; valvulis a placenta '6-angulari demum 

 libera secedentibus. Semina testacea, oblongo-reniformia, longiludinaliter 

 corrugata, cceteriim glabra. 



A hardy annual raised from Californian seeds in tlie 

 Garden of the Horticultural Society, where it flowered for 

 the first time in August, 1834. A single plant only was at 

 that time raised, but it seeded plentifully, and is now not 

 uncommon. 



Mr. Douglas sent it home under the name of Gilia 

 splendens, a somewhat singular appellation, seeing that it is 

 one of the least showy of the genus. In fact it is not worth 

 cultivating for the sake of the flower garden; but it is very 

 pretty in nosegays as an ornament to rooms. 



Its flowers change in drying from rose colour to blue, 

 which gave rise to the supposition that they are naturally of 



* See fol. 1170. 



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