194 GILIA FAMILY 



broad bracts. Corolla buff or salmon-color, narrow-funnel- 

 form, 1 in. long. Stamens unequally inserted. Seeds 1 to 3 

 in the capsule. (Collomia grandiflora Dougl.) 



The erect, leafy stems of this annual, each bearing a ter- 

 minal head of showy flowers, is a familiar sight around Yo- 

 semite Valley and from Wawona to Hetch Hetchy. The 

 species grows in warm situations, blossoming in summer. In 

 Germany, where it is cultivated, the stems are often much 

 branched. 



2. G. linearis Nutt. Similar to no. 1 but smaller, the 

 corolla only about y 2 in. long and not twice as long as the 

 calyx. — Mariposa Grove. 



G. tinctoria Kell., is a similar but branching plant with 

 purplish corolla and stamens equally inserted. It occurs north 

 of our limits. 



3. G. gracilis Hook. Stem simple, or branched above, 

 annual, 3 to 9 in. high. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, entire 

 (the lower opposite, upper alternate). Flowers scattered. 

 Corolla purple, with yellow throat, salverform, Y\ to Y% in. 

 long, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Stamens unequally in- 

 serted. — Widely distributed at middle altitudes, occurring in 

 a variety of forms. 



4. G. gilioides Greene. Stem loosely branched, annual, 6 

 to 18 in. high, pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, partly entire 

 but some toothed or even parted into broad lobes. Corolla 

 blue-purple, salverform, Ya to Vi in. long, twice as long as 

 calyx but very narrow and not showy. Stamens equally 

 inserted or nearly so. — Very common. Var. benthamiana 

 Brand, has leaves mostly with linear or lanceolate segments. 

 Var. greeneana Brand, has oval or oblong leaf-segments. Var. 

 integrifolia Brand, has entire leaves. 



5. G. leptalea Greene. A slender erect annual, 2 to 20 in. 

 high, with many fine ascending branchlets, 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves linear, entire, Y to 

 2 in. long. Flowers numerous, scattered, on 

 naked pedicels. Corolla magenta, the dull- 

 white throat with blue markings, the tube yel- 

 low, funnelform, Y* in- long, much exceeding 

 calyx. Capsule 9 to 15-seeded. — Abundant at 

 middle altitudes and in a small form to 9000 

 ft. alt., but not conspicuous until midsummer. 



G. capillaris Kell., may occur. It resembles 

 a low form of G. leptalea but the pale or nearly 

 white corolla is more tubular and inconspicuous, scarcely Ya 



