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in. long. G. subalpina Greene, is a diminutive form of high 

 altitudes, with never more than 6 ovules. 



6. G. achilleaefolia Benth. Blue Gilia. An erect annual, 

 9 to 18 in. high, with few branches, nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 pinnately divided into linear mostly toothed lobes. Flowers 

 in dense terminal heads without bracts. Corolla pale blue or 

 white, Y% in. long, much exceeding calyx, the lobes broadly 

 oblong. — From the foothills to Wawona, Yosemite, etc. G. 

 capitata Dougl., a similar species but with linear-lanceolate 

 corolla-lobes, may be found. 



7. G. aggregata Spreng. Scarlet Gilia. Stems numerous, 

 iy 2 to 4 ft. high, from a branched biennial base, pubescent. 

 Leaves pinnately parted into narrowly linear divisions. Cor- 

 olla reddish or scarlet, 1 to V/z in. long, the lanceolate lobes 

 (red-dotted on a yellowish ground) recurved. Stamens pro- 

 truding, inserted in the notches between the lobes. Var. 

 bridgesii Gray., has broader calyx-teeth and leaf-lobes and 

 stamens sometimes included. 



This is the most showy of all our gilias. The brilliant 

 flowers are borne in loose panicles 1 ft. long and when occupy- 

 ing an area to the exclusion of other species the mass effect 

 is very striking. It inhabits loose or gravelly soil at 6000 to 

 9000 ft. alt., as in Illilouette Valley, along the Pohono trail, 

 near Snow Creek (6600 ft.), Crane Flat, and Rancheria Mt. 

 extending to Washington, Nebraska and Mexico. 



Gilia pungens 



8. G. pungens Hook. Stems many, from a woody base, 

 1 ft. or less high, very leafy to the top. Leaves parted to the 

 base into rigid and needle-like sharp-pointed lobes J /2 in. or 

 so long, each lobe resembling an entire leaf, with shorter ones 



