Douglasiane. N. O. Polemoniacex. 
TAB, CC, 
HUuGELIA VIRGATA. 
Gen. Cuar. Huce ta. Benth. Cal. tubuloso-campanulatus 
semi-5-fidus, sinubus vix membranaceis, laciniis subineequali- 
bus, linearibus, rigidis, subspinosis. Cor. infundibuliformis, 
tubo breviter exserto, limbo 5-partito, laciniis oblongis inte- 
gerrimis. Stam.ad faucem inserta. Anthere lineares sagittate. 
Capsule \oculi polyspermi.—Herbze annue vel perennes, plus 
minusve albo-lanate. Folia alterna, linearia, integra v. pinna- 
tifida. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, calycibus bracteisque 
imbricatis lana densa basi immersis.—A Gilia differt habitu 
et antheris. Benth. 
~ Hugelia virgata; erecta stricta, foliis elongatis simplicibus v. 
_ pinnatifidis laxe albo-lanatis, corollze tubo exserto, staminibus 
corolla brevioribus. h. 
Hugelia virgata. Benth. in Bot, Reg, sub t. 1622. 
Has. California. D. Douglas. 
Flowers bright blue.—This beautiful Genus, of which four 
species are described, all inhabiting California, is named Hugelia 
by Mr. Bentham, in compliment to Baron Charles Hugel of 
Vienna, a distinguished Naturalist and Traveller. Hugelia of 
Reichenbach is Didiscus, D. C. 
