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Geum continued. 



G. c. flore-pleno (double-flowered) is a very handsome form, 

 with double flowers of a bright dazzling scarlet. 



G. coccineum (scarlet).* /. terminal, pedunculate, erect ; calyx 

 segments depressed, pubescent ; petals purplish, orbiculate-reni- 

 form, clawed. I. green, inciso-crenate, veined, pilose ; radical 

 ones tufted, spreading, large, lyrate-pinnatifid, leaflets five or 

 seven ; upper cauline leaves simple, three-lobed, toothed. Stem 

 solitary, herbaceous, erect ; apex sub-corymbose, few-flowered. 

 A. 6in. to 15in. Greece, Asia Minor, Ac. (S. F. G. 485.) 



G. elatum (tall).* /. erect; petals golden - yellow, orbicular, 

 sometimes notched or two-lobed ; calyx lobes ovate-deltoid, or 

 lanceolate, entire or toothed ; peduncles long, slender. July. 

 I., radical ones sub-sessile, narrow, gradually dilated from the 

 base to the rounded tip, pinnatisect ; cauline ones small, with 



larger adnate-cut stipules. Stem very slender, twice or^more 

 forked, rarely simple. Himalaya Mour 

 (B. M. 6568.) 



, 

 ntains, 1880. Hardy. 



Gilia continued. 



infnndibuliform and hypocraterifonn, sometimes almost 



campanulate or rotate. Leaves variable. Gilias form very 



attractive subjects for beds or edgings, where they suc- 



j ceed without causing blanks by part of the plants 



i dying away. They are readily raised from seed, sown 



! in the open ground, in March or April. A rather light 



: soil should be chosen, and positions selected according 



! to the heights of different species. 



G. achilleaefolia (Milfoil-leaved).* fl. purplish-blue ; corymbs 

 capitate, many - flowered, on very long peduncles. August. 

 1. twice or thrice pinnate ; leaflets linear-subulate, h. 1ft Cali- 

 fornia, 1833. (B. M. 5939.) There is an elegant variety with 

 white flowers, and another with red ones. 



G. japonicnm (Japanese), fl. yellow, erect Summer. I. three 

 to flve-lobed, hairy. Stem flexuous, hairy, h. 1ft to 2ft. Japan. 



FIG. 103. UEUM MONTANUM, showing Habit and detached 

 Single Flower. 



G. montanum (mountain).* fl. yellow, erect. Spring. I. softly 

 hairy, irregularly incised, h. 6in. to 12in. Europe. See Fig. 103. 



G. pyrenaicum (Pyrenean).* fl. yellow, nodding ; stems one to 

 four-flowered. June. I. interruptedly pinnate; lower leaflets 

 ovate, dentate, small. Stems erect, simple, h. lift Pyrenees, 

 1804. Plant pilose. 



G. rivale (brook-loving).* Water Avens. fl. reddish, nodding ; 

 peduncles pilose, elongated ; stems one to four-flowered, June. 

 1. interruptedly and Tyrately pinnate ; leaflets obovate, biser- 

 rate ; cauline leaves three-lobed. Stems erect, simple, ft. 1ft 

 to 3ft. Cold and temperate regions (Britain). 



G. Strictum (upright), fl. yellow and striped, large, ascending. 

 May to July. I. all interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets ovate, toothed. 

 h. 2ft. Europe, North America, 1778. Plant hairy. 



G. triflomm (three-flowered).* /., calyx dark purple ; petals white, 

 purplish-red at extremity and margins, oblong, never spreading ; 

 scape purplish, Sin. to 12in. high, hairy, terminating in a three- 

 flowered umbel ; pedicels Sin. to 4in. long. July. I. radical, 4in. 

 to 6in. (or more) long, oblong or obovate in outline, interruptedly 

 pinnate ; margins of pinnae deeply serrated. North America. 

 (B. M. 2858, under name of Sieversia triflora.) 



GHERKIN. A small-fruited variety of Cucumis 

 sativa. 



GHOST MOTH, or GHOST SWIFT. See Otter 

 Moth. 



GIANT FENNEL. See Ferula. 



GIBBOUS. Protuberant ; more convex or tumid in 

 one place than another. 



GILIA (named in honour of P. S. Gilio, a Spanish 

 botanist of the eighteenth century). Inchiding Fenzlia, 

 Ipomopsis, Leptodactylon, and Leptosiphon. ORD. Polemo- 

 niaceoc. A genus containing about sixty-five species of, for 

 the most part, hardy annual herbs, natives of North-west, 

 extra-tropical, and sub-tropical South America. Corolla 



FIG. 104. GILIA ANDROSACEA. 



G. androsacea (Androsace-like).* /., corolla lilac, pink, or 

 nearly white, with yellow or dark throat. August. I. opposite, 

 narrow, palmatisect. h. 9in. to 12in. California. See Fig. 104. 

 SYN. Leptotriphon androsaceiis (under which name it is figured 

 in B. M. 3491, B. E. 1710). There is a variety, rosacea, having a 

 rose-red corolla, varying, however, into other hues. San Fran- 

 cisco. (B. M. 5863, under name of Leptosiphon parviflorus 

 rosaceus.) 



G. Brandegei (Brandegee's).* fl. several, in a short, racemose, 

 leafy thyrse ; corolla golden-yellow, trumpet-shaped ; lobes oval 

 and short. I. all pinnate, elongated-linear in circumscription ; 

 leaflets small, numerous. Stem simple, h. 9in. to 12in. Colorado, 

 1878. Perennial. (B. M. 6378.) 



G. oapitata (headed).* /. blue, sessile, disposed in dense heads 

 on long peduncles. Summer. /. bipinnatifid ; segments linear, 

 cut. h. 1ft. to 2ft. North-west America, 1826. (B. M. 2698.) 



G. densiflora (dense-flowered).* fl., corolla tube lilac or nearly 

 white, little (if at all) exserted beyond the calyx. June. I., 

 divisions filiform, somewhat rigid. California. SYN. Leptosiphon 

 densiflorus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 3578 ; 

 B. R. 1725). 



G. dianthoides (Pink - like). fl. varying greatly in size and 

 colour ; corolla lilac or purplish, usually with darker or yellowish 

 throat. July. L narrow-linear, h. 2in. to 5in. California, 

 1855. A showy little plant. (B. M. 4876.) 



G. inconspicua (inconspicuous), fl. somewhat crowded and 

 sub-sessile, or at length loosely panicled ; corolla violet or pur- 

 plish, narrowly funnel-shaped, with proper tube shorter or slightly 

 longer than the calyx. August. 1. mostly pinnatifid or pinnatelv 

 parted, or the lowest bipinnatiful, with short mucronate cuspi- 

 date lobes, h. 9in. to 12in. North America. (B. M. 2883.) 



G. laciniata (cut-leaved), fl. purplish ; peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary, one to three-flowered. July. I. pinnatifid ; segments 

 narrow-oblong, sinuated. h. 6in. to 12in. Chili, 1831. 



G. liniflora (Flax-flowered).* fl. white, solitary, on long peduncles. 

 Summer L, lower ones opposite, all sessile and palniately cut 

 h. 1ft California, 1833. (B. M. 5895.) 



G. micrantha (small-flowered).* /. rosy-coloured, produced in 

 great abundance, with a slender tube about liin. long. Summer. 

 / five to seven-parted ; segments linear, acute, h. 9in. Plant 

 more or less clothed with longish weak hairs. California, 1870. 

 SYN. Leptosiphon roseue. There is a form, a urea, with golden- 

 yellow flowers. 



