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POLEMONIACEvE. VI. LEPTOSIPHON. VII. FENZLIA. VIII. GILIA. 



with tlie axis rather woolly. Bracteas imbricate, conforming to 

 the leaves ; with ciliately-hairy segments. This genus differs 

 from Gilia, sect. Dactylophyllum, in the form of the corolla. 



1 L. GRANDIFLO RUS (Benth. 1. c.) plant nearly simple ; leaves 

 7-11 cleft; segments subulate, straight, with revolute margins; 

 tube of corolla hardly twice longer than the limb ; filaments 

 very short. . H. Native of California, Douglas. Corolla 

 blue, with a golden yellow or purple bottom. 



Great-flowered Leptosiphon. PI. ^ foot. 



2 L. ANDROSA'CEUS (Benth. 1. c. hort. trans, n. s. 1. t. 18. f. 

 1. bot. reg. 1710.) leaves 5-7-cleft; segments oblong-linear; 

 tube of corolla 2-3 times longer than the limb ; stamens 3 times 

 shorter than the limb of the corolla. Q. H. Native of Cali- 

 fornia, Douglas. A bushy, pilose herb. Corolla smaller, and 

 more intensely coloured than the preceding, from white to pale 

 blue or pink : the tube usually red. The multitude of flowers 

 gives the plant a very gay appearance. 



Androsace-like Leptosiphon. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1833. 

 i foot. 



3 L. LU'TEUS (Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 1622.) leaves 5-7- 

 cleft ; segments oblong-linear ; tube of corolla about 4 times 

 longer than the limb ; stamens about 3 times shorter than the 

 limb of the corolla ; style scarcely equal in length to the corolla. 

 0. H. Native of California, Douglas. Corolla yellow, having 

 the throat deeper coloured. 



Var. /} ; corollas paler. 



IW/ow-flowered Leptosiphon. PI. ^ foot. 



4 L. PARVIFLO'RUS (Benth. 1. c.) leaves 5-7-cleft; segments 

 oblong-linear ; tube of corolla 4 times longer than the limb ; 

 stamens hardly one-half shorter than the limb of the corolla ; 

 style a little exserted. . H. Native of California, Douglas. 

 Corolla pale yellow, with a deep yellow bottom. 



Small-Jlorvered Leptosiphon. PI. J foot. 



5 L. DENSIFLO'KUS (Benth. 1. c. hort. trans, n. s. 1. t. 18. f. 2. 

 bot. reg. 1725.) leaves 9-11-cleft; segments subulate, erect, 

 with revolute margins ; tube of corolla shorter than the limb. 

 O- H. Native of California, Douglas. Habit of L. androsa- 

 ceus, only it is gayer in appearance, being more glandular. 

 The corollas in this are, however, 3 times larger, with a short, 

 thick tube, instead of a long, slender one ; its colour varies 

 from purple to blue and white ; but are not produced in the 

 same profusion as those of L. androsaceus. From the short tube 

 of the corolla, this plant probably belongs to Gilia, sect. I. 

 Dactylophyllum, Benth. 



Dense-flowered Leptosiphon. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1833. 

 PI. ^ foot, 



Cult. All the species of this genus are very gay when in 

 blossom, and are therefore worth cultivating in every garden. 

 The seeds of them only require to be sown in the open ground, 

 in April ; and if sown in large patches, the plants, when in 

 blossom, will have, according to the size of the patch or bed, 

 a gayer appearance. 



VII. FE'NZLIA (so called by Bentham, in honour of Dr. 

 Fenzl, of Vienna, now publishing a monograph of Alsinece.) 

 Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 1622. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandna, Monogynia. Calyx tubularly-cam- 

 panulate, deeply 5-cleft, with membranous sinuses, and linear, 

 acutish, erect segments. Corolla somewhat funnel-shaped, with 

 a short tube, and a 5-parted limb ; segments of the limb obo- 

 vate, toothed. Anthers ovate-sagittate, a little exserted from 

 the tube. Cells of capsule many-seeded. 



1 F. DIANTHIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) 0.H. Native of Cali- 

 fornia, Douglas. A small, annual, nearly simple herb, about 

 2-3 inches in height, glabrous or downy. Leaves opposite, 

 linear, quite entire. Flowers 1-3 together, pedunculate. Co- 

 rolla nearly an inch long, purplish, with a yellow bottom. 



Pink-flowered Fenzlia. PI. 2 to 3 inches. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Leptosiphon, above. 



VIII. GI'LIA (named after Philippe Salvador Gilio, a 

 Spanish botanist.) Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 17. t. 123. 

 Benth in bot. reg. under no. 1C22. Ipomopsis, Smith, exot. bot. 



1. p. 23. t. 13. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandna, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 cleft (f. 28 n.), with the margins and recesses membranous. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, or sub-campanulate (f. 28. b.) ; limb 5- 

 parted ; segments obovate, entire. Stamens inserted at the 

 throat of the corolla, or hardly within the tube ; anthers ovate- 

 roundish. Capsule oblong, subtrigonal ; valves membranous ; 

 cells many-seeded. Seeds angular. Albumen sparing. Radicle 

 shorter than the cotyledons. Usually annual, rarely biennial 

 herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnate, with entire or cut segments, 

 in the sections Ipomopsis and Eugilia ; but in the section Dac- 

 tylophyllum, the leaves are opposite, palmately cut, with entire, 

 subulate segments. 



SECT. I. DACTYLOPHYLLUM (from cacruXov, dactylon, a fin- 

 ger ; and <j>v\\ot>, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the pal- 

 mate-cut leaves.) Benth. in bot. reg. under no. 1622. Lower 

 leaves opposite, all sessile, and palmately cut. Flowers solitary, 

 on long peduncles. Corolla with a very short tube, and spread- 

 ing limb. Perhaps a proper genus ?, Benth. 1. c. 



1 G. LINIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) lower leaves opposite, all ses- 

 sile, and palmately cut ; corolla 3 times longer than the calyx. 

 0. H. Native of California, Douglas. Flowers white ?, form 

 and size of those of Linum tenuifblium. 



Flax-flowered Gilia. PI. ? 



2 G. PHARNACEOIDES (Benth. 1. c.) lower leaves opposite, all 

 sessile, and palmately cut ; corolla twice longer than the calyx. 

 0. H. Native of California, Douglas. This species differs 

 from the preceding, in the flowers being one half smaller. 



Pharnaceum-like Gilia. PI. ? 



3 G. PUSILLA (Benth. 1. c.) lower leaves opposite, all sessile, 

 and palmately cut ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx. 0. 

 H. Native of Chili, Bertero. Habit of Arenuria tenuifblia. 

 It differs from G. pharnaceoides, in the flowers being one half 

 smaller, and in the corollas being less spreading. 



Least Gilia. PI. i foot. 



SECT. II. IPOMO'PSIS (from iiru, ipo, to strike forcibly ; 

 and o\j;i, opsis, sight ; brilliancy of flowers.) Benth. in bot. reg. 

 under no. 1G22. Ipomopsis, Michx. and other authors. Leaves 

 alternate, pinnate or pinnatifid. Flowers solitary, or somewhat 

 glomerate. Tube of corolla elongated, much exserted beyond 

 the calyx. 



4 G. CORONOPIFO'LIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 187.) stem erect, tall, 

 panicled at top, and clothed with glandular down ; leaves pecti- 

 nately pinnate ; leaflets linear, acuminated ; tube of corolla 5 

 times longer than the calyx ; limb of corolla spreading, with 

 oblong or ovate, acute, flat segments. $ . H. Native of Caro- 

 lina ; and on the banks of the Canadian river. Lindl. bot. reg. 

 1091. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 289. Ipomopsis picta, Hort. 

 gall. Ipomopsis elegans, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 141. 

 Smith, exot. bot. 1. p. 23. t. 13. Ipomopsis coronopifolia, 

 Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 124. Cantua coronopifolia, Willcl. spec. 



2. p. 879. Andr. bot. rep. 415. Pursh, 1. p. 147. Cantua 

 pinnaiifida, Lam. ill. 1. p. 473. C. elogans, Poir. diet, suppl. 

 2. p. 80. Polemonium rubrum, Lin. spec. 1. p. 231. Ipomae'a 

 rubra, Lin. syst. 171. Cantua thyrsoidea, Juss. ann. mus. 3. p. 

 119. Dill. elth. 2. p. 331. t. 241. f. 312. Stem clothed with 

 fine glands, mixed with downiness. Corollas scarlet, blotched 

 with white. 



