POLEMONIAC&C. VIII. GILIA. 



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Buckhorn-Ieaced Gilia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1726. PI. 3 to 

 5 feet. 



5 G. AGGREGA'TA (D. Don, in edinb. pliil. journ. 1822. Sweet, 

 fl. gard. n. s. t. 218.) stem erect, tall, glabrous, panicled at top ; 

 leaves pectinately pinnate, and are, as well as the bracteas, 

 covered with cobwebbed villi ; leaflets or segments linear, mu- 

 cronate; flowers fascicled at the extremities of the branches, 

 drooping a little ; tube of the corolla 5 times longer than the 

 calyx ; segments of the limb ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, chan- 

 nelled. 0. H. Native of the north-west coast of America, 

 particularly towards the sources of the Columbia, and on the 

 Canadian river. Ipomopsis elegans, Lindl. hot. reg. 1281. 

 Gilia pulchella, Doug), mss. Cantua aggregata, Pursh, aroer. 

 1. p. 147. Upper leaves undivided. Calyx clothed with glan- 

 dular hairs. Corolla an inch long, scarlet; limb at first erect, at 

 length recurved. Stamens a little exserted. Segments of co- 

 rolla spotted. 



Aggregate-QovereA Gilia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1827. PI. 

 3 feet. 



G G. FLORIDA'S A ; plant glabrous ; leaves pinnate, capillary ; 

 flowers disposed in loose racemes ; corolla tubular, narrowed at 

 bottom ; iimb 4 times shorter than the tube ; calyx short, with 

 setaceous segments. . F. Native of Florida. Cantua 

 floridana, Nutt. in journ. acad. phil. 2. p. 110. Very like G. 

 coronopifulia, but is a more slender plant. 



Florida Gilia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



7 G. SE'SSEI ; stem dwarf, branched, clothed with glandular 

 down ; leaves pinnatifid ; segments cuneated, with pointed 

 teeth ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, longer than the 

 calyx ; corolla with a filiform tube, double the length of the 

 calyx; flowers fascicled. . H. Native of Mexico. Gflia 

 jjinnatitida, Sesse et Mocino, in herb. Lamb. Stamens inclosed. 



Sesse's Gilia. Pi. i foot. 



8 G. TEXUIFLO'RA (Benth. 1. c.) stem erect, tall, clammy, 

 nearly naked, and panicled at top ; leaves glabrous, bipinnate ; 

 flowers usually solitary ; corymbs loose, on long peduncles ; co- 

 rolla 4 times longer than the calyx. . H. Native of Cali- 

 fornia, Douglas. Flowers blue. 



Thm-fionered Gilia. PL 3 to 4 feet. 



9 G. LOXGIFLORA ; plant quite glabrous ; leaves scattered, 

 finely pinnatifid ; stem much branched, panicled at top ; flowers 

 disposed in loose terminal, panicled, pedunculate corymbs ; tube 

 of corolla very long. G- H. Native on the banks of the 

 Canadian river. Cantua longiflora, Torrey, in ann. lye. p. 221. 

 Corolla salver-shaped, having the tube an inch long. A remark- 

 able species, having much the appearance of a Phlox. It differs 

 from all other species, in the salver-shaped corolla. 



Long-foirered Gilia. PL 2 to 3 feet. ? 



10 G. ARENA'RIA (Benth. 1. c.) stem humble, clammy, nearly 

 naked ; leaves pinnatifid ; lobes ovate ; flowers somewhat glo- 

 merate ; corollas 3 times longer than the calyx. 0. H. Native 

 of California, Douglas. Flowers blue. 



Sand Gilia. PL dwarf. 



1 1 G. CRASSIFO'LIA ^Benth, 1. c.) stem erect, clammy, nearly 

 naked, and panicled at top ; leaves pinnatifid, rather woolly, but 

 at length glabrous : segments oblong-lanceolate, entire or cut ; 

 flowers nearly solitary, divaricately panicled ; corollas twice 

 longer than the calyx. . H. Native of Chili, Cuming. 

 Flowers yellowish ? 



Thick-leaved Gilia. PL 1 to 2 feet ? 



SECT. III. ECGI'LIA (from n, well, and Gilia; this sec- 

 tion is considered to contain the true species of the genus.) 

 Benth. 1. c. Leaves alternate, pinnatifid or pinnate. Flowers 

 almost solitary, but usually glomerate. Tube of corolla rather 

 shorter than the calyx. 



12 G. PARVIFLO'RA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 626.) stem much 

 branched, and is, as well as the calyxes, clothed with glandular 

 down ; leaves pinnatifid, lower ones bipinnate ; segments linear ; 

 flowers solitary, terminal, panicled ; corolla about twice the 

 length of the calyx. . H. Native of North-west America. 

 Gflia inconspicua, Dougl. in hot. mag. 2883. Ipomopsis incon- 

 spicua, Smith, exot. bot. 1. t. 14. Cantua parviflora, Pursh, 

 amer. 2. suppl. p. 730. Corolla small, blue ; tube nearly white. 



Inconsptcvmu Gflia. FL Sept. Nov. Clt. 1793. PL | to 

 1 foot. 



13 G. TRICOLOR (Benth, 1. c.hort. trans. 1. t. 18. f. 3. bot. reg. 

 t. 1704.) stem erect, glabrous, leafy; leaves bipinnate; leaflets 

 or segments linear-subulate ; corymbs 3-6-flowered, virgately 

 panicled; corolla about 3 times longer than the calyx. 0. H. 

 Native of California, Douglas. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 264. 

 The peduncles form a large and rather dense panicle. Corolla 

 with an orange yellow tube and centre, and the light purple or 

 white of the margin separated by a circle of deep purple. 

 Nothing can be prettier than this, and other species, when 

 thickly covering a bed a few feet in length and breadth. 



Three-coloured-fioviered Gilia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1833. 

 PL 1 foot. 



14 G. LACINIA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 17. t. 123. f. 6. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 187.) downy; stem erect ; leaves pinnatifid ; 

 segments narrow-oblong, sinuated ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 1 -3-flowered ; corolla tubular, hardly longer than the calyx ; 

 calycine segments subulate. . H. Native of Chili, Peru, 

 California, &c., on sandy hills. Cantua breviflora, Juss. ann. 

 mus. 3. p. 1 1 9. Thonnia multifida, Domb, herb. Corollas 

 purplish, with lanceolate segments. 



Jagged-leaved Gilia. FL July. Clt. 1831. PL \ to 1 foot. 



15 G. MULTICAC'LIS (Benth, 1. c.) stem erect, smoothish ; 

 leaves somewhat bipinnate, smoothish ; segments linear ; corymbs 

 3-10-flowered, on very long peduncles, scarcely panicled; co- 

 rollas hardly twice longer than the calyx. 0. H. Native of 

 California, Douglas. Corollas blue. 



Many-stemmed Gilia. PL 1 foot. 



16 G. ACHILLE.EFO'LIA (Benth, 1. c.) stem erect, smoothish; 

 leaves twice or thrice pinnate ; segments or leaflets linear- 

 subulate ; corymbs capitate, many-flowered, on very long 

 peduncles ; calyxes rather woolly ; corollas twice longer than 

 the calyx; stamens shorter than the corolla. 0. H. Native 

 of California, Dougl. Lindl. bot. reg. 1682. Sweet, fl. gard. 

 n. s. t. 280. Herb branched, pale green, glabrous. Bases of 

 leaves ciliated. Corollas purplish blue. This species resembles 

 G. capitata. 



MUfoU-leated Gilia. Fl. Aug. Dec. Clt. 1833. PL 1 

 foot. 



17 G. CAPITA*TA (Doug, in 

 bot. mag. 2698. bot. reg. 1 170.) 

 plant glabrous, erect ; leaves 

 bipinnatifid ; segments linear, 

 cut ; flowers sessile, disposed 

 in dense heads, similar to those 

 of Jasione, on long peduncles ; 

 corolla longer than the calyx ; 

 stamens shorter than the co- 

 rolla. . H. Native of North- 

 west America. Flowers blue. 



Cap/o/e-flowered Gilia. Fl. 

 Jun. Sept. Clt. 1826. PL 1 

 to 2 feet. 



Cult. All the species of 

 Gilia are elegant, hardy annuals, 

 of easy culture, the seeds only 

 requiring to be sown in the 



FIG. 28. 



