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POLEMONIACE^E. IX. JEaociiLOA. X. COLLOMIA. 



open border in spring. The larger the quantity of each grown 

 together, the more showy they appear. 



IX- -ffiGOCHLO'A (from ou euyoe, aix aigos, a goat; and 

 Xoa, chloa, a green herb ; from the fetid smell of some of the 

 species.) Benth, in bot. reg. under no. 1622 Gilia species, 

 Dougl. 



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

 panulate, membranous at the base, 5-cleft at the apex ; segments 

 unequal, stiff, entire or ivmltifid, spinose. Corolla somewhat 

 salver-shaped ; tube about equal in length to the calyx ; limb 

 5-parted ; segments oblong, entire. Stamens inserted in the 

 upper part of the tube inside ; anthers ovate-roundish. Cells 

 of capsule many-seeded. Herbs usually clammy and fetid. 

 Leaves pinnate ; segments or leaflets cut, very acute. 



1 JE. INTERTE'XTA (Benth. 1. c.) plant erect, branched; 

 leaves glabrous, pinnate ; leaflets or segments linear-subulate, 

 very acute, cut, divaricate, rather spinose ; calyx woolly, hav- 

 ing the teeth for the most part inultilid ; corolla rather shorter 

 than the calyx; stamens exserted. . H. Native of Cali- 

 fornia and North-west America, Douglas. 



Interwoven jEgochloa. PI. 1 foot. 



2 JE. COTUL*FO V LIA (Benth. 1. c.) plant erect, strict ; leaves 

 glabrous, bipinnate ; segments linear-subulate, very acute, those 

 of the upper and floral leaves spinose; bracteas villous ; calycine 

 teeth nearly entire ; corolla equal in length to the calyx ; sta- 

 mens exserted. Q. H. Native of California, Douglas. 



Cotula-leaved ^Egochloa. PI. 1 foot. 



3 JE. PUBE'SCENS (Benth. 1. c.) plant clothed with soft down; 

 stem branched ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets deeply pinnatifid ; 

 lobes divaricate, rather spinose ; calyxes and bracteas mem- 

 branous at the base, glabrous, deeply pinnatifid, and villous at 

 the apex ; corolla about twice longer than the calyx ; stamens 

 exserted from the tube. . H. Native of California, Dougl. 



Downy Jigochloa. PI. 1 foot. ? 



4 JE. PU'NOENS (Benth. 1. c.) plant erect, much branched, 

 clothed with clammy down ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets entire or 

 cut, the lobes lanceolate-linear, very acute and spinose ; bracteas 

 ciliately hairy, dilated at the base ; calycine segments lanceolate, 

 nearly entire ; corolla longer than the calyx ; stamens inclosed. 

 O. H. Native of California, Douglas ; and of the west coast 

 of America, in moist ground, in mountain valleys, near the 

 sources of the Mulnomack river, one of the southern branches 

 of the Columbia. Gilia pungens, Doug, in bot. mag. t. 2977. 

 Gilia squarrosa, Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 115. 

 Hoitzia squarrosa, Eschscholz, in mem. acad. petersb. 10. p. 

 283, and in Linnaea, 1823. p. 147. Flowers glomerate, terminal. 

 Calyx longer than the corolla, ex Hooker. Tube of corolla 

 swelling upwards, almost white ; limb spreading, pale blue ; 

 segments ovate. 



Pungent .Sgochloa. Fl. July. Clt. 1833. PI. 1J foot. 



5 JE. ERYNGIOIDES (Benth. 1. c.) plant smoothish ; leaves 

 linear, opposite, floral ones pinnatifid, spiny ; flowers glomerate ; 

 calyx multifid. Q. H. Native of Chili. Gilia eryngioides, 

 Bot. zeit. 1833. 1. p. 122. Gilia mucronata, Lehm. cat. sem. 

 hort. hamb. 1832 ? Nearly allied to the preceding ; but differs, 

 in the smoothness of the plant, and in the leaves, calyx and co- 

 rolla. 



Eryngmm-like ./Egochloa. PI. 1 foot.? 



6 JE. ATRACTYLIOIDES (Benth. 1. c.) plant very clammy ; 

 leaves pinnatifid ; raches dilated ; segments subulate, divaricate, 

 spinose ; floral leaves ovate, imbricated, spiny-toothed, clasping 

 the flowers; calycine teeth subulate, entire. Q. H. Native 

 of California, Douglas. Habit of Alr&ctylis liumilis. 



Atractylis-like ^Egochloa. PI. 1 foot. 



7 JE. ? TORRE'YI ; plant erect, simple, or a little branched, 

 stiff, glabrous ; leaves sessile, digitate, alternate, imbricate ; 

 segments 5-6, pungent; flowers axillary in the upper part of 

 the stem, solitary, sessile ; segments of corolla obovate, obtuse. 

 0. H. Native of the Rocky mountains, in the valleys of Loup 

 river. Cantua pungens, Torrey, in ann. lye. 2. p. 220. Leaves 

 sessile, digitate, appearing as if in clusters. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, with a long, slender tube. Stamens inclosed. Cells of 

 capsule many-seeded. Seeds angular. This has a very dis- 

 tinct habit from the other species. 



Torrey s jEgochloa. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. The species of jEgochlba require the same treatment 

 as those of Gilia. They are singular, but by no means showy 

 plants. 



X. COLLO'MIA (from icoXXa, colla, glue; in reference to 

 the seeds being enveloped in a kind of gluey, sticking substance.) 

 Nutt. gen.amer. 1. p. 126. Dougl. in bot. reg. 1166. and 1174. 

 Gilia species, Hook. 



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

 cleft, or somewhat 5-parted ; lobes lanceolate or linear, equal, 

 entire. Corolla salver-shaped ; with a slender, exserted tube ; 

 and a spreading, 5-parted limb ; segments oblong, entire. Sta- 

 mens inserted towards the middle of the tube ; anthers ovate- 

 roundish. Cells of capsule 1-2-seeded. Annual herbs. Leaves 

 alternate, the lower ones rarely opposite, quite entire, or deeply 

 toothed, rarely pinnatifid. Flowers disposed in dense heads, 

 propped by broad ovate, quite entire bracteas. 



1 C. HETEROPHY'LLA (Hook. bot. mag. 2895. Lindl. bot. reg. 

 1 347.) plant prostrate, branched, clothed with glandular down ; 

 lower leaves pinnatifid and cut ; superior ones cuneated, pinna- 

 tifid or cut ; bracteas or involucral leaves, oblong, acute, quite 

 entire. O- H. Native of North-west America. Flowers 

 crowded, shorter than the involucral leaves. Corolla red, with 

 a white centre. 



Furious-leaved Collomia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1826. PI. i 

 to f foot. 



2 C. COCCINEA (Lehm. del. sem. hort. hamb. 1832. Benth. 

 bot. reg. 1622.) plant erect, branched, beset with glandular 

 down ; leaves lanceolate-linear ; upper ones ovate-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, or deeply 2-4-toothed at the apex : calyx 

 semi-5-cleft, with broad-lanceolate, obtuse segments ; corolla 

 more than twice longer than the calyx ; cells of capsule 

 1 -seeded. . H. Native of Chili, about Conception and 

 Talcahuana. C. Cavanillesii, Hook, et Arn. p. 37. Phlox 

 linearis, Cav. icon. 6. p. 17. t. 527. Phlox biflora, Ruiz, et 

 Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 17. C. lateritia, D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. 

 t. 206. This species resembles C. linearis ; but from which it 

 is distinguished by its deep red flowers, and by the leaves being 

 frequently divided at the apex into 2-3 sharp segments, of une- 

 qual size. 



Scar^-flowered Collomia. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1832. PI. 1 

 to 1-J foot. 



3 C. LINEA'RIS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 126. Lindl. bot. reg. 

 1166.) plant erect, branched, clothed with glandular hairs; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, opaque, uniform, superior 

 ones downy beneath ; calyx cup-shaped, 5-parted ; corolla more 

 than twice longer than the calyx; cells of capsule 1-seeded. 

 0. H. Native of North America, from Lake Winepeg to the 

 Western Ocean ; and at the sources of the Arkansas. Hook, 

 bot. mag. 2893. Heads of flowers involucrated like the rest. 

 Corolla with a rufous tube, and a rose-coloured limb. Segments 

 of calyx 3-veined. 



Zinear-leaved Collomia. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 foot. 



4 C. GRANDIFLO'RA (Dougl. in bot. reg. t. 1274. Hook. bot. 



