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GILIA 



the corolla lobes oblong or obovate : capsules large. 

 W. Calif. B.M. 59.39 (showing only capitate inflores- 

 cence).— An old garden plant. Fls. vary to white and 



DDD. Inflorescence scattered or loosely cymulose. 



9. tricolor, Benth. Fig. 905. A very diffuse, twiggy 

 grower, 2-2'^ ft. high, sparsely pubescent: Irs. few on 

 the full grown plant, small, with many short, very nar- 

 row or needle-shaped divisions : fls. comparatively 

 large {%m, long or nearly so), nearly or quite bell- 

 shaped, the corolla 2-3 times the length of the calyx ; 

 color of the roundish lobes violet and passing to whitish 

 at the base, of the throat brown-purple and of the tube 

 yellow. W.Calif. B.M. 3463. B.R. 20:1704. -One of 

 the commonest of garden annuals. There is a white 

 form (6. ni^'Alis, Hort. ) and a rose-colored form {G. 

 rdsea, Hort.). Thrives with the least care, and is al- 

 ways a profuse bloomer. 



CCC. Plant biennial: seeds few or many in each locule: 

 fls. large and long-fubiilar, red (running into 

 white fo7-ms), the corolla \^er^i much surpassing 

 the subulate calyx lobes. [Ipomopsis.) 



10. coronoplfdlia, Pers. (Ipomdpsis ^legans, Poir. 

 /. aurantlaca and /. sanguinea, Hort.). Standing 

 Cypress. Stem strict and unbranched, sometimes 6 ft. 

 high, very leafy : Ivs. pinnate, the divisions needle-like 

 and about 1 in. long: fls. many, IJ-2 in. long, long-trum- 

 pet-shape, borne along the sides of the summit of the 

 stem, the calyx inconspicuous amongst the short bract- 

 lvs.,the corolla scarlet or pink-red and dotted and yel- 

 lowish within, varying to orange, its lobes obtuse or 

 nearly so and flaring. In dry soil, S. Car., south and 



west. B.K. 20:1691. — Common old garden plant, and 

 worthy. Fls. scentless. 



11. aggreg&ta, Spreng. {Ipomdpsis (legans, Lindl.). 

 Differs in mostly shorter stature and more slender 

 habit, with redder (sometimes white) fragrant fls.,witli 

 acute and reflexing corolla lobes. Neb., sonlh and west. 

 B.R. 15: 1281. -Probably not in cult. The fls. are fiery 

 scarlet or sometimes nearly white. A very showy 

 biennial. 



AA. Lis. opposite, entire, or, if alternate (as in No. 



12) palmately parted. 

 B. Foliage very, fine, the Ivs. cut into thread-like or 



linear divisions. 

 c. Corolla rotate-bell-shape, with a short, flaring tube. 



12. liniJldra, Benth. (G. ?i«i«;(a, Hort. ). Fig. 906. Ten 

 to 20 in. high, diffuse and branchy : lower Ivs. mostly 

 opposite, but the upper alternate, all palmately divided 

 to the base in needle-like or spurrey-like divisions; fls. 

 rather large for the size of the plant, the corolla white 

 or blush, nearly rotate, the thin lobes obtuse. Calif. 

 B.M. 5895. — A useful tufty garden annual. The name 

 liniflora is meant to designate the resemblance of the 

 fls. to those of Ilutnn tenuifolium ; but some catalogue 

 maker, evidently thinking that the name meant linear- 

 flowered, and was therefore inappropriate or an error, 

 has changed the name to G. linifolia, under which name 

 it is known in the trade. 



00. Corolla salver-form, with a filiform and elongated 

 tube (Leptosiphon). 



13. densifldra, Benth. (Leptosiphon densifldrus, 

 Benth.). Erect or even strict, 1-2 ft., hairy: Ivs. with 

 many filiform somewhat rigid divisions: fis. in rather 

 close heads, lilac or white, %-% in. long; tube of the 

 corolla scarcely longer than the leaves; lobes of the co- 

 rolla spreading, obtuse, often dentate, nearly or qxiite as 

 long as the tube. Calif. B.M. 3578. B.R. 20:1725.- 

 Comraon garden annual. The white-fld. form is known 

 as var. alba, Hort. 



14. andros&cea, Steud. (Leptosiphon androsdeeus, 

 Benth.). Much like the last, but the tube very slender 

 and much exserted beyond the calyx and leaves ; fls. 1 

 in. long, pink, lilac or white, in rather close heads, the 

 corolla lobes ovate-acute and entire, much shorter than 

 the tube. 12-18 in. Calif. B.M. 3491. B.R. 20:1710. 



15. micrAntha, Steud. Fig. 907. Tufted, 8 in. or less 

 high, the stems most leafy near the top; Ivs. short, fas- 

 cicled: fls. with an exceedingly slender thread-like tube 

 which is I-IK in. long, and projecting prominently 

 above the upper fascicles of Ivs., the corolla lobes 

 spreading and obtuse ; color range very wide, — from 

 purple to lilac, red, yellow and white. Calif. — A popu- 

 lar and important bedding plant. Forms of it are known 

 as Leptosiphon aureus, carmineus, hybridus, and ro- 



906. Gilia 



micrantha (X}^). 



BB. Foliage of entire (but narrow) Ivs. 

 16. diantboldes, Endl. (F/mlia dianthifldra, Benth.). 

 Fig. 908. Tufted, 6 in. or less high: Ivs. narrowly lin- 

 ear, opposite : fls. 1-lK in. long, lilac or piirple, with 

 yellowish throat, the flat-spreading lobes denticulate or 



