HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



The type species is Himalayan, and the variety common in the grasslands 

 of the Chino-Tibetan borderland at elevations of 8,500-11,500 ft. 



Plants raised from seed flowered at Coombe Wood for the first time 

 in 1905. 



GERANIUM PLATYANTHUM, Duthie. 



Gard. Chron. 1906, vol. xxxix. p. 51. 



A handsome hardy herbaceous perennial with three to five lobed leaves 

 on erect stems 2 to 2| ft. in height, bearing in profusion large rosy purple 

 flowers ; raised from seed collected in Central China 1901. 



GERARDIA LANCEOLATA, Benth. 



Syns. Vvrgula/ria lanceolata, Ruiz & Pav. 

 Gard. Cliron. 1849, p. 564. 



A herbaceous plant with rose-coloured Pentstemon-like flowers from 

 North Chili, distributed in 1849. 



Of a genus difficult to cultivate, not perfectly hardy, it was soon lost 

 to cultivation. 



GILIA CALIFORNICA, Benth. 



Syns. Leptodactylon californicum, Hook. & Arn. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4872 ; Gard. Chron. 1855, p. 423 (Notice of Exhibit) ; The Florist, 1855, 

 pi. 105 ; PI. des Serres, 1856, torn. i. 2nd ser. p. 79. 



A half-hardy annual through William Lobb, by seed from San ^ (r^L^o v*JLAf 

 Bernardino, South California, though David Douglas first made known < 

 the plant by dried specimens from the same locality ; Coulter had also 

 previously met with it. tt 



Exhibited in flower for the first time in June 1855. 



GILIA DIANTHOIDES, End. 



Syns. Fenzlia dianthijlora, Benth. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4876; PI. des Serres, 1856, torn. i. 2nd ser. p. 89. 



Discovered in California by Douglas, later introduced to our gardens 

 from the same locality through William Lobb, and flowered during the 

 summer of 1855. 



Excellent as a bedding-out plant, closely ramified and spreading, 

 furnished with filiform branches, completely covered and concealed by 

 numerous blossoms of a delicate lilac. 



GILIA LUTEA, Steud. Nomencl. 



Syns. Leptosiphon luteus, Benth. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4735 ; PI. des Serres, torn. ix. p. 97. 



Seed of this species, first detected by Douglas about the year 1833, 

 was sent by William Lobb in 1852 from California. 



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