GEUM 



GILIA 



.1335 



1088, and under 1099. L.B.C. 16:1527. Gn. 14:562; 

 45, p. 284. R.H. 1890, p. 305; 1881, p. 309. G. 4:487. 

 All erroneously as G. coccineum. 



Var. miniatiun, Hort. (G. ininiatum, Robt. Parker), 

 has fls. about two shades Ughter in color. A robust 

 form growing 2-3 ft. high, easily prop., and fls. from 

 April to end of July. Gn. 38:298, where it is supposed 

 to be a hybrid of G. chiloense var. grandiflorum x G. 

 aureum, which is a robust many-fld. form of G. mon- 

 tanum or else of G. chiloense x G. urbanum. 



Var. grandiflorum, Hort., is an improved form. 

 "The double-fltl. form of this seems to be a more general 

 favorite, the blooms lasting longer, though I thinlc they 

 lack the elegance of those of the simple form. They 

 begin to expand soon after May and are produced until 

 Oct."— D. K., in Gn. 38, p. 299. Var. plenum, Hort., 

 a semi-double form, is known. It has bright scarlet 

 fls. and is a good border plant. G. 10:495. 



BBB. Fls. chiefly dull red, mixed with yellow. 

 triflonmi, Pursh {Sieversia ciliata, Pursh). Low, 

 softly hairy: Ifts. verj- numerous and crowded, deeply 

 cut: fls. 3 or more on long peduncles; calyx purple, aa 

 long as the petals. Coulter says the petals are erect. 

 Arctic Amer. L.B.C. 17:1609. Fruit showy and inter- 

 esting all summer. 



AA. Not long and plumy in Jr. 



B. Style jointed and bent in the middle. 



c. Fls. purplish orange. 



rivale, Linn. Fig. 1632. St. erect and nearly simple: 



root-lvs. IjTate; st.-lvs. few, with 3 lobes or Ifts.: calyx 



brownish purple; petals purphsh orange, obovate and 



emarginate, narrowed into a claw. North temperate 



regions. Var. album, is also sold. 



cc. Fls. golden yellow. 

 macrophyllimi, WiUd. St. erect and hairy: lower Ivs. 

 pinnatifid, 3-7-lobed, often with small Ifts. irregularly 

 placed on the rachis: fls. several, short-peduncled. E. 

 N. Amer. B.B. 2:221. 



BE. Style not jointed, straight. 



Rossii, Seringe. SUghtly pubescent above: scape 1-3- 

 fld.; styles glabrous. Colo., arctic regions. — Fls. large, 

 bright yellow. 



G. atrococcineum, Hort., may be a typographical error for G. 

 atrosanguineura. — G. atrosangumeum, Hort., is presumably a 

 form of G. chiloense, with darker fls. than the type, and sold mostly 

 if not entirely, in its double condition.^-G'. bulgdricum, Hort.^(?). 

 G. Ewenii, Hort. has light orange fls. and Is said to be a good 

 border plant. — G. japonicum, Thunb., is sold, but little known. 

 St. flexuose, hirsute: Ivs. 3-5-Iobed, hirsute: fls. erect, yellow; petals 

 as long as the calyx: fr. hirsute, awned, recurved. Japan. 



WiLHELM Miller. 



N. Taylor, t 

 GEVTJINA (from the Chilean name). Also wTitten 

 Guevina. Proteacese. One species, G. Avellana, Mohna 

 (Syn., Quddria heterophylla, Ruiz & Pav.), sparingly 

 planted in Cahf. Chilean Nut. Chile Hazel. An 

 evergreen tree, with large, alternate odd-pinnate, dark 

 green, glossy Ivs. and white, hermaphrodite fls. in long, 

 axillary racemes: sepals 4, deciduous; stamens 4; ovary 

 nearly sessile, 1-celled and 2-ovuled, the style fihform: 

 fr. a somewhat fleshy drupe, about the size of a cherry, 

 coral-red when ripe, the seed having a pleasant-flavored 

 kernel, resembUng the hazel in taste and largely used 

 by the Chileans. G.C. III. 40:174. Prop, by seeds or 

 by green cuttings under glass. No trees of bearing age 

 recorded in U. S., although a tree approximately 50 

 years old is recorded as bearing in Devonshire, England. 



W. A. Taylor. 



GHERKIN: A small cucumber. The Burr or West Indian 

 gherkin is Cucumis Anguria. 



GIFOLA (anagram of fi7ajo) . Composite. About 10 

 species of small woolly composites, of no horticultural 

 significance, in warm and temperate countries. G. 



germdnica, Dum. {FUago germdnica, Linn.), the Cot- 

 ton-Rose, is a cottony annual plant somewhat Hke 

 leontopodium, which latter is now and then collected by 

 tourists and dyed like immortelles. It was called 

 Herha impia by the old herbahsts, because a new genera- 

 tion of clustered heads rises out of the parent cluster 

 as if undutifully exalting itself. It is native in Eu., 

 and has become naturalized in E. N. Amer. in dry 

 fields. St. erect, 6-18 in.: Ivs. lanceolate, upright, 

 crowded : heads small, rayless. 



GILIA (Phihpp Salvador Gil, Spanish botanist of the 

 latter half of the eighteenth century, collaborator with 

 Xaurez). Polemoniacese. Annual, biennial or perennial 

 herbs, mostly of western North America. 



Flowers smaO, of many colors, the corolla funnel- 

 form to bell-shape or sometimes salverform, 5-lobed; 

 stamens 5, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, 

 the filaments usually naked; ovary 3-loculed, with 

 axile placentae, the stigmas 3 (or sometimes 2). — Nearly 



1633. Gilia grandiflora. (X5i) 



100 species, as the genus is now understood by most 

 botanists. Giha is a very poljTnorphic genus, into 

 which Gray now (Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1, suppl.) throws Col- 

 lomia, Linanthus, Leptosiphon, Leptodactylon, Navar- 

 retia, HugeUa, Ipomopsis, Fenzlia. In this conception, 

 Giha is defined as follows: "Fls. naked, not involucel- 

 late; calyx partly herbaceous, scarious below the 

 sinuses; lobes narrow and acute; corolla salverform or 

 funnelform to campanulate or almost rotate; filaments 

 not bearded at base: seeds wingless: herbs, or a few 

 suff'ruticose." In cult, only G. califomica is woody. 

 It Ls not certainly hardy in the E. 



Several of the gihas are popular garden annuals or 

 biennials (a few perennial). They are of the easiest 

 culture, being vigorous, hardy and floriferous. They 

 are mostly dwarfish, and are excellent for low masses, 

 edgings or rockeries. Seeds may be sown where the 

 plants are to grow. Any good soil will suit them. 



achillesefolia, S. 

 aggrcgata, 12. 

 alba, ti, S, 10. 14. 

 androsacea, 15. 

 aureus, 16. 

 cahfornica, 18. 

 capitata, 6. 

 carmineus, 16. 

 coccinea, 2. 

 compacta, 10. 



INDEX. 



congesta, 4. 

 coronopifolia, II. 

 debiiis, 5. 

 densiflora, 14. 

 dianthoides, 17. 

 grandiflora, 1. 

 hybridiLS, 16. 

 laciniata, 7. 

 liniflora, 13. 

 tini/olia, 13. 



major, 6, 8. 

 micrantha, 16. 

 minima, 3. 

 multicaulis, 9. 

 nana, 10. 

 nivalis, 10. 

 rosea, 8. 10, 16. 

 speciosa, 17. 

 eplendens, 10. 

 tricolor, 10. 



