PHLOX FAMILY 



(Polemoniacece) 



Herbs and shrubs with mostly regular flowers; calyx and 

 gamopetalous corolla 5-parted, the 5 stamens inserted on the 

 corolla tube. Style usually 3-lobed. Corolla twisted in the 

 bud. 



BIRD'S EYE (Gilia tricolor, Benth.). Flowers funnel-form, 

 ^ inch long, the spreading lobes pale lilac, the tube yellow with 



5 purple spots at the throat; borne in few- or several-flowered 

 clusters, on rather short peduncles. Leaves twice-pinnately 

 parted into narrow divisions. A slender, branching, annual. 



6 inches to 1 or 2 feet high. Common on hillsides of Western 

 Middle California, blooming in the spring and early summer. 



This charming wilding was one of the discoveries of that 

 famous pioneer collector David Douglas, whom the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of London sent to the Pacific Coast in 

 quest of floral novelties nearly a century ago. Under a number 

 of forms it has been a favorite in gardens both abroad and in 

 our own country, being of easiest culture. 



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