GILIA 



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volucellate ; calj-x partly herbaceous, scarioui? beIo\^ 

 the sinuses ; lobes narrow and acute ; corolla salver 

 form or funnel-form to campanulate or almost rotate ; 



902. Gilia grandiflora { 



filaments not bearded at base : seeds 

 or a few suffruticose." 



Several of the Gilias are popular i 

 biennials (a few perennial i. They 

 culture, being vigorous, li:ir.l\ :iiiil 

 are mostly dwarfish, and air . \r, 11. i 

 edgings or rockeries. Seeds iir:iy !■ 

 plants are to grow. Any goo<i 



en annuals or 

 ■ f the easiest 

 ifi-rous. They 



Following are the names in the American trade: 



C. Foliage entire or at 



1. grandifldra, Gray {Call 



Fig. 902. Erect, with minut.- 



1-2 ft. high: lvs. linear-huu 



below but scarcely petioled. 



>i>ni-Ji parted. 

 ,!,hflai-n. Dough). 

 ■Ill irddish stems, 

 olilong, narrowed 

 ute : fls. many, in 

 dense terminal heads, buff or salmon color, redder in- 

 side, 1 in. long. Plains, W. of Rocky Mts. B.M. 2894. 

 B.R. 14:1174.-This and the next are interesting an- 

 nuals. Useful as bee plants. 



2. coccinea, Gray {Colldmia cocemea,'Lehm.}. More 

 slender: sti-ins not red: lvs. narrower (mostly linear), 

 somewhat cut at the ends: fls. smaller, slender-tubed, 

 yellow or buff outside and brick-red inside. Chile. B.R. 

 19:1622. 



rted or compound. 



4. congesta, Hook. A foot or less high, erect or 

 spreading, tufted : lvs. mostly 3-7-divided into linear 

 divisions: corolla white, the oval lobes nearly as long as 

 the tube: calyx teeth long-pointed, nearly equaling the 

 corolla. A stnall-fld. species growing from Wyo. W. 

 DB. Fls. not in close heads, but more or less scattered; 



or if capitate, the heads not leafy-subtended. 

 e. Plant perennial: seed only 1 in a locule : fls. 



5. debilis, Wats. Two in. or less high : lvs. oblong, 

 entire or ''-3-lobed petioled ■ fls solitarv and nearly ses- 

 s le the purple corolla a ii 

 the calyx S I tab " 

 re Pla f I e thai 1 to the locule 



CO U I I but ielatiietj small 



J I caj tate 



I PI t 1 to 2K ft 



lance 



lobes 



1 i 14 -\u oil fa 



form ( ai alba) There is 



FoUar/e pi 



xtely J 

 ■arreti 



Nutt. ) . Dwarf 



capitata 



The 



als 



lacimata R z & Pav Much 1 ke the last in 

 botan cal cbaia ters nd poss bl\ a form of it lower 

 and much more slender, the leaf -divisions mostly very 

 narrow (usually almost thread-like), the heads smaller 

 or the fls. sometimes even scattered. Chile.— The fine 

 foliage and compact habit make this species an excellent 

 garden plant. 



DD. Inflorescence mixed, capitate on themain branches, 

 scattered on the others. 

 8. achillesefdlia, Benth. Fig. 904. Stout (2-3 ft.) and 

 very branchy and bushy, the early main branches ter- 

 minating in large, dense heads, but the later, finer 

 growth bearing scattered fls.: lvs. small, with short, 

 linear lobes or teeth: fls. large, violet or purple-blue, 



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