644 



the corolla lobes oblong or obovate : capsules large. 

 W. Calif. B.M. 59:!9 (showing only capitate inflores- 

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

 rose. 



DDD. Inflorescence scattered or loosely cymulose. 

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

 grower, 2-2>2 ft. high, sparsely pubescent: Ivs. 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 corcill.'i 2-3 times the length of the calyx ; 

 color of the r.iiiiMli^li L.ljrs xi'ilrt and passing to whitish 

 at till! Ii.t-.. (.1 III. I hi Hill 1,1 ONI n-]iurple and of the tube 

 yellow. W (iihr, |;.\i. :;i.i:;. B.R. 20:1701. -One of 

 the ooiriiiKnir^j Ml i;:ii-,lrii aiiiiuals. There is a white 

 form {<r. iiirali.':, Hurt.) and a rose-colored form (G. 

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

 ways a profuse bloomer. 

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



. til, 



nto 



the suliulal 



10. coronopifolia. 

 /. auraniUua aii.l 

 Cypress. Stt-m ^u- 

 high, very le:il'> : I 

 and about 1 in. Ion 

 pet-shape, borne al 

 stem, the calyx 



Hl.niiu'.i.sis /l,,,„ns. Poir. 

 nnniiea. Hort.). .ST.\NDiN(i 

 iiiil.riinched, sometimes (i ft. 

 ■ Ill , the divisions needle-like 

 iiMiiy. IH in. long, long-tnini- 



^ides of the summit of the 

 ngst the short bract- 



Ivs., 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 



01 LI A 



worthy. 



11. aggregita, Sprcng. {Ipomdpsis (legans, Lindl.). 

 Differs in mostly shorter stature and more slender 

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

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

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

 scarlet or sometimes nearly white. A very showy 

 biennial. 



AA. Lvs. opposite, entire, or, if alternate (us in No. 



12) palmately parted. 

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



linear divisions. 

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



12. linifldra, Benth. (G.iJni«;ia, Hort.). Fig.90(j. Ten 

 to 20 in. high, diffuse and branchy : lower lvs. 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 Linum 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: lvs. with 

 many filiform somewhat rigid divisions: fls. in rather 

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

 corolla scaroily lontrcr thnn the li'aves; lobes of the co- 

 rolla sprcaiiiiiir. nl.m^c. nfti n .l.iitnte, nearly or quite as 

 long as tlir tiihc. i;,lit, i;.M. :!r,78. B.R. 20:1725.- 

 Common tiaidni annual. The white-fld. form is known 

 as var. alba. Hurt. 



14. androsd,cea, Steud. (Liploslphon androsAceus, 

 Benth.). Much like the last. l)ut 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. micrintha, Steud. Fig. 907. Tufted, 8 in. or less 

 high, the stems most leafy near the top: lvs. short, fas- 

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

 which is 1-1>2 in. long, and projecting prominently 

 above the upper fascicles of lvs., 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- 

 seiis. 



BB. Folia(i 



IG. dianthoides, I 



Fig. 908. 'I'nfii .1. i 



ear. opi)o.sitc : 11-. 



yellowish throat, th 



mi narrotv) lvs. 

 '/ ■lianthifldra, Benth.). 

 ]iii.'li: lvs. narrowly lin- 

 1^', lilac or purple, with 

 ing lobes denticulate or 



