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GILIA 



GILIA 



the corolla lobes oblong or obovate : capsules large. 

 W. Calif. B.M. 5939 (showing only capitate inflores- 

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



905. Gilia tricolor. 



Natural size. 



DDD. Inflorescence scattered or loosely cymulose. 



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

 grower, 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 (%in. long or nearly so), nearly or quite bell- 

 shaped, the corolla 2-3 times the length of the calyx ; 

 color of the roundish lobes violet and passing to whitish 

 at the base, of the throat brown-purple and of the tube 

 yellow. W.Calif. B.M. 3463. B.R. 20:1704.-One of 

 the commonest of garden annuals. There is a white 

 form (G. nivalis, Hort. ) and a rose-colored form (G. 

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

 ways a profuse bloomer. 



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

 fls. large and long-tubular, red (running into 

 white forms), the corolla very much surpassing 

 the subulate calyx lobes. (Ipomopsis.) 



10. coronopifdlia, Pers. (Ipomdpsis tlegans, Poir. 

 /. aurantlaca. and /. sanguinea, Hort.). STANDING 

 CYPRESS. Stem strict and unbranched, sometimes 6 ft. 

 high, very leafy : Ivs. pinnate, the divisions needle-like 

 and about 1 in. long: fls. many, 1% in. long, long-trum- 

 pet-shape, borne along the sides of the summit of the 

 stem, the calyx inconspicuous amongst the short bract- 

 lvs.,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 



west. B.R. 20: 1691. -Common old garden plant, and 

 worthy. Fls. scentless. 



11. aggregata, Spreng. (Ipomdpsis elegans, 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.R. 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 (as in No. 

 12) palmately parted. 



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



linear divisions. 



C. Corolla rotate-bell-shape, with a short, flaring tube. 



12. linifldra, Benth. (G.linifblia, Hort.). Fig. 900. Ten 

 to 20 in. high, diffuse and branchy : lower Ivs. 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. 



cc. Corolla salver-form, with a filiform and elongated 

 tube (Leptosiphon). 



13. densifldra, Benth. (Leptosiphon densiflbrus, 

 Benth.). Erect or even strict, 1-2 ft., hairy: Ivs. with 

 many filiform somewhat rigid divisions: fls. in rather 

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

 corolla scarcely longer "than the leaves; lobes of the co- 

 rolla spreading, obtuse, often dentate, nearly or quite as 

 long as the tube. Calif. B.M. 3578. B.R. 20:1725. 

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

 as var. alba, Hort. 



14. androsacea, Steud. (Leptosiphon androsdceus, 

 Benth.). Much like the last, but 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. micrantha, Steud. Fig. 907. Tufted, 8 in. or less 

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

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

 which is 1-1K in. long, and projecting- prominently 

 above the upper fascicles of Ivs., 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- 

 seus. 



906. Gilia liniflora (X %). 907. Gilia micrantha (X %). 



BB. Foliage of entire (but narrow) Ivs. 

 16. dianthoides, Endl. (Fenzlia dianthiflbra, Benth.). 

 Fig. 908. Tufted, 6 in. or less high: Ivs. narrowly lin- 

 ear, opposite : fls. 1-1 % in. long, lilac or purple, with 

 yellowish throat, the flat-spreading lobes denticulate or 



