the corolla lobes oblong or obovate : capsules large. 

 W. Calif. B.M. 59.39 (showing only capitate inflores- 

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

 rose. 



ODD. 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 (Kin. long or nearly so), nearly or quite bell- 

 shaped, the corolla 2-3 times the length of the cah-x ; 

 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. 20:1701.-One of 

 the commonest of garden annuals. There is a white 

 form {6. nivilis, 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 fetv or many in each locide: 

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

 white forms), the corolla vei-y much surpassing 

 the subulate calyx lobes. (Ipomopsis.) 



10. COTOnopifdlia, Pers. (Ipom6psis Uegans, Poir. 

 I. aurantlaca and /. sanguinea, Hort.). STANDtNG 

 Cypress. Stem strict and unbranched, sometimes 6 ft. 

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

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

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

 stem, the calyx inconspicuous amongst 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 



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

 worthy. Fls. scentless. 



11. aggregita, Spreng. {Ipomdpsis Hegans, 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 lery fine, the lvs. cut into thread-like or 



linear divisions. 

 c Coiolla rotate bell-shape, with a short, flaring tube. 

 12 Imifldra, Benth. (G.imiM/ia, Hort.). Fig. 900. Ten 

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

 op]! iMte hut the upper alternate, all palmately divided 

 1 m needle-like or spurrey-like divisions: fls. 



for the size of the plant, the corolla white 

 II irly rotate, the thin lobes obtuse. Calif. 

 -A useful tufty garden annual. The name 

 / / I IS meant to designate the resemblance of the 

 til tliose of Lnuim lenuifolium ; but some catalogue 

 [ei , e% identlj thinking that the name meant linear- 

 1 1 ed, and w as therefore inappropriate or an error, 

 changed the name to G. linifolia, under whichname 

 : known m the trade. 

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

 tube (Leptosiphon). 



13. densindia, Benth. (Leptosiphon densifldnis, 

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

 many filiform somewhat rigid divisions: fls. in rather 

 close heads, lilac or white, %-H 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. androB&cea, 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. 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!^ 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- 



906. Gil 



907. Gilia micrantha (X K). 



BB. Foliage of entire (but narmc) lvs. 

 16. diantholdes, Endl. (Fhizlia dianthifUra, Benth.) 

 Fig. 908. Tufted, 6 in. o 

 opposite : fls. 1-1 J^ 



high : lvs. narrowly lin- 



long, lilac or purple, with 



yellowish throat, the flat-spreading lobes denticulate or 



