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257. Gilia linearis GRAY. Usually simple-stemmed, some- 

 times branched diffusely from near the base; sticky, especially 

 around the flowers, corolla pink, with yellow tube, small. 

 Along the Platte; Clear Creek, near Berkeley. Summer. 



258. Gilia gracilis HOOK. Low and spreading; flowers 

 scattered, numerous, very small, pink with yellowish tube; 

 capsules becoming large and noticeable; seeds without muci- 

 lage. Common in early spring on the plains. 



259. Gilia longiflora DON. Diffusely spreading, flowers very 

 numerous on slender stalks, corolla pale blue or white, salver 

 form with a long tube. Spring to fall. Often with flowers and 

 dry seed pods on same plant. 



260. Gilia pungens BENTH. Low and spreading, with 

 woody stems; leaves spiny, numerous, and small; corolla 

 white, fragrant This blooms in the evening and the flowers 

 close the next morning. The plants have the appearance of 

 tiny Coniferse. Common on the plains. Early summer. 



261. Gilia aggregata SPRENG. (RED GILIA.) Stems tall, 

 simple, or branching; the long salver-form scarlet or white 

 corollas in a close panicle, leaves with narrow linear divisions. 

 Along the Platte. Summer to fall. 



262. Gilia pinnatifida NUTT. Leaves clustered at the root, 

 stem simple and branched above, or sometimes diffusely spread- 

 ing from the base. Flowers very numerous in a much branched . 

 panicle. Corolla white-veined or mottled with light blue. 

 Stamens with blue filaments, anthers conspicuous and longer 

 than the corolla. Along the Platte and Cherry Creek, Clear 

 Creek. Summer to fall. It grows in sandy places along the 

 river bottom. 



263. Gilia inconspicua DOUGL. Slender, erect, branching 

 above, about a foot high; leaves once or twice pinnately di- 

 vided into short, narrow, bristle-pointed lobes; corolla small 



