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high. Leaves slender, but pinnate with many small leaflets. Flowers 

 trumpet - shaped, golden yellow, in a short leafy spray; July. 

 Perennial. 



G. CAPITATA (headed). Stems 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves deeply cut 

 pinnately, the slender segments again pinnate. Flowers blue, in dense 

 heads on long stalks ; June to August. Annual. 



G. CORONOPIFOLIA (buckhorn-leaved). Stems 2 to 3 feet high. 

 Leaves pinnate, the leaflets very long, very slender, and far apart. 

 Flowers scarlet, varying in cultivation to bright red, and yellow spotted 

 with red ; August and September. Half-hardy biennial. Plate 187a. 



G. DENSIFLOR A (dense-flo wered). Leaves rather rigid, with thread-like 

 divisions. Flowers lilac, or nearly white ; June. Native of California. 



G. DIANTHOIDES (Pink-like). Stems 2 to 5 inches high ; leaves 

 slender. Flowers variable, generally lilac or pale purple, with darker 

 purple or yellowish throat ; July. Introduced from California, 1855. 



G. LiNiFLORA (Flax-flowered). Stems 1 foot high. Leaves pal- 

 mately divided. Flowers solitary, white, on long stalks; July to 

 September. Annual. 



G. MiCRANTHA (small-flowered). Stems softly hairy, 9 inches high. 

 Leaves divided into five or seven slender segments. Flowers small, rosy, 

 numerous ; the corolla-tube long and slender ; August. The var. aurea 

 has golden-yellow flowers. Annual. Also known as Leptosiphon roseus. 

 G. TRICOLOR (three-coloured). Stems 1 foot high. Leaves twice 

 pinnate, the segments very slender, almost awl-shaped. Flowers purple 

 and lilac with a deeper shade in the centre ; another form has the short 

 tube orange coloured, the margin light purple or white, with an inter- 

 mediate band of deep purple ; June. There are also varieties with white 

 or violet flowers. Annual. Plate 187b. 



cultivation. Gilias do best in a light soil and sunny position. The 



smaller species are very suitable for edgings. Most of them 

 may be treated according to the usual routine for annuals, sowing the 

 seeds thinly in March or April where they are intended to flower. 

 G. coronopifolia should be sown about August in pots, and the young 

 plants wintered in a cool house or frame, planting out about April. 

 This species must have a well-drained position. 



Description of Plate 186. Gilia androsacea. Fig. 1, flower en- 



Piate8i86andi87.1arged; 2, section of same; 3, a seed, natural size and 

 enlarged ; 4, a seedling. 



Plate 187. A, G. coronopifolia, the red and yellow forms: Fig. 1, 

 section of flower. B, G. tricolor : Fig. 2, a seed, natural size and enlarged : 

 3, a seedling. 



