

FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF ARIZONA 723 



17. Gilia dichotoma Benth. in DC, Prodr. 9: 314. 1845. 



Linarttfais dichotomus Benth.. Edwards' Bot. Reg. 19: pi. 1622. 

 1833. 

 Maricopa and Pinal Counties (probably elsewhere), 1,000 to 2,000 

 feet, dry mesas and slopes, not common, March. Southern Arizona, 

 southern California, and Baja California. 



Known in California as evening-snow. The very fragrant flowers 

 open in the evening, as in the next species. 



18. Gilia bigelovii A. Gray, Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 8: 265. 



1870. 

 Linanthus bigelovii Greene, Pittonia 2: 253. 1892. 



Mohave County to southern Gila and Pima Counties, 3,700 feet or 

 lower, common on dry mesas and slopes, March and April. Western 

 Texas to Utah and southern California. 



Corolla with a cream-colored limb streaked with crimson, the tube 

 mahogany-colored within. The var. jonesii (A. Gray) Brand (G. 

 jonesii A. Gray), characterized by a more compact habit and a gland- 

 ular calyx, has been collected at Beaver Dam and Yucca (Mohave 

 County), and near Sacaton (Pinal County). It is, perhaps, specific- 

 ally distinct. 



19. Gilia subnuda Torr. in A. Grav, Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 



8: 276. 1870. 

 Apache County to eastern Coconino County. 5,000 to 7,000 feet, 

 rocky hills, June and July. Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and northern 

 Arizona. A very attractive plant when in flower. 



20. Gilia multiflora Nutt,, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Jour. ser. 2, 1: 154. 



1848. 



Navajo County to Mohave County, south to Cochise and Pima 

 Counties, 4,000 to 9,000 feet, common on dry slopes, usually among 

 pines, July to September. New Mexico to southern Nevada and 

 Arizona. 



The leaves vary from all entire to all pinnatifid. An exceptionally 

 woody form with all (not merely a few) of the hairs glandular, has 

 been collected in the Santa Catalina Mountains (Kearney and Petbhs 

 10330). Medicinal use of the plant by the Indians has been reported. 



21. Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 626. 1825. 



Cantua aggregata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 626. 1814. 



Navajo County to the Kaibab Plateau (Coconino County) and 

 Hualpai Mountain (Mohave County), south to the Pinaleno Moun- 

 tains (Graham County) and the Bradshaw Mountains (Yavapai 

 County), 5,000 to 8,100 feet, mostly in open coniferous forests, June 

 to August. Montana to British Columbia, south to New Mexico, 

 Arizona, and California. 



Skyrocket. One of the showiest wild flowers of Arizona. The corolla 

 is normally brilliant red but sometimes pink or even pale orange. The 

 plant is sometimes cultivated in gardens. It is reported to be browsed 

 by livestock and deer, and the flowers attract hummingbirds. Of the 

 numerous variants, the most distinct one is var. macrosiphon Kearney 



