GILIA CORONOPIFOLIA. 



{Raven-footed Gilia.) 



LINNEAN SYSTEM. ^, NATURAL ORDER, 



POLEMONIACEJi. JuSS. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Gilia. Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, margine et sinubus membranaceus. Corolla infun- 

 dibuliformis vel subcampanulata. Limbo 5-partito, laciniis obovatis integris. Stamina ad 

 faucem vel vix intra tubum inserta. Antherce ovato-subrotundse. Capsu Ice loculi polyspermi. — 

 Benth. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5 divisions, having the margin sinuses membranaceous. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, or somewhat bell-shaped. Limb 5-parted, divisions obovate, entire. Stamens inserted 

 in the throat of the corolla, scarcely in the tube. Anthers roundish, ovate. Cells of the Cap- 

 sule many-seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



G. Coronopifolia. Caulibus strictis paniculatis glanduloso-pubescentibus. Foliis pectinatim 

 pinnatis ; laciniis filiformibus apice setaceis. Corollis elongatis tubulosis limbi patuli laciniis 

 oblongis acutis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. p. 1691. 



Stem erect, paniculate, glandularly downy. Leaves comb-shaped, winged ; divisions filiform, 

 bristly at the apex. Corolla lengthened, tubular, limb spreading, divisions oblong, acute. 



Gilia coronopifolia. — Pers. 



Ipomopsis elegans. — Lin. Ex. Bot. 



Ipomopsis picta. — Hort. Gallic. 



This plant was called Ipomopsis, and was considered by Dr. Lindley as a 

 genus distinct from Gilia : however, it has lately undergone an examination by 

 Mr. Bentham, who decides it to be essentially the same as Gilia, and making 

 H. Ipomopsis a section, under the following character : — " Leaves alternate, pin- 

 natisected, or pinnatifid. Flowers axillary, or glomerate. Tube of the corolla 

 elongated, longly protruding." 



The above writer also separates the North-west American species from that of 

 Carolina, in consequence of the following differences. Gilia coronopifolia, our 

 present plant, is a native of Carolina; it is covered all over with glandular 

 pubescence, its leaves have very narrow divisions, which taper off to a fine point ; 

 the segments of the corolla are not refiexed, but spreading, fiat, and with slight 



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