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GILIA TRICOLOR. 
(THREE COLOURED GILIA.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
POLEMONIACEiE. 
Generic Character Calyx membranaceous, smooth or covered with downiness, in five parts. Corolla 
somewhat funnel-shaped, five-parted. Stamina inserted on the inner side of the corolla. Capsule 
three-celled. 
Specific Character. — Plant annual. Stem erect, covered with short glandular hairs. Leaves alternate, 
bright green, shining, pinnatifid, covered with hairs towards the base, at the extremities nearly smooth. 
Flowers growing in pairs, hanging somewhat loosely, seldom forming a compact head. Calyx shorter 
than the tube of the corolla, covered with downiness. Corolla light purple towards the edges of 
the segments, becoming nearly white as it approaches the tube; throat of the tube dark purple, 
forming a broad circle just above the segments of the calyx; base bright yellow. Stamina about 
half the length of the corolla. 
GILIA ACHILLEiEFOLIA. 
(MILFOIL-LEAVED GILIA.) 
Specific Character — Plant annual. Stem erect, hairy. Leaves alternate, pinnatifid, covered with 
hairs towards the base, and nearly smooth at the extremity. Flowers growing in corymbs, more 
dense than those of G. tricolor , but nothing like the G. capitata. Calyx shorter than the tiibe of 
the corolla, downy. Corolla bright purple. Stamina half the length of the corolla, inserted within 
the throat of the tube. 
These two new hardy annuals are natives of California, and have been lately sent 
from thence to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Douglas. They will thrive in any 
kind of light soil, and require treating in the same manner as other hardy annuals. 
Our plants at Chatsworth are now blooming very freely, both in the open borders 
and in pots, and have keen for some time. They promise to produce abundance of 
seeds, and will therefore probably become common in a short time. We made our 
drawings in the beginning of June, and, from the supply of flowers still in advance, 
we anticipate they will continue to ornament our borders until late in the autumn. 
