152 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
6.— GILIA ACHILLE^FOLIA, Benth. THE MILFOIL-LEAVED GILIA. 
EsGRiTiNGs.— Bot. Reg. t. 1682 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3440 ; Swt. Brit. 
Flow. Gard. N.S. t. 280 ; Paxt. Mag. of Bot. 1 , p. 150 ; and omfig. 
3, in Plato 28. 
Specific CniRACTEa Stem erect, emoothieh. Leaves tulce or 
thrice pinnate ; segments or leaflets linear-subulate. Corymbi 
capitate, many-flowered, on very long peduncles. Calyxes rather 
woolly. Corollas twice as long as the calyx. Stamens shorter than 
the corolla. — {Benth.) Flowers purple. 
Description, &c. — A pretty species of Gilia, not quite so well known as G. tricolor., but still tolerably 
common in gardens. It has smooth pale-green leaves, and a branching stem, seldom growing above a foot high ; 
and its flowers, though not so pretty as those of G. tricolor, are valuable from the long time they last. It is a 
native of California, whence its seeds were sent home by Douglas with those of G. tricolor. Its culture is the 
same as that of the other Californian annuals, and its seeds may be procured in every seed-shop. 
r.— GILIA CAPITATA, Doug. THE CLUSTERED-FLOWERED GILIA. 
Engiuvings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2698 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1170 ; Swt. Brit, i Varieties. — G. c. 2 alba, Hort., our fig 2, in Plate 28. Flowers 
Flow. Gard. t. 287; Bot. Gard. t. 202 ; and out fig. I, in Plate 28. | white. 
Description, &c. — This species is very inferior in beauty to the other kinds. It has long slender stems 
three feet or four feet high, and the flowers, which are small, are produced in clusters. It was the first species of 
Gilia, introduced from California, having been sent home by Douglas in 1826. It only looks well in a large 
garden, where it should be in masses. A bed of it of considerable size has a very good efifect, but a single plant 
has a very untidy, straggling appearance. The white variety merely difiiers in colour from the species. Seeds 
are common in all the seed-shops, and they should be sown in the open border in March or April. 
OTHER SPECIES OF GILIA. 
These are nearly all marked as having been introduced ; but we have never seen them in flower, and we do 
not know where seeds of them are to be procured. 
G. LINIFOLIA, Benth. 
This species has large white flowers and palmate leaves. It was found in California by Douglas, and seeds 
of it sent home in 1833. 
G. PHARNACEOIDES, Benth. Bot. Reg. 1622. 
Only differing from the preceding in the flowers being about half the size. It was discovered in the same 
country, and sent home at the same time. It flowered for the first time in this country in 1847- 
G. PUSILLA, Benth. 
Only diflfering in the flowers being still smaller than the last, and in the plant being prostrate. Found in 
Chili, by Dr. Bertero, and introduced in 1832. 
G. SESSEI, G. Don ; syn. G. PINNATIFIDA, Sesse et Mooino. 
Stem dwarf, and much branched ; leaves pinnatifid. Flowers produced in fascicles ; corolla with a filiform 
tnbe, and braeteas long. A native of Mexico, not introduced. 
