GIL'IA CAPITAL A. 
CLUSTER-FLOWERED CILIA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
POLEMONEACE M. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced. 
N. America. 
2 Jr feet. 
July, Oct. 
Annual. 
in 1826. 
No. 202. 
The term Gilia, used to distinguish this species 
of plant, was invented by Cavanelles, in honour of a 
Spanish botanist, named Philippa Salvador Gilio, 
who published a botanical work at Rome ; and also 
wrote a history of some of the Spanish territories of 
America. Capitata, from the Latin, headed ; in 
allusion to its prominent heads of blossoms. 
The seeds of this newly introduced annual were 
received by the Horticultural Society, from Mr. 
Douglas, in the spring of 1826 ; at which time he 
was pursuing his botanical researches through North 
America, where this flower prevails in cultivated 
fields. It has much of the character of Scabiosa, 
and though not of very gay or splendid aspect, still 
for its delicate foliage, and abundance of blossom, it 
is deserving of a place in the mingled flower bor- 
der. The seeds of the (Enothera Lindleyana also, 
our preceding subject, were, we believe, transmitted 
from Mr. Douglas at the same time. 
It grows and blossoms in pots, or in the full ground, 
but is more strong and full of flower in the latter. It 
may be sown in the early part of April, and will 
only require the usual management of annuals. 
Bot. Mag. 2698. 
