BIW Polemoniaceae 
HH. Leaves not at all needle-shaped; style nearly as long as the 
corolla. W.C. E. 
F, diffusa Benth. 
EE. Calyx not at all woolly; leaves hispid-ciliate. 
I. Leaves 5—6 mm. long, grooved: W. C. 
F. condensata Nels. 
II. Leaves 8—14 mm. long, usually not grooved. C. E. 
F. caespitosa Nutt. 
BB. Flowers not solitary, the annual growth 1—5-flowered. E. 
P. aculeata Nels. 
AA. Loosely tufted, or many-stemmed from an intricate base; leaves not crowded, 
spreading, little or not at all fascicled in the axils; flowers in cymes, slender peduncled. 
J. Style long, usually equalling the corolla-tube. 
K. Leaves broadly lanceolate to ovate. U. 
P. adsurgens Torr. 
KK. Leaves narrowly-lanceolate to linear. 
L. Inflorescence not glandular. E. (JP. linearifolia.) 
P. longifolia Nutt. 
LL. Inflorescence glandular. 
M. Only the inflorescence viscid-pubescent. 
P. viridis Nels. 
N. Leaves | mm. wide. E. 
NN. Leaves 2—3 mm. wide. E. 
P. stanburyi Hel. 
MM. More of the plant than the calyx viscid-pubescent. 
O. Hairs minute; plant glandular-puberulent. E. 
I. puberula Nels. 
OO. Hairs coarser; whole plant viscid-pubescent. E. 
FP. viscida Nels. 
JJ. Style short, not longer than the ovary, much shorter than the corolla-tube. 
P. Upper leaves of the flowering stems dilated at base. 
Q. Leaves linear, soft; cymes loose. E. (P. speciosa elatior; P. speciosa 
sabini. ) 
P, speciosa Pursh 
QQ. Leaves lanceolate, rigid; cymes dense. E. 
P. lanceolata Nels. 
PP. Upper leaves of the flowering stems not dilated at base. 
R. Leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate. C. E. 
F. whitedii Nels. 
RR. Leaves lanceolate. E. 
F. occidentalis Dur. 
GILIA (Linanthus) GILIA 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves oppesite or alternate, entire or cleft or dissected, pin- 
nately or palmately veined. Flowers solitary or cymose or thyrsoid or paniculate or 
capitate. Calyx campanulate or tubular. Corolla funnelform or tubular or campanulate 
or salverform; lobes ovate or obovate or oblong. Stamens equally or unequally inserted 
on the corolla. Capsules ovoid or oblong, at length bursting the calyx. Seed mucila- 
ginous when wet, in some species giving off spiral threads. (Honor of F. Gil, a Span- 
‘ish botanist. ) 
A. Shrubs; leaf-segments needle-shaped, alternate; corolla salverform, yellow. E. 

