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GILIA* capitata. 
Capitate Gilia. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PoLEMONIACER. 
GILIA Fl. Per. — Calyx membranaceus, obconicus, 5-fidus, glaber, 
laciniis univeniis. Corolla infundibularis, 5-fidus. Stamina sinubus corolle 
inserta. Ovarium annulo obscuro circumdatum.  Capsula trilocularis, 
3-valvis, loculicido dehiscens, axi libera trialata. Semina cuique loculo 
plura, mucosa. Herbee (Americane) foliis divisis, floribus sepiis 
ceruleis, nudis. 
G. capitata; glabra, foliis bi-pinnatifidis: segmentis linearibus incisis, floribus 
sessilibus densé capitatis. Hooker in bot. mag. t. 2698. | 
Caulis erectus, bipedalis, teres, ramosus, undique glanduloso-pilosus. 
Folia irregulariter bi-tripinnatifida, glabra, lacinis lineari-lanceolatis sub- 
falcatis, sepe hinc incisis; suprema palmata lacinits linearibus. . Flores 
terminales, spicd nudé, longée pedunculatd, basi ramosd,. dense capitatd, 
ovatd aggregati. Calyx inferus, obconicus, membranaceus, angulatus, limbo 
erecto, 5-fido, laciniis ovatis, viridibus, marginatis, medio univeniis, corolla 
multd brevioribus. Corolla hypogyna, cerulea, infundibularis, limbo erecto, 
5-partito, laciniis linearibus, acutis. Stamina 5, sinubus corolle inserta, 
edque breviora. Antheree cerulee, ovales, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 
Ovarium minimum, subrotundum, disco obscuro annulari circumdatum, tri- 
loculare, ovulis cuique loculo pluribus, peltatis. Stylus filiformis, staminibus 
brevior. Stigma ¢trélobum. Capsula oblonga, calyce persistente vestita, 
ovalis, papyracea, 3-locularis, 3-valvis, valvis medio intus carinatis, carind 
angulis axeos libere triquetre adversd. Semina cuigue loculo quatuor, 
oblonga, mutud compressione angulata, epidermine mucilagine tenact aqud 
facillimé solubili scatente. : 
Common all over the face of the north-west country of 
North America, where it was discovered by Mr. Douglas. 
A pretty, hardy annual, with lively blue flowers, beginning 
to appear about the middle of June, and remaining in 
* Named in honour of Philip Gil, a Spaniard, who published at Rome, 
in conjunction with Casparo Xuarez, phytological observations upon various 
exotic plants cultivated about Rome. The work appeared in quarto, in 1789. 
