Gilliesia
(named in honour of Dr. Gillies, of Mendoza, in Chili). ORD. Liliaceae. A genus comprising three species of bulbous herbs, natives of Chili. Flowers greenish, in terminal umbels; scape simple, leafless. Leaves few, radical, linear. G. graminea, the species best known to cultivation, thrives in a loam and peat soil, in a warm border; it requires a little protection in winter. Propagated by offsets.
G. graminea (grass-like). fl. green, inconspicuous, drooping; umbels divaricate, few-flowered; spathe two-valved, green, erect, persistent; scapes weak, terete, decumbent. September. l. radical, linear, channelled h. 1ft. Valparaiso, 1825. (B. R. 992.)