1174 



COLLOMIA grandifldra 



Large-flowered Collomia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



' Nat. ord. Polemoniace 



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COLLOMIA. — Supr^, vol. U.fol. 1166. 



C. grandiflora ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis lucidis ciliato-glandu- 

 losis, caule ramoso pubescente, capitulis hemisphericis pruinosis, corolla 

 ventricosa : limbo erecto. Lindley, stiprd^foL 1166, in not d. 



C. grandiflora. Douglas journal ined. 



Caulis erectuSy teres, ramosuSy purpureus^ in solo pingui 2-pedaliSy versus 



fastigium pubescens. Folia ovato-lanceolata, sessilia, glanduloso-ciliata, 



suprd. lucida. 

 formibus und\ 



Flores in capitulis hemisphericis aggregati^ foliis bractei- 

 s undique glandulis irroratis invobicrati. Calyx villosus^ glandu- 

 losuSy infundibular is . Corolla C linearis, sed ocrea, Z-plo major, ventricosa, 

 limbo erecto. Capsulee S-valves, calyce inclusce, triloculares, trispermcB, 

 dehiscentid loculicidd. Semina oblonga, fasca, facie sulcata, mucosa, sed 

 minils quhm C, lineariL 



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X A much finer species of Collomia than that figured in 

 the last Number, discovered fcy Mr. Douglas in the north- 

 west of North America, in all the country bordering on 

 the river Columbia, as far to the eastward as the valleys 

 of the Rocky Mountains, but not beyond that great di- 

 viding ridge. 



It is a hardy annual, flowering abundantly in June 

 and July. It grows about 2 feet high, and should be cul- 

 tivated in a shady border in any poor soil among other 

 plants. If in hot, dry, and exposed places, it is apt to 

 perish before flowering or ripening its seeds. If in rich 

 soil, it produces too many leaves and too few flowers. 

 The glandular fringes of the leaves and bractese are a 

 pretty microscopic object. 



Stem erect, round, branched, purple, in rich soil be- 

 coming 2 feet high, towards the summit pubescent. Leaves 



