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CoOLLINSIA HETEROPHYLLA. VARIABLE- 
: LEAVED COLLINSIA. 
ERR EEK KEKE EEE EE EREE 
Class and Order. 
DipynamMiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—ScropHunaRInE&. ) — 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus, equalis. Corolla bilabiata, tubo supra 
gibbo, limbo inzquali ; labio superiore erecto bifido, inferi- 
ore trifido. Stamina didynama. Capsula globosa, 4-valvis, 
oligosperma. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Cotzinsi4 heterophylla ; foliis inferioribus trilobatis, supe- 
rioribus ovato-acuminatis ; pedunculo floribus breviore, 
calycibus glanduloso-pubescentibus ; laciniis corolle 
apice rotundatis, crenatis, lobis medio labiorum inferi- 
orum subacuto, labio superiore fauce subintegro. 
This, the handsomest species of Cotiinsia yet known, 
was found by Nurrazt on the Columbia, and was raised 
at the Experimental Garden, Edinburgh, by Mr. James 
M‘Nas from seeds transmitted to him under the name 
adopted, by Mr. Buisr of Philadelphia in Spring last. 
From Coxuinsia grandiflora our plant is easily discriminated 
by its pubescent filaments and calyx ; from C. parviflora and 
verna by its short peduncles; and from C. bicolor I have 
attempted to distinguish it, by its lobate lower leaves, by 
the coarser hairs on its calyx, by the rounded (not retuse) 
crenate segments of the corolla, by the sub-acute middle 
lobe of the lower lip, and by the nearly entire border to the 
upper side of the throat. It extremely nearly resembles C. 
bicolor, but the flowers are larger, and the character — 
