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(3488+) 
-CoLLInsIA BICOLOR. Two-coLouRED 
CoLLInsIA. 
Class and Order 
DipynAmMiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—ScropuutaRin&. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus, equalis. Corolla bilabiata, tubo supra 
gibbo, limbo inequali; labio superiore erecto bifido im- 
- feriore trifido. Stamina didynama. Capsula globosa, 4- 
valvis, oligosperma. 
_ Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cotuwsia * bicolor; foliis ovato-acuminatis serratis basi 
subcordatis, nervis subparallelis, verticillis (infimis ex- 
ceptis) aphyllis. 
Coxuinsia bicolor. Benth. in Hort. Soc. Trans. N.S v. 1. 
p. 480. Bot. Reg. t. 1734. . 
A very handsome hardy annual ; detected in California by 
the late Mr. Doveras, and by him introduced to the garden 
of the Horticultural Society in 1833; whence it has been 
liberally distributed to other collections. Our plants flow- 
ered in August in the Glasgow Botanic Garden. — 
Descr.. The stems are upright, but weak and flexuose, 
slightly downy. Leaves opposite or ternate, sessile, ovate~ 
acuminated, glabrous, serrated, somewhat cordate at the 
base, marked, with a few nerves which run nearly ponte 
wit 
* So named by Mr. NuTTaLL, in compliment to Mr. ZACCHEUS COLLINS, 
a Botanist and Mineralogist of Philadelphia. 
