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CoLLOMIA GRANDIFLORA. LARGE-FLOWERED 
CoLLoMIiA, 
Class and Order. 
PrentanpriaA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Potemontiscez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. obconicus, 5-fidus, glandulosus. Cor. subhypocra- 
teriformis limbo 5-fido : Stamina intra faucem tubi inserta, 
inequalia. Capsula trilocularis, trivalvis, valvis obcor- 
datis, loculicido -dehiscens, axi libera trialata: loculis 
mono- di-spermis. Semina mucosa. (Flores involucratis.) 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Cottomia grandiflora; foliis lato-lanceolatis nitidis inferio- 
_tibus sepissime serratis glabris superioribus ramisque 
junioribus pubescentibus, capitulis viscosis, corolla 
limbo obliquo erectiusculo tubo vix breviore. 
one grandiflora. Douglas Journ. ined. Bot. Reg. t. 
174. | | 
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Descr. Annual. Much stronger in its growth than the 
Subject of the last plate, Cornomsa parviflora. The stem 
reddish purple, striated, pubescent above, the branches 
‘rect, pubescent. The leaves large, shining; the lower 
ones quite glabrous, and inciso-serrate, the upper ones en- 
tire, glanduloso-pubescent. Heads of flowers larger, few 
More showy. Calyx smaller in proportion to the size of 
the corolla, viscid with glandular hairs; the teeth more 
obtuse. Corolla at first yellow, when fully expanded, the 
limb becomes of a salmon colour, and is never spread hori- 
Zontally, but stands nearly erect, with a degree of obli- 
quity in the oval segments; its whole breadth is ane 
equa 
