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date at the base^ broadly ovate, acuminate, with broad 

 teethj surface smooth, with small veins. 



Inflorescence in a terminal leafless panicle, formed 

 by branched racemes — Flowers opposite on long pe- 

 duncles, with short subulate bracteoles. Calix cam- 

 panulate, with five subulate teeth, forming two lips, 

 the lower lip h longer and wilii two segments. Co- 

 rolla yellowish, tubular at the base, spreading above 

 in two lips ; the upper lip is very short and notched, 

 the lower lip is lobed on the sides, and fringed 

 around. Two lx3ng protruding stamina, filaments fili- 

 form, anthers oval. Style protruding. Seeds oftea 

 abortive, and only one ripening. 



UISTORY—Col/insouiu is a genus peculiar ta 

 North America, and dedicated to Coilinson, an En- 

 glish botanist and phllosopiier. It was at iirst formed 

 by this single species, but has since been increased by 

 many others, which have all the same habit: where- 

 by the genus is easily distinguished from the Salvia 

 (Sage), Monarda and Lycopus, genera belonging to 

 the same natural order af Labiate, and section ot 



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having some tetrandrous species : wherefore It might 



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mia of Llnn^us ! 



The species with four stamina are C ^nisatctj 

 C. lonv^ijlora ^' C. Verticillaris ^. ludov. They 

 must of course form a peculiar subgenus, which I have 

 called Hypogon ; and perhaps conriistency requires to 

 make a genus of it, in order to obviate the anomaly 

 jjitclasisiucation. However, they aU possess thesa^^^* 



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