1734 



* COLLINSIA bicolor. 

 Two-coloured Collinsia. 



DIDYNAMIA AKGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Scrophularine^. (Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 228.) 



COLLINSIA. Supra, vol. 13, fol. 1082. 



C. bicolor ; follis ovato-lanceolatis basl subcordatis, laciniis calycinis ovatis. Ben- 

 tham in Hort. Trans, n. s. vol. 1. p. 480. 



Annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, pedulis, v. paulo altior, levissime 

 pubescens. Folia glabra, ovata, subsessilia, serrata ; siiprema minora integer- 

 rima. Flores verticillatim spicati, speciosi. Calyx glanduloso-pubescens ; 

 tubo pallida ; laciniis viridibus, ovatis acutis. Corolla omnino ut in C. gran- 

 diflora sed duplo major^ et colore diverso ; labium superius cum tubo album, 

 inferius roseo-purpureum. 



A new and handsome hardy annual, introduced by the 

 Horticultural Society from California in 1833. Nothing is 

 known of the circumstances under which it is found wild, 

 nor is it possible to tell, in the absence of native specimens, 

 how far the cultivated plant equals the wild appearance ; 

 but, as far as can be ascertained at present, it thrives per- 

 fectly in common black garden mould ; it has not been tried 

 either in loam or peat. 



It grows from a foot to a foot and half high, and produces 

 its pretty two-coloured blossoms most copiously in May and 

 June, when it has been sown the previous autumn ; if sown 

 in May, it will flower in August and September. 



A very few plants only have yet been raised ; so that 

 it is still very rare, although they seeded in some abun- 

 dance. 



See folio 1082. 



