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COLEBROOKIA. Smith. 

 Aggregate. Commoji perianth imbricated ; proper be- 

 neatii, tive-clef't. Corolleis one-petalletl, irregular. Germ 

 superior, four-lobetl ; lobes one seeded ; attachiuent inferior. 

 Seeds four, naked. Receptacle naked. 



1. C. termfolia. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves three-fold, lanceolate, serrulate. 



A native of Mysore, from thence the seeds were sent by 

 Dr. Buchanan to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the 

 shrubs blossom in February and M irch. 



Trunk (in seven years old plants) short, thick, and woody. 

 Bark light-brown, and pretty smooth. Branches three-fold, 

 ascending; youncj shoots downy ; height of the Avhole plant 

 from five to eight feet. Leaves three-lobed, petioled, drooping, 

 lanceolate, serrate, soft, with much very fine down, from 

 four to six inches long, and from one to two broad. Petioles 

 round, very downy, about an inch long. Panicles terminal, 

 erect, composed of three-fold, cylindric aments, closely cover- 

 ed with numerous fascicles, of most minute, aggregate, white 

 flowers, on a naked. Hat, comiuon receptacle, surrounded by 

 a from ten to twenty-leaved common calyx, or involucre. 

 Calyx deeply five-parted ; divisions subulate, nearly as long- 

 as the corol, clothed with much, long, soft, fine, white wool. 

 These divisions lengthen much, and become more woolly by 

 the time the seeds are ripe, giving to the aments, or ramifica- 

 tions of the panicle, a nuich larger and more woolly appear- 

 ance than when in blossom. Corol monopelalous. Tube 

 short. Border four- parted ; npper divisions emarginate; iin- 

 der three-parted, with the middle segments longer, and 

 broader. Filament short. Anthers small, hid in the tube 

 of the corol. Germ four-lobed, hairy. Style twice the 

 length of the corol, half two cleft, and the rest seems compos- 

 ed of two portions, as in Perilla. Stigmas two, acute. Peri- 

 carp none. Seeds four, obovate, hairy, adhering to each 



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