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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Collinsia—continued. ах. 
» grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl., corolla pale purple, dilated, 
кө — (ip blue; pedicels verticillate. May to July. 
l, lower ones spathulate; superior ones oblong-linear. h, 1ft. 
Columbia, 1826. (B. R. 1107.) E 
C. parvifiora (small-flowered). fi. purple, blue. 
California, &c., 1826. Trailer. (B. R. 1082.) 
C. sparsiflora (scattered-flowered). fl. violet. 
California, 1836. i : 
C. tinctoria (dyers) Л. pale pink. May. h. lft. California, 
1848. 
C. verna 
June. А. lft. 
May. А. lft. 
C. violacea (violet) fi 
1. fine veadi ra and 
Arkansas, &c., 1871. 
COLLINSONIA (named in honour of Peter Collinson, 
F.R.S., a well-known patron of science and correspondent 
of Linnzus; he first introduced this and a host of other 
plants to English gardens). Овр. Labiate. Strong- 
scented, rather coarse-growing, hardy herbaceous plants 
or shrubs. Flowers pedicellate, solitary; pedicels opposite, 
disposed in simple, but usually paniculately-branched, 
racemes; corolla exserted, sub-campanulate. They grow 
well in common garden soil, but prefer sandy peat, and a 
moist situation. Propagated readily by dividing the roots, 
in spring. 
С, anisata (Anise-scented).* Л. pale yellow ; panicle dense. Sep- 
tember. /. broad-ovate, a little toothed, roundly truncate at the 
base, wrinkled, pubescent on the nerves beneath, and on the 
stems, which are a little branched. h. 2ft, to 3ft. South United 
EN This species requires protection from severe frosts, 
C. canadensis corolla yellow, four times longer 
than the calyx; panicles elongated, loose, таву Зона 
ie pt 1. broad-ovate, acuminate, rounded at the base, sub- 
, glabrous. Stems branched, glabrous, or a little downy. 
1754, This hardy perennial has 
scent, which is agreeable, but very strong. 
(from kolla, glue; in reference to the 
seeds being enveloped in a mucilaginous substance, of a 
most remarkable character). Овр. Polemoniacew. This 
genus is allied to Gilia, and contains about a dozen species 
of very pretty hardy annuals, Flowers disposed in dense 
corolla bright violet ; upper lip paler. 
remotely Киме Sin. to 1%. 
j are of very easy culture 
soil, and may be treated like Collinsia 
C. Cavanillesii (Cavanilles), A synonym of C. grandiflora. 
C. coccinea (scarlet).* f. deep red ; corolla more than ‘twice 
. as long as the calyx. June to October. 1, lanceolate linear; 
ceolate, quite entire, or deeply two to four- 
h. Plant erect, branched, 
до 1851. SYN. C. Cavanillesii’ 
uncommon reddish- 
pruinose, 
North-west America, 1820: 
(various-leaved). Л. lish, few, in ile 
{. alternate, petiolate: deeply and doubly 
nt. 
by an involucre of the ц 
1. linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, or diy а. 
orter ones almost ovate. alternate, patent, sessile 
ife - 1828. Ап 
annual. (B. M. 2893.) | 
(from kolokasia, the Greek name for 
Aroideg (Aracee). 
of stove herbaceous plants, with a perennial 
ri Flowers unisexual; the 
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| Colocasia— continued. 
Fig. 501, CoLoCASIA ANTIQUORUM. _ 
C. antiquorum (ancient).* Taro. /L, spathe green, with the 
lamina or blade Gn or more long, much longer than the spadix 
. ovate, more or less potato and cordate, often above lft. lof 
and broad. A. 2ft. East Indies (cultivated in South Europ 
and throughout the tropics), 1551. See Fig. 501. 
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Ба. 502. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA. 
