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will produce their Flowers as they 

 lie out of the Ground : but this will 

 greatly weaken their Roots. The 

 manner of planting their Roots be- 

 ing the fame as Tulips, C5>. I fhall 

 forbear mentioning it here, referring 

 the Reader to that Article: and alfo 

 for fowing the Seeds, by which means 

 new Varieties may be obtained, I 

 fhall refer to the Article of Xiphion ; 

 where will be proper Directions for 

 this Work. 



COLE WORTS. Vide Braf- 

 fica. 



COLETTA VEETLA. 

 This Plant was firft titled, by 

 Dr. Linnaeus, Prionitis, in the Ca- 

 talogue of Mr. Clifford's Garden ; 

 fince which, it has been removed to 

 Father Plumiers Genus of Barleria ; 

 but as it is yet uncertain whether the 

 Characters of this Plant will agree 

 with thofe which Plutmer has en- 

 graven to the Barleria, I have chofen 

 to continue the Name to this P)ant, 

 which is fixed to it in the Hortus Ma- 

 labaricus, where it is well figured 

 and defcribed ; and it is from this 

 Figure, and the Description, that 

 Dr. Linnaus has drawn the Cha- 

 racters ; for I have not heard, that 

 any of the Plants have produced 

 Flowers in Europe. 



In the native Places of its Growth, 

 which is on the Ccaft of Malabar, 

 it feldom rifes more than four or 

 five Feet high : the Stems are hard, 

 but not lignous ; more like thofe of 

 the Butchers-broom, than any other 

 Plant. The lateral Branches are pro- 

 duced by Pairs cppofite, and the 

 Leaves come out in the fame Order. 

 At the Wings of the Leaves are pro- 

 duced long Spines, at fome Places, 

 by Pairs oppofite ; and at others, 

 there are four ftanding in form of a 

 Crofs. The Flowers are alfo pro- 

 duced from the Wings of the Leaves, 

 after the manner of the verticillate 



Plants. Theie f lowers are tubulous, 

 and of an irregular Figure, being 

 cut into five unequai Segments at 

 the Top ; they are of a yellow Co- 

 lour, inclining to red toward their 

 Upper-parts. 



This Plant requires a Stove in 

 Winter, otherwife it cannot be pre- 

 ferved in this Country ; but a mo- 

 derate Warmth will agree better 

 with it, than if it is placed in a 

 greater Heat. The Sol muft be 

 light and fandy, otherwife it will not 

 thrive. It is propagated by laying 

 down of the tender Branches, which, 

 if duly watered, will take Root in 

 one Year, when they may be fe pa- 

 rated from the old Plant , and each 

 put into a feparate Pot. The beft 

 time for performing this Work is in 

 Jfril, juft before the Plants begin 

 to moot ; which is alfo the proper 

 Seaibn for laying dewn the Branches. 

 COLOCAS1A. Vide Arum. 

 COLLINSONIA. 



The Characters are ; 

 // bath a labiated Flower of one 

 Leaf, having a cylindrical Tube, 

 which is not equal at the Brim, where 

 it is cut into four Parts, the middle 

 Segment being cut into many /mail 

 hairy Segments, which are Jintel/d 

 out beyond the Tube : in the Middle 

 of the Flower are Jituatcd two long 

 Stamina, which are er eel : the Pointed, 

 which is f.tuated in the Enpubment, 

 fupports a long Stylus, which is b'oad 

 and inclined: when the Flower is 

 pajl, there appear the Rudiments of 

 four Seeds, but fcldcm above two of 

 them are perfect. 



This Plant was fo named by Dr. 

 Dillenius, who was Profenor of Bo- 

 tany at Oxford, in Honour to Mr. 

 Peter Collinjon, F. R. S. wr>o in- 

 troduced this Plant, among many 

 Other-, from North - America. We 

 have no EvgUJh Name for this Plant, 

 and at p relent but one Species ; viz. 



