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Collinsonia foliis cordatis op- 

 pofitis. Collinfonia with heart- 

 fliaped Leaves growing oppofite. 



This Plant was brought from Ma- 

 ryland, where it grows wild 5 as it 

 alfo does in fome other Parts of 

 America, by the Sides of Ditches, 

 and in low moilt Grounds, where 

 it ufually rifes to the Height of four 

 or five Feet ; but in England it fel- 

 dom grows above three Feet high ; 

 und unlefs it is planted in a moift 

 warm Situation, or in dry Weather 

 is duly watered, it rarely flowers 

 well ; therefore many People keep 

 the Plants in large Pots, for the 

 more convenient watering them : 

 but thefe Plants feldom produce 

 good Seeds ; whereas thofe which 

 are planted in the full Ground, and 

 are conftantly watered, will ripen 

 Seeds very well in good Seafons. 



This Plant may be eafily propa- 

 gated by parting the Roots in 

 Oclober. Thefe Roots mould be 

 planted at three Feet Diftance ; for 

 their Roots require much Nourifli- 

 mcnt, otherwife they will not thrive. 

 This Plant will live in the open 

 Ground, if it is planted in a Iheltered 

 Situation. 



COLOCYNTHIS, Coloquintida, 

 or Bitter gourd. 



The Characlers are ; 



// is in all rf peels like tie Gourd, 

 excepting the Leaves of this Plant 

 being deeply jagged, and the Fruit be- 

 ing excefivcly bitter, and net eatable. 

 The Species are ; 



I. Colocynthis fruclu rotunda, 

 major. C. B. The greater Coloquin- 

 tida, with a round Fruit. 



2 Colocynthis fruclu aurantio 

 fmili. Toum. Coloquintida with a 

 Fruit refembling an Orange. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 pf this Plant, which are very com- 

 mon in divers Parts of the Eaft and 

 ^Vejl-lndiss but as few of ;hem 



come to any Maturity with us, I mail 

 pafs them over, with only obferving, 

 that whoever hath a mind to culti- 

 vate any of thefe Plants, muft fow 

 them upon an Hot-bed, and manage 

 them as is directed for raifing early 

 Cucumbers ; to which I mall refer 

 the Reader. 



COLUMBINE. Vide Aqui- 

 legia. 



COLUMNEA. This Plant hath 

 no Englijh Name. 



The Characlers are ; 



// hath a pcrfonated Flovoer cf one 

 Leaf, vohofe Upper -lip is forked and 

 hollovo : the Under -lip is divided into 

 three Farts : from the Empalemer.t 

 arifes the Pointal, vjhich afterward 

 turns to a foft globular Berry, divided 

 into two Cells, tvbicb are full of 

 fmall Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Columnea fcandens, ph cent ceo 

 fore, fruclu albo. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Climbing Columnea, with a fcarlet 

 Flower, and a white Fruit. 



2. Columnea fcandens, fore lu- 

 tefcente, fruclu albo. Plum. Nov. Gen. 

 Climbing Columnea, with a yellow- 

 ilh Flower, and a white Fruit. 



Thefe Plants are Natives of the 

 warmeft Parts of America ; fo are 

 too tender to live in England, unlefs 

 they are preferved in the Stove. 

 They are propagated by Seeds, 

 which muft be fown in a good Hot- 

 bed ; and when the Plants come up, 

 they muft be treated in the fame way 

 as other tender Exotic Plants, which 

 are kept in the Bark-ftove. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 laying down their tender Shoots, 

 which, if duly watered, will take 

 Root in about three Months; when 

 they may be cut off from the old 

 Plants, and planted into feparate 

 Pots, and afterward treated in the 

 fame manner as the Seedling-plants. 



COLUTEA, 



