1174 
COLLOMIA erandifléra. 
Large-flowered Collomia. 
ee es 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYWNIA. 
Nat. ord. PoLEMONIACER. 
COLLOMIA. — Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1166. 
C. grandiflora ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis lucidis ciliato-glandu- 
losis, caule ramoso pubescente, capitulis hemisphericis pruinosis, corolla 
ventricosd: limbo erecto. Lindley, supra, fol. 1166, in nota. 
C. grandiflora. Douglas journal ined. 
Caulis erectus, teres, ramosus, purpureus, in solo pingui 2-pedalis, versis 
fastigium pubescens. Folia ovato-lanceolata, sessilia, glanduloso-ciliata, 
supra lucida, Flores in capitulis hemisphericis aggregati, foliis bractei- 
formibus undique glandulis irroratis involucratt. Calyx villosus, glandu- 
losus, infundibularis. Corolla C. linearis, sed ocrea, 3-pld major, ventricosa, 
limbo erecto. Capsule 3-valves, calyce incluse, triloculares, trisperme, 
dehiscentid loculicidd. Semina oblonga, fasca, facie sulcata, mucosa, sed 
minus quam C. linearis. 
A much finer species of Collomia than that figured in 
the last Number, discovered by Mr. Douglas in the north- 
west of North America, in all the country bordering on 
the river Columbia, as far to the eastward as the valleys 
of the Rocky Mountains, but not beyond that great di- 
viding ridge. . 
It is a hardy annual, flowering abundantly in June 
and July. It grows about 2 feet high, and should be cul- 
tivated in a shady border in any poor soil among other 
plants. If in hot, dry, and exposed places, it is apt to 
perish before flowering or ripening its seeds. If in rich 
soil, it produces too many leaves and too few flowers. 
The glandular fringes of the leaves and bractew are a 
pretty microscopic object. 
Stem erect, round, branched, purple, in rich soil be- 
coming 2 feet high, towards the summit pubescent. Leaves 
