. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. enua. to Wis. and Ky. 492 grandifl6ra, Dougl. Height 4-12 in.: lvs. roundish and stalked; whorls 3-9-fld.: as long as the fls.: lower lip deep blue or violet;upper lip white or purple: throat of the corolla sac-like,as broad as long, or as long as the upper lip : seedsroundish, smo
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. enua. to Wis. and Ky. 492 grandifl6ra, Dougl. Height 4-12 in.: lvs. roundish and stalked; whorls 3-9-fld.: as long as the fls.: lower lip deep blue or violet;upper lip white or purple: throat of the corolla sac-like,as broad as long, or as long as the upper lip : seedsroundish, smooth. Shady hills of Calif. ^_ jj_ C0LLINS6NIA (after Peter Collinson, the friend ofLinnaeus and John Bartram, a most interesting man).LabiAtw. Horse-balm. Horse-weed. genus of 4 species confined to Atlantic N. perennial herbs with large, odorous, ovate, ser-rate, mostly long-stalked lvs., thick roots, and simple orpanicled, naked, terminal racemes of yellow or whitishfls. The following is of the easiest culture and may beobtained from dealersin native pla Canadensis, 2-4 ft.: lvs. 4-9in. long, broadly c pani-cled : calyx in fl. 1 line,5 lines long:•yellow,lemon - scented, % Rich woods, Can-ada to Wis., and south COLLOMIA. This genus is included by Gray in Gilia,which see. CoUomia is derived from kolla, glue, fromthe large quantity of mucus in the outer covering ofthe seed. When these seeds are placed in water, themucous matter dissolves and forms a cloud about cloud, according to Lindley, depends upon thepresence of an infinite multitude of exceedingly delicateand minute spiral vessels lying coiled up, spire withinspire, on the outside of the testa, and the instant water COLLOMIA is applied tliey dart forward at right angles with thetesta, each carrying with it a sheath of mucus, in whichit for a long time remains enveloped in a membranous COLOCASIA (old Greek substantive name). herbs with c
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