Archive image from page 157 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 520. 521. Collinsia bicolor. Collinsia bicolor. var. alba (X K). C0LL6MIA. This genus is included by Gray in Gilia, which see. CoUomia is derived from kolla, glue, from t
Archive image from page 157 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 520. 521. Collinsia bicolor. Collinsia bicolor. var. alba (X K). C0LL6MIA. This genus is included by Gray in Gilia, which see. CoUomia is derived from kolla, glue, from the large quantity of mucus in the outer covering of the seed. When these seeds are placed in water, the mucous matter dissolves and forms a cloud about them. This cloud, according,to Lindley, 'depends upon the presence of an infinite multitude of exceedingly delicate and minute spiral vessels lying coiled up, spire within spire, on the outside of the testa, and the instant water
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