An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . onorthern New York, Iowa, North Carolina and Ten-nessee. Naturalized from Europe. 37. COLLINSONIA L. Sp. PL Tall perennial aromatic herbs, with large membranous petioled leaves, and terminalloosely panicled racemes of small, yellowish, mostly opposite flowers. Calyx campanulate,short,io-nerved,2-lipped, declined in fruit, usually pubescent in the throat; upp
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . onorthern New York, Iowa, North Carolina and Ten-nessee. Naturalized from Europe. 37. COLLINSONIA L. Sp. PL Tall perennial aromatic herbs, with large membranous petioled leaves, and terminalloosely panicled racemes of small, yellowish, mostly opposite flowers. Calyx campanulate,short,io-nerved,2-lipped, declined in fruit, usually pubescent in the throat; upper lip 3-toothed;lower 2-cleft. Corolla much longer than the calyx, obliquely campanulate, 5-lobed, 4 of thelobes nearly equal, the Sth pendent or declined, fimbriate or lacerate, much larger, appearinglike a lower lip. Anther-bearing stamens 2, not declined, much exserted, coiled beforeantithesis; bases of the filaments connected by a woolly ring; anthers 2-celled, or the sacsat length partially confluent. Ovary deeply 4-parted. Nutlets smooth, globose. [Named forPeter CoUinson, 1693-1768, an English botanist, and correspondent of Linnaeus.] Three species, natives of eastern North America, the following I. Collinsonia canadensis L.
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