minentat the top, resembling3 lobes. Seeds dark-brown, solitary
in each cell, convex on the outside, marked with a deep
furrow within. Albumen copious, cartilaginous. Embryo pale
yellow. Cotyledons oval, longer than the radicle.
Introduced from Chile, by Mr. Hugh Cuming. It is distinguished
from the C. Cavanillesii of Messrs. Hooker and
Arnott, by its much smaller flowers, and by the tube of the
corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx in length, while in that
species it is nearly twice as long.
It is a hardy annual, of very easy culture, and ripens its
seeds freely, which come up spontaneously in the open
border.
Our drawing was taken at the O Botanic Garden, Chelsea,
in July last.
The genus is scarcely distinguishable from Gilia, except
by the stamens being inserted in the tube of the corolla, and
by the monospermous cells of its capsule ; but Collomia hete-
rophylla, in which the seeds are occasionally solitary, and
rarely ever more than two, would, perhaps, justify their
union. D. Don.
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1. Calyx, with the bractes. 2. Corolla laid open to show the insertion o f the stamens.
3. Pistil 4. Capsule.