Colea
(named in honour of General Sir G. Lowry Cole, a governor of the Mauritius). ORD. Bignoniaceoe. Stove evergreen shrubs. Calyx sub-campanulate, five-toothed; corolla funnel-shaped; limb divided into five spreading lobes. Fruit oblong, fleshy, indehiscent. Leaves impari-pinnate, bi- or many-jugate. They thrive in a compost of peat and loam, both of a fibry texture, and mixed with a little sand and charcoal. Cuttings of ripe shoots will root in sand, if placed in a moist bottom heat, and covered with a glass. C. Commersoni (Commerson's). A synonym of C. undulata. C. floribunda (abundant-flowering).* fl. yellowish-white, in fascicles, nearly sessile, rising from the old wood. August. l. pinnate, verticillate, eight pairs; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, pointed. h. 10ft. Mauritius, 1839. (B. R. 27, 19.) C. undulata (undulated). fl. yellow and lilac, in racemes from old wood. Summer. l. whorled, pinnate, 2ft. to 4ft. long. Stem simple. Madagascar, 1870. SYN. C. Commersoni. (R. G. 669.)