Colensoa
(named in honour of the Rev. W. Colenso, who assisted Hooker in the investigation of the botany of New Zealand). ORD. Campanulaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a glabrous, erect herb, suffrutescent at base. It will thrive in sandy loam, and would probably succeed in the open air, in a warm, sheltered place. Propagated by seeds or by cuttings. C. physaloides (Physalis-like). fl. very pale bluish, 1 1/2in. long, bilabiate, the upper lip divided into two linear lobes; stamens free of the corolla tube, the filaments scarcely connate; racemes short, terminal, leafless, few-flowered. Summer. fr. a violet, globose berry, crowned by the linear, green calyx teeth. l. alternate, petiolate, elliptic-ovate, acute, doubly serrated, 4in. to 6in. long. h. 2ft. to 3ft. New Zealand, 1886. (B. M. 6864.)