Coleonema
(from koleos, a sheath, and nema, a filament; the filaments are fixed into sheath-like recesses of the petals). ORD. Rutaceae. Very ornamental small Health-like greenhouse shrubs, from the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white, axillary towards the top of the branches, solitary, on short peduncles. Leaves short, linear, scattered, very acute, beset with glandular dots. There are four species, all natives of South-west Africa. For culture, see Diosma. C. album (white). fl. white, small. Autumn and winter. l. suberect, linear-lanceolate, channelled above, with a straight, pungent mucro. h. 1ft. to 2ft. A small erect, nearly glabrous, shrub.
C. aspalathoides (Aspalathus-like). fl. white. Autumn. l. linear, keeled and sub-traingular, with a recurved mucro. h. 6in. to 3ft. C. juniperinum (Juniper-like). fl. white. Autumn. l. narrow linear, with a short, straight mucro, concave above, convex under-neath, shining. h. 1ft. to 2ft.
C. pulchrum (beautiful). fl. large, red. Autumn. l. spreading or recurved, linear, with a straight, pungent mucro, the diaphanous margin serrulate. h. 2ft. to 4ft. (B. M. 3340.)