Collomia
(from kolla, glue; in reference to the seeds being enveloped in a mucilaginous substance, of a most remarkable character). ORD. Polemoniaceoe. This genus is allied to Gilia, and contains about a dozen species of very pretty hardy annuals. Flowers disposed in dense heads, propped by broad, ovate, quite entire bracts; corolla salver-shaped. Leaves alternate, the lower ones rarely opposite, rarely pinnatifid. They are of very easy culture in ordinary soil, and may be treated like Collinsia (which see). C. Cavanillesii (Cavanilles'). A synonym of C. grandiflora. C. coccinea (scarlet).* fl. deep red; corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. June to October. l. lanceolate linear; upper ones ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, or deeply two to four-toothed at the apex. h. 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. Plant erect, branched, beset with glandular down. Chili, 1831. SYN. C.