Colquhounia
(named after Sir Robert Colquhoun, Bart., at one time resident at Kumaon). ORD. Labiatoe. Elegant and curious evergreen, twining or scandent, usually tomentose, not pilose, shrubs; well fitted for ornamenting rafters in greenhouses or conservatories. Whorls loose, axillary, or approximating into a terminal spike; bracts minute; corolla bilabiate, with an exserted incurved tube, and a dilated throat, naked inside. Leaves rather large, crenate; those of the upper parts of the branches, near the inflorescence, reduced to small bracts. A light rich soil, or one composed of equal parts loam, sand, and leaf mould, suits them well. Young cuttings will root readily, in the same kind of compost, under handlights, in summer.
C. coccinea (scarlet).* fl., corolla scarlet, twice the length of the calyx; whorls few-flowered, approximating into a spike, which is leafy at the base. September. l. nearly glabrous, roughish, ovate, acuminated, 3in. to 4in. long. Nepaul. (B. M. 4514.) C. tomentosa (tomentose).* fl. brilliant orange-red, in crowded whorls. l. densely covered with greyish tomentum. Nepaul. A tall branching shrub. It may be grown out of doors in warm situations, in summer. (R. H. 1873, 131.)