Colutea

(Bot.) A genus of plants, order Fabaceæ. They are shrubs with unequally pinnate leaves. C. ar borescens, the bladder-senna, is a hardy, free-flowering shrub, native of Italy, ., and growing almost alone on the summits of Mount Vesuvius. Its leaves are used instead of senna. Colville, in Kentucky , a post-office of Harrison co. Colville Valley, in Washington , a valley that takes its name from an English fort in Columbia, Lat. 480. It is about 50 m. long, and 3 wide, and large quantities of very rich land are unoccupied. Pinckney City (called also Colville) has recently been established, and already has a pop. of over 300. Near it are the U. States military post (Fort Colville), and the Indian reservation. This vicinity, since 1854, has attracted much attention as a gold-mining region. Gold is found in all the streams and bars from the Spokane River to the N. boundary, and up the Pen d'Oreille to the Catholic Mi ion. Col'vin's Creek, in N. Carolina, a post-office of New IMG:content-0285.png:[blocks in formation] They are solitary, keen-sighted, and wary. The Great Northern Diver, or Loon, C. torquatus , of N. America, is 31 inches long, and the wing 14 inches. The Black throated Diver, C. arctic us , of the northern regions, is about 28 inches long, and the wing 12 inches. - The genus Podiceps , or Grebes, has the bill long, slender, and pointed; the head in the spring ornamented with tufts. These birds frequent lakes, rivers, and the seacoast. When alarmed, they remain beneath the surface of the water, exposing only the bill. The Crested Grebe of N. America, P. cristatus , sometimes called Cargoose, is 23 inches long, umber brown above, silvery white below. Col'za, n. See RAPE. Com-, a Latin prefix, used in composition for cum , before the letters, b, p , and m, signifying to , with , or against . See CON.