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CHELONE barbata. 
Scarlet Chelone: 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA... 
Nat. ord. BieNowim. Jussieu. gen. 137. 
Div. I. Fructus capsularis bivalvis, Caulis herbaceuss . 
CHELONE. Cal. 5-parütus.S-bracteatus, Cor, basi . 
fauce inflata, limbo bilahiata, superiüs emarginata, inferiìs 3-fida, :, Fila». 
mentum. quintum sterile, ceteris brevius.. Stylus 1. Stig, 1. Caps 
(supera) ovata, 2-loc. 2-valv. polysperma, valvis medio sepiiferis, re- 
ceptaculo centrali valvularum septis applicito ; semina numerosa margine 
membranacea. Herba basi Hgnosa, oppositifolia, flores denad- sncati: 
terminales. : Character ex. C. glabra.” Jussiew gen. 137: 
c. barbata, labio inferiore corolla. barbato, fauce . hiente,. foliis integer». 
rimis; radicalibus: petiolatis, spastiulate-lanceolatis, canlinis sessilibus. 
lanccolatio, floribus. pendujis paniculatis.. Manch. suppl. meth. pl. 
167. 
Chelone barbata. Cavan. ic. 3. 99. t. 249. Willd. sp. pl. '$. 226, 
Hort. Kem. ed. 9:4. F. > 
Chelone fôrmoga. Mendl. bot. beobacht. 51.: Thompson's bot. displ. 4. 
C. Ruellivides. | Andrews's seposit:34.. 
Herba perennis, lactescens ; radix fbrosa, rhisomate, ferme. 
LEM sea pares, terete, erecti, glabri, glaucesemntes ac jti 
3 '5. Sim olia opposite, patentia, caulina. distantia, , 
uk evadqni fma mn a ica, ned dit 
Sere longa latitudine Panicula caulis continua, longa, . 
erecta, opposite Mn, Pinus ""ricbfalidoéa ; fores cerned, Bn Cli solia 
tariis, erectiusculis, axillaribus dichotomo-bifloris, ferie d i» ¡Diacsacia 
sub singulo pedicello, imis, corollâ longioribus. Cal. 
baceus, connivens; acubus, “persistens, Cor. miniaìo-felgeiy ae padalino eolgnis, 
sulsesquiuncialis, i suprà ventricosiorig limbus. semitringena,. brevis, : labio: was 
periore perrecto, obtuso; inferiore di , inis flavo-barbato. Fil. glaa, 
imo tubo accreta, summa duo basi ulboso-incraisata ; anth. didyma, lobis 
verticali-divaricatis. Germ. pyramidatum ; stylus filiformis; stigma ob- 
fusum, 
A perennial herbaceous species, tolerably hardy and 
very ornamental. Native of Mexico. Introduced i in 1794 
by Sir Joseph Banks, and now become very general in our 
-gardens, 
lt may be said to be suffrutescent, as thê caudex; or 
upper continuation of the rootstock, never dies com- 
pictely à down to the ground. The whole plant, except the 
loom, is smooth, glaucous, and lactescent; leaves op- 
