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CHELONE obligua, 
Purple Chelone. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Bicnonix. Jussieu gen. 137. 
Div. I. Fructus capsularis bivalvis. Caulis herbaceus. 
CHELONE. Suprà fol. 116. 
C. obliqua, foliis petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis inegualitêr serratis oppo- 
sitis levibus; floribus densé spicatis: corollis purpureis... Manch 
meth, 442. 
Chelone obliqua Linn. syst. veg. ed. 13.463. Hort. Kew. 2. 330. ed. 
2.4.7. Willd. pis. 225. Schkuhr hand. 2. 188. t. 172. 
Chelone glabra. £. Linn. sp. pl. 2. 849. Michaux bor. amer. 2. 24. 
Pursh amer: sept. 9. 427. . 
Chelonê purpurea. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 9. WN 
Chelone foliis ovato-lanceolatis serratis, floribus rubris. Mill. ic. tab. 93. 
Chelone floribus speciosis pulcherrimis colore Rose damascene. — Clayt, 
n. 974. ‘ 
Digitalis Mariana serratis densioribus rigidis et angustis foliis, semine 
Fagopyri. Plik. mant. 64. t. 348. f. 3. 
Herba nnis radice nie, Caulis articulato-fistulosus, big lis, 
Histantr foliotus, modô axillis ramosus. Folia decussata, triuncialia, ob- 
longo-lanceolata, acuminata, rachide utrinque parallelo-nervosá, nervis denti- 
busque conspersis pilis articulatis. Spice: terminales, densatim multiflore, 
decussato-tetrasticha, bracteis herbaceis icibus ovato-acuminatis ( mediâ 
majore) distincte. Cal. 5-partitus foliolis ellipticis concavis apice rotundatis, 
Cor. semiringens, roseo-purpurascens; tubus brevissimus, angustus ; faux 
magna, oblonga, plano-convexa ; limbus coarctalus, parous ; labio ya 
infers obtuso emarginato, inferiori reflexo trifido intüs barbato. — Fil. > 
, compressa, pilosa; sterile quintum rubellum: anth. didyme lanate. 
Stylus longitudine staminum : stig. obiusum. Caps. ovato-globosa, glabra, 
dissepimento duplicato ez inflexis vd oularum marginibus formato; receptacu- 
lum ob m fungosum, in axi capsule positum, cum dissepimento non con- 
hatum. Sem. numerosa, deorsüm imbricata, membranaceo-marginata. Plue 
rima Linnzó Gertner et Mcench suppeditata. . 
A well-known hardy perennial, flowering in the au- 
tumn; native of North America, where it is found at tbe 
sides of rivulets, on the high mountains of Virginia and 
Carolina. Sent to Miller by Mr. Clayton in 1752. It is 
found to grow freely with us, and: is easily propagated by 
the creeping root; but thrives most in damp shady posi- 
tons. Mr. Pursh is of opinion with some other botanists, 
that the plant is not specifically different from the white sort 
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