(glabra); we have abided by the Hortus Kewensis, ín 
which they are separated. The generic appellation was 
suggested to Tournefort by the figure, of the corolla, which 
his fancy had assimilated to the shell of a tortoise (xut) 
in miniature. 
The species will soon, we suspect, be supplanted in 
our gardens by the CHELONE Lyoni; Pursh amer. sept. 2. 
737 [major Curt. magaz. 1864] a rival sister of new appear- 
ance and of very near resemblance, but of much larger sta- 
ture throughout, a cordate-based ovate foliage, and a more 
resplendent flower. 
In our plant the stems are jointed and’ fistular, about 
two feet high, distantly leaved, sometimes branching from 
the upper leaf-axils. Leaves opposite, decussatéd, about 
three inches in length, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, rib. 
bedly nerved with a prominent midrib or rachis,.beset at 
the nerves and teeth by small articulated-hairs. -Spikes ter» 
minal, closely manyflowered, decussately tetrastichous or 
four rowed, with the flowers of two opposite rows crossing 
those of two intermediately opposed rows by alternate. 
pairs; bractes herbaceous, in threes, ovate, pointed, middle 
one the largest. Calyx 5-parted, leaflets elliptic concave 
round-pointed. Corolla semiringent or oscitant by the 
under lip only, rose-purple: tube very short, narrow ; faue 
ample, oblong, plano-convex; limb contracted, small; upper 
lip inflectent obtuse notched at the end or emarginate; 
lower reflectent trifid bearded within. Fertile filaments 4, 
white, compressed, hairy: the. fifth sterile red: anthers 
didymous or twinned, woolly. Style the length of the 
stamens: stigma obtuse. Capsule globular verging on ovate, 
smooth, with a double dissepiment or partition formed by 
the inflection of the margins of the valves; receptacle 
oblong spongy in the axis of the capsule; clear of the 
dissepiment: seeds numerous, imbricated downwards, with 
â membranous border. - 
The order of Bignoniacee, as limited by Mr. Brown, 
does not include the present genus; nor, indeed, any of 
the herbaceous genera comprehended in the Bignonie 
of Jussieu. ` 
‘ 
a The calyx. ¿Lower part of the corolla dissected, so as to show the 
four fertile stamens; and the fifth sterile filament. e The pistil. : 
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