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PENTSTEMON pulchellum 



Pretty Pentstemon. 



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PENTSTEMON. 



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V . pulchellum ; caule herbaceo pubescente, foliis sessilibus b'neari-oblongis 

 serrulatls glabris, panicula simplici secunda, calycibus pubescentibus, 

 coroUis ventricosis subpilosis eglandulosis, palato villoso, filamento 

 quinto barbato, staminibus tubi longitudine. 

 Cauh's erectus, ramosus, l^-pedalisy leviter puhescens. Folia linearis 



oblongaj serrulata, glabra^ suprema sessilia^ suoamplexicaulia. Paniculae 



ierminaleSf simplices, suhsecundiy pedunculis sub-btfloris^ bracteis longioribus. 



Sepala pubescentiay subglandulosa. 



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eglandulosa^ ventricosay albo venosa^ laciniis subcBqualibus ^ palato maculate 

 villoso. Stamina glabra, suprema tubi longitudine, quandoque exserta ;Jila' 

 mentum quintum his cequale, apice barbatum. 



A handsome, half-hardy perennial, native of Mexico, 

 whence seeds were brought, in 1826, to Mr. Tate, of Sloane 

 Street, in whose Nursery our drawing was made, in July 

 last, by Mr. R. P. Staples, to whom the same collection 

 owes many other valuable plants. "We understand that it 

 throve exceedingly, planted in a warm border exposed to 

 the south. 



This is very near P. campanulatum, from which it 

 differs principally in its corolla being paler, more inflated, 

 and destitute of glands, which abound on the corolla of 

 P. campanulatum. The leaves of this plant are also less 

 finely toothed, not so much acuminate, and of a more 

 oblong figure.* 



• It is to be observed, that Professor SprengeVs definition of P. cam- 

 panulatum is so erroneous, that it is to be doubted whether he can possibly 

 nave intended the true plant. 



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