p 



-^ 



1211 



CHELONE* nemordsa. 



Grove Chelone. 



DIDYNA3IIA GYMNOSPERMIA, 



*" - 



J' 



Nat. ord. Scrophularine;e. 

 CHELONE. — Suprd, voL 2. foL 175. 



K 



* i 



C. nemorosa : foliis ovatis acuminatis serratis ; superioribus amplexicaulibus 



cordatis, pedunculis nudis trifloris pubescentibus. 

 C. nemorosa, Douglas ined. 



CauHs ramosusy pedalis^ suh-ereetus, glaher. Folia glabra^ serrafa, 

 acuminata, suhpetiolata, superioribus cordatis^ amplexicaulibus. Pedunculi 

 axillares, trijloriy foliis breviores, pubescentes^ bracteis subulatis. Sepala 

 subulata, subcegualia. Corolla ventricosa, roseo-purpurea, suhpuhescens^ 

 labio superiore bifido, transversa ; inferiore trilobo, piano, laciniis retusis, 

 paiato plica to. Antheroe lanuginosce. Semina marginata. 



■m 



A native of mountain woods, near springs and rivulets, 

 in the north-west of North America, where it was dis- 

 covered by Mr. Douglas flowering from July to September. 

 It was raised from seeds in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society in 1827, and flowered in July and August 1828, 

 at which season our drawing was made. 



There is no genus to which this plant can be referred 

 with more propriety than to Chelone ; but it is by no 

 means a genuine species of that genus. In habit it is 

 intermediate between Pentstemon and Chelone, and its 

 structure is not exactly that of either. 



The soil which suits the species is a rich vegetable 

 mould, among other plants : it is most advantageously 



J- 



* Derived from xi'hany tlie Greek name of the Tortoise, from some 

 fancied resemblance between the back of the flower and the back of that 

 animal. 



