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* CHELONE centránthifólia. 
Valerian-leaved Chelone. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. SCROPHULARINEZ Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 228.) 
CHELONE.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 175. 
C. centranthifolia; glaberrima, glauca, foliis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis basi 
cordato-amplexicaulibus, paniculâ elongata, corollis tubulosis pendulis gla- 
bris fauce nudis, filamento guinto imberbi. Bentham in Hort. Trans. 
vol. 1, n. s. p. 
Perennis. Caulis 3-7-pedalis, teres, glaucus, rubro maculatus. Folia 
glauca ovato-lanceolata, cordata, obtusa, glabra, et levia. Panicula sepius 
longissima, gracilis, flexuosa, ramis omnibus brevibus parum divisis. Pe- 
dunculi filiformes. Calyx 5-partitus : laciniis ovatis, acutis, aut cuspidatis 
imbricatis. Corolla tubulosa, nullo modo inflata, gracilis, unciam longa, 
infundibularis, coccinea ; limbo subequaliter 5-partito, bilabiato. : Antheree 
oblonge per paria quadratim approximate, glabre, albide. Filamentum 
quintum subulatum, apice dilatatum, antherarum longitudine, glabrum. 
A new hardy herbaceous plant, related to Chelone barbata, 
from which it chiefly differs in its very long graceful panicle, 
more slender flowers destitute of a beard at their mouth, and 
differently shaped leaves. It is a species of considerable 
beauty, growing well in any soil or situation, if exposed to 
the sun; but best adapted to planting among American 
plants, from the midst of whose bushy masses its long panicles 
may rise like slender scarlet plumes. 
A native of California, whence it was sent by Mr. David 
Douglas, without any intimation of the situation it naturally 
occupies. Flowers feom July to November ; produces seeds 
in tolerable plenty. 
Dr 
* See folio 1211. 
