1899 
* PENTSTÉMON heterophyllum. 
Various-leaved Pentstemon. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. ScROPHULARIACEZ. 
PENTSTEMON.—Suprà, vol. 13. fol. 1131. 
P. heterophyllum ; foliis glaucescentibus integerrimis inferioribus lineari-lanceo- 
latis superioribus linearibus, racemo virgato, sepalis ovatis acuminatis,’ 
corollis ventricosis imberbibus, stamine sterili glabro, antheris sagittatis apice 
fimbriatis. 4 
Caulis 14-2-pedalis, virgatus, glaucescens, basi purpureus. Folia ¡sub- 
coriacea, obtusa, vir unquam serrulata. Corolle late purpuree, glaber- 
rime, fere 13 unciam longe; ventricose, laciniis labii superioris oblique 
rotundatis, inferioris intermediá lateralibus paulo angustiore. Pedicelli. 
supra medium bibracteati. | Filamentum sterile album, glaberrimum, sub- 
emarginatum. E 
A native of California, where the seeds were collected by 
Mr. Douglas. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, pro agated 
by cuttings as well as seeds, and flowering from June to 
October. The stems are rather woody, and if not supported 
artificially fall upon the ground, and throw out a number of 
lateral shoots. 
The upper part of the plant is somet 
leaves so narrów as to be almost linear; the lower has x 
of an oblong lanceolate form; so that a person er 
the circumstance would be apt to mistake portions of the 
same individual for different species” ^ 
Drawn in the garden of the Horticultural Society, where 
the plant grows in common garden.soil. 
imes furnished with 
_ * See fol. 1245. 
