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PENTSTEMON barbatum ; var. carneum. 
Flesh-coloured bearded Pentstemon. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. SCROPHULARIACER. 
PENTSTEMON. Bot. Reg. vol. 13. fol. 1121. 
P. barbatum ; glaucum, foliis integerrimis radicalibus spathulatis petiolatis acutis 
caulinis sessilibus lanceolatis, floribus pendulis paniculatis, labio inferiore 
corolle barbato revoluto tripartito. 
a. foliis latioribus radicalibus magis spathulatis corollis coccineis. 
Chelone barbata. Cavan. ic. UI. 22, t. 242. Bot. Register, vol. 2. fol. 116. 
B. foliis angustioribus longioribus, corollis carneis. 
In a fresh state this pretty Mexican plant looks unlike 
the old Pentstemon barbatum; the colour of its flowers, 
especially, and its long narrow leaves giving it a peculiar 
aspect. Upon being dried, however, which is one of the 
great tests of species, its distinctions disappear for the most 
part, and it is no longer separable from its original type. 
It was raised from seed presented to the Horticultural 
Society by George Frederick Dickson, Esq. and is a hardy 
perennial, only suffering from excess of moisture during 
winter, growing from two to three feet high, in any rich 
garden soil, and flowering in July and August. 
It is increased readily by cuttings, in the autumn, or by 
seeds, which should be sown in pots, as soon as they are 
ripe, and protected from the wet in winter. The seeds will 
not vegetate before the spring, and as the old plants become 
exhausted in flowering, and are very subject to damp off in 
winter, it is best to raise young plants from cuttings every 
autumn, and also to protect the old ones with a hand-glass 
during winter. 
It may appear necessary to offer some explanation of 
having changed the name of this plant from Chelone to 
