Pentstemon. These two genera have been divided by the 
former having woolly anthers, and the latter smooth ones ; 
and supposing that this were really the essential distinction 
between them, the subject of this notice would belong to 
, Pentstemon. Others have distinguished the genera by the 
form of the flower, ascribing to Chelone a corolla short, 
inflated, and contracted at the orifice, with winged seeds; 
and to Pentstemon a funnel-shaped corolla, with angular 
seeds; in this view of the subject the latter would still be the 
station of the present species. It is only when the genera 
Chelone and Pentstemon are merged into one, in which case 
the former name supersedes the latter, that Chelone can be 
the proper appellation of our plant; and this combination is, 
it is needless to say, any thing rather than a judicious one. 
I therefore agree with Mr. Bentham (Scrophulariacee indice, 
p.7.) in striking out of the genus Chelone all the plants 
hitherto referred to it, with the exception of C. Lyonit, 
glabra, obliqua, and nemorosa, and in placing all the others 
in Pentstemon. 
