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PENTSTEMON miniatus. 
Vermilion Pentstemon. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. SCROPHULARIACEE. (FrGwoRTs. Vegetable Kingdom, p. 681.) 
PENTSTEMON.— Bot. Reg. vol. 13. fol. 1121. 
SECTION II. Cepocosmus, Benth. 
P. miniatus; suffrutescens, glaucus, minutissimé pubescens, foliis ovatis 
brevissime petiolatis basi rotundatis radicalibus in petiolum angustatis, 
racemo laxo secundo paucifloro, pedunculis bifloris, calyce glanduloso- 
piloso laciniis acuminatis immarginatis, corollae clavatee parcé glandu- 
loso-pilosae laciniis subtriangularibus ciliatis, antheris glaberrimis. 
This very pretty little plant is not to be found in Mr. 
Bentham's recent enumeration of the species in the 10th 
volume of DeCandolle's Prodromus. Its nearest allies are 
P. imberbis and lanceolatus, both with very long narrow leaves, 
and we believe at present unknown to our gardens. The 
vermilion coloured flowers are particularly brilliant. 
It has been found to be a half-shrubby perennial, which is 
nearly hardy, requiring the same kind of treatment as P. 
gentianoides and P. atropurpureum. Like most of the Mexican 
species, it grows freely in the open border during summer and 
autumn, if planted in a soil composed of sandy loam, and 
rotten dung, or leaf-mould. 
It is easily increased by seeds, or by cuttings, in the 
autumn or spring, and only requires the protection of the cold 
pit, or frame, during winter. 
The plant was raised in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, from seeds received from Frederick Scheer, Esq., 
who obtained them from the north of Mexico. Our drawing 
was made in July last. 
Fig. 1. represents a stamen and anthers. 
