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PENTSTEMON GENTIANOIDES. GENTIANSLIKE 
PENTSTEMON. 
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Class and Order. 
Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scrornutarines. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. pentaphyllus aut quinquepartitus, bractea solitaria 
distante. Corolla ventricosa bilabiata. Stamina didynama, 
rudimento quinti filiformi sepius barbate. Anthere se- 
juncte, sepius glabra. Capsula ovata, bilocularis, bival- 
Vis, polysperma. Semina angulata—Herbe v. suffrutices, 
Americane vel Orientali-Asiatice. Folia levia acuminata, 
sepius serrata. Flores paniculato-racemosi, purpuret, rosei, 
albidive. Lindl. 7 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pentstemon gentianoides ; caule elato, foliis lanceolatis 
integerrimis glaberrimis, superioribus brevioribus la- 
tioribus acutissimis, panicula elongata laxa foliosa, 
pedunculis elongatis subumbelliferis, laciniis calycinis 
late ovatis, corolle lobis acutis, stamine sterili apice 
paululum hirsuto. 
Pentstemon gentianoides. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. N. S. t. 3. 
CuEtone gentianoides. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 
Pl. vo. 2. p. 292. t.. ¥%2. 
A native of Mexico, but of cold situations on the sloping 
sides of the mountain of Toluco, (whose summit is cov 
with perpetual snow,) at an elevation of 11,500 feet 
above the level of the sea, where it was discovered by 
the distinguished travellers Humponpr and Bonpianp. As 
may be expected, it proves hardy with us, and even in the 
climate of Scotland the summer is sufficient to ie om 
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