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PENTSTEMON CoBpa@ma. COBAA-FLOWERED 
PENTSTEMON. 
| Class and Order. 
DipynAmi1A ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropuutarin2Z. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla bilabiata ventricosa. Rudi- 
mentum filamenti quinti superne barbatum. Capsula bilo- 
cularis. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Pentstemon Cobea; elatus puberulus, foliis oblongo-ovatis 
denticulatis nitidis, panicula terminali foliosa, pedun- — 
culis 3—5-floris, pedicellis bracteatis, corolla pubes- 
cente (magna) tubo inflato, limbo bilabiato quinque- 
lobo, lobis 2—3 rotundatis patentibus -intus lineatis, 
appendice intus barbato, calycis pubescentis laciniis 
_oblongo-lanceolatis erectis. ; : 
Pentstemon Cobea. Nutt. Pl. of Arkansa, in Amer. Phil. 
Journ. 1834, p. 182. 
Handsome as is this species of Pentsremon, the native 
specimens gave me reason to expect a more splendid plant 
than that which is here represented, of which seeds and 
well-dried specimens were sent to Europe by Mr. Drom- 
monp in the spring of the past year (1835) from the interior 
of Texas*, about St. Austin. But, unfortunately, sia, Sh 
* The particulars respecting Mr. DRuMMOND’s journeys in rary 
ately been 
States of North America, and in Mexico, have ki oD ey 
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