drical, straight, or very slightly curved: the md deeply two- 
lipped ; upper lip straight, linear, emarginate at the point, lower 
lip spreading out into three lmear obtuse segments. Stamens 
longer than the tube: anthers ovate: fifth or sterile filament 
with a remarkably strong beard on one side, resembling a brush. 
Ovary ovate, seated on a fleshy disk: style as long as the 
filaments of the stamens: stigma obtuse. W. J. H. 
Cuur. This very distinct species of Pentstemon is of a slender, 
suffruticose, spreading habit, growing luxuriantly and flowering 
freely during the summer. It appears well-suited for orna- 
menting the fronts of shrubberies and flower-borders; but we 
fear it may not prove hardy, for it was much injured by the 
first frosts of last October, and at this time we see no symptoms of 
life above-ground. It will, therefore, be best to treat it as a 
half-hardy plant, covering it over on the approach of winter with 
dry leaves or other loose protecting material; but as it is easily 
increased by cuttings, a stock should be kept in small pots in a 
cool frame, ready for planting out in the spring. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Stamens. 2. Pistil :-—magnified. 
