( 1864 ) 
CHELONE MAJor. Lyons’s CHELONE. 
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Class and Order. 
 Dinynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. 
_ Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ringens, ventricosa. Rudimentum 
filamenti quinti inter suprema stamina, glabrum. Caps. 2- 
locularis. | : : 
Specific Character. 
CuEtone major; foliis petiolatis patentibus cordato-acumi- 
natis subtus tomentosis, spicis axillaribus terminalibusque 
sepius aggregatis. =" 
This undescribed species of Cuetone was introduced by 
the late Mr. Lyons, from Carolina. It differs from CHELonE 
obliqua in its greater size, longer horizontal petioles, broader 
and more cordate leaves, tomentose underneath, and peach- 
blossom coloured flowers ; but more especially in the number | 
of spikes, which grow from the axils of the leaves as well 
as at the extremities of the branches, and are frequently 
crowded several together. The rudiment of the fifth filament 
is not half the length of the others, and perfectly smooth ; 
in obligua we have sometimes found them hairy at the base. — #. : 
-. It is considered as a hardy perennial, and may-be 
Pagated by dividing its roots. Flowers in August and Se | 
tember. Communicated by Mr. Lamesrt, from Boyton, and 
Mr Wiuiam Kent, of Clapton. — ge. 
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7" = 
