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PENSTEMON GLABRA. NUTTAL’s 
PENSTEMON. 
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Clafs and Order. 
DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
- Cal. 5-phyllus. Cor. 2-labiata, ventricofa. Frlam. 5*°™ fterile, 
ceteris longius, fuperne barbatum. Cap/ compreffa, 2-locularis, 
2-valvis, Sem. numerofa, fubglobofa, 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
PENSTEMON glabra; foliis lanceolatis undulatis amplexi- 
caulibus, racemo verticillato fecundo, filamento fterili 
apice fpathulato nudo, 
PENSTEMON glabra ; caule foliifque glabris, foliis fub- 
amplexicaulibus ovato-oblongis integerrimis,  floribus 
racemofo-paniculatis, filamento fterili nudo clavato apice 
retufo, calycis foliolis fubrotundis acuminatis, laciniis 
corollz fubzqualibus rotundatis, antheris hirfutis, Pur 
Fl. Am. Sept. Suppl. p. 738. 
PENSTEMON grandiflorum? Fraf. Cat. 
Desc. Stem adf{cendent, fmooth, generally reddifh. Leaves 
croffwife oppofite, cordate-lanceolate, embracing the ftem: 
margin undulated, veined underneath, fmooth. Flowers in a 
terminal, fubcompounded whorled raceme, looking one way. 
Calyx leaflets ovate, concave, acuminate, minutely toothed. ~ 
Corolla ringent: tube very fhort, contraéted; faux inflated, 
fomewhat contrafted upwards by two deep-indented furrows on 
the underfide, but ftill gaping: Jimé five-cleft: Jacinie nearly 
equal, obtufe, bilabiately arranged, two upper and three lower, 
Stamens didynamous: filaments rounded, fmooth, crooked : 
anther a little bearded at the back: Jobes divaricate: darren 
Silament 
