PENTSTEMON OVATUS. - OVATE-LEAVED 
Class and Gril es 
tories ‘AncrosrERsia. = 
(Nat. Ord. — Sint wine ) 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. bilabiata, ventricosa. | Rudimen- 
tum filamenti quinti superne barbatum. ‘Caps. bilocularis. 
Specific Character and Synonym: is 
. Prntstemon* ovatus; herbaceus; floribus caule peduneulis- 
_ .. que glanduloso-pilosis, foliis cordato-oyatis amplexi- 
Caalibus glabris_ grosse dentatis, inferioribus longe 
pedunculatis, ae tubulosis, filamento sterili apice 
“ barbato basi unidentato.. Douglas. é 
PENTstEMon ovatus. Douglas MSS. sae 
=a 
“ae 
Descr. Stem herbaceous, four feet high, erect, four-sided 
upwards, clothed with white, somewhat glandular, short 
hairs, - Leaves large, ovate, glabrous, dark green, cordate 
at the base, coarsely dentate, the cauline ones amplexicaul 
at the base, upwards becoming smaller, less dentated, till 
they pass into the quite entire, cordate, floral leaves or 
bracteas. Radical leaves upon very long footstalks. Flowers 
in more or less compound racemes, which are opposite and 
Spring from the upper or floral leaves: these latter, gra- 
us dually becoming smaller, the whole form rather a dense 
_ Panicle. Calyx glandular, five partite ; the es rage me? 
, ape" 
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. From tans, five, and gnu, a stamen, because of the fifth additional stamen 
which is so unusual in this family of plants, : 
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