15. P. venustus Vougl. Showy clumps 60-90 cm, tall, the stems ascending, 
glabrous; leaves ascendin;, 5-10 cm, long, lanceolate, sessile and rounded 
at the base, very acute or somewhat acuminate, sharply toothed, the 
tecth acuminate, tending to Sorcead, both surfaces very smooth and glabrous; 
flowers in showy panicles,the branches nearly erect, the lowermost 8-10 
cm, long, the unvermost 1-2 em, long, the bracts lanceolate, passing to 
subulate above; sepals ovatc-acuminate or lanceolate, 35,5-4,5 mm, long, 
with membranous margins in she lower parts, glabrous, and sonewhat 
glandular towards the tips; corollas 25-30 mine long, a beautiful ever 
violet, glabrous, the tubes 16-20 m, long, rather abruptly dilated; upper 
lips erect, 7-8 ma. tall, the lower Soreading, 10-11 mm, long, the lobes 
a1] rounded cilicte on the merrins: filaments sparingly hair towards the 
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anex, the anthers pale violet, as in P, triphyllus, the line of dehiscence 
eroded and sometimes thiniy hairy, the sterile stamen very thinly bearded; 
capsules narrowly ovoid, 6-7 ma, long. 
On the sloves of the Clearweter and tributary canyons, Little Bear 
Canyons; Moscow lit, 
