CHELONE GLABRA. 
Ovary. Free—two-cslled, many-seeded. Style simple. Stigma 
two-lobed. 
Frurr. Capsule two-celled, tw-valved, with central placente. 
Seeps. Indefinite, albuminous. Embryo straight. 
THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS, 
Cuetone. Calyx deeply five-parted, with three bracts at 
base. Corolla inflated, bilabiate, the fifth filament abortive, 
smooth above, shorter than the rest. Anthers woolly. Cap- 
sule valves entire. Seeds broadly membranacious, winged. 
Calyx five-cleft or five-sepalled. three-bracted. Coro?. Ringent, inflated, the 
upper lip emarginate-obtuse, under lip slightly three-cleft. The rudiment of a 
smooth filament, between and shorter than the two tallest stamens. Anthers woolly 
Capsule two-celled, two-valved. Seeds with membranaceous margins. 
THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, 
CueLone Guasra. Smooth. Leaves opposite, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, serrate. Flowers densely spiked. 
a opposite, —— scuninat serrate. Sg “aaa densely-flow- 
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THE ARTIFICIAL CHARACTERS. : 
Crass Dipynamta. Stamens four, two of iam leaber than 
the other two. Orver Anciospermta. Seeds in a pericarp. 
Calyz inferior, Herbs. Herbage green. Seeds many. Calyx 
imbricate in wstivation. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
Cuevone is a North American genus, consisting of but few 
species, all herbaceous plants with opposite leaves, and sub- 
t’mbricately spiked, terminal flowers having the lower lip of the 
_ corolla bearded internally. They differ in the form and insertion 
_ of the leaves and in the color of the flowers, which vary from pure 
white to purplish. They are all handsome plants, with singular 
ornamental and large blossoms, but inodorous, and shaped much 
like the head of a “miakees the mouth open and tongue extended, 
. They abound in most parts of the United States in wet situations, 
5 : lear brooks and waters, and blossom from July until late in the 
_ Autumn, They are of ei culture i in : soil, or loam al d 
a little peat proj ivid: : 
