* CHEL<3nE ceiitrantlHiolia. 

 Valerian-leaved Chelone. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMi^OSPERMlA. 



Nat. ord. ScROPHULAUiNEiE Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 228.) 



CHEL ONE.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 175. 



C. centranthifolia ; glaberrima, glauca, foliis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimls basi 

 cordato-ainplexicaulibus, panicula elongata, corollis tubulosis pendulis gla- 

 bris fauce nudis, filamento quinto imberbi. Bentham in Hart. Trans, 

 vol. I, n. s. p. 



Perennis. Caulis 3-7-pedalis, teres, glaucus, rubro maculatus. Folia 

 glauca ovato-lanceolata, cnrdata, obtusa, glabra, et Icevia. Panicula scepius 

 longissima, gracilis, Jiexuosa, ramis omnibus brevibus parum divisis. Pe- 

 dunculi Jiliformes. Calyx 5-partitus : laciniis ovatis, acutis, aut cuspidalis 

 imbricatis. Corolla tubulosa, nulla modo iiiflata, gracilis, U7iciam longa, 

 infundibularis, coccinea ; \imho snbcecpialiter 5-parti(o, bilabiuto. Antherse 

 oblongce per paria quadratim ajyproximatce, glabrce, albidce. Filaraentum 

 quintum subulatum, apice dilatatum, anther arum longitudine, glabrum. 



A new hardy herbaceous plant, related to Chelone barbata, 

 from which it chiefly differs in its very long graceful panicle, 

 more slender flowers destitute of a beard at their mouth, and 

 diflferently shaped leaves. It is a species of considerable 

 beauty, growing well in any soil or situation, if exposed to 

 the sun ; but best adapted to planting among American 

 plants, from the midst of whose bushy masses its long panicles 

 may rise like slender scarlet plumes. 



A native of California, whence it was sent by Mr. David 

 Douglas, without any intimation of the situation it naturally 

 occupies. Flowers from July to November ; produces seeds 

 in tolerable plenty. 



* Sec folio 12U. 



