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PENTSTEMON barbatum ; var. carneum. 

 Flesh-coloured bearded Pentstemon. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSFERMIA. 

 Nat. Ord. SCROPHULARIACE^. 



PENTSTEMON. Bot. Reg. vol. U.fol. 1121. 



P. barbatum ; glaucum, foliis integerrimis radicalibus spathulatis petiolatis acutis 

 caulinis sessilibus lanceolatis, floribus pendulis paniculatis, labio inferiore 

 corollas barbato revoluto tripartito. 



a. foliis latioribus radicalibus magis spathulatis coroUis coccineis. 



Chelone barbata. Cavan. ic. III. 22. t. 242. Bot. Register, vol. 2.fol. 116. 



ft. foliis angustioribus longiorlbus, corollis carneis. 



In a fresh state this pretty Mexican plant looks unlike 

 the old Pentstemon barbatum ; the colour of its flowers, 

 especially, and its long narrow leaves giving it a peculiar 

 aspect. Upon being dried, however, which is one of the 

 great tests of species, its distinctions disappear for the most 

 part, and it is no longer separable from its original type. 



It was raised from seed presented to the Horticultural 

 Society by George Frederick Dickson, Esq. and is a hardy 

 perennial, only suffering from excess of moisture during 

 winter, growing from two to three feet high, in any rich 

 garden soil, and flowering in July and August. 



It is increased readily by cuttings, in the autumn, or by 

 seeds, which should be sown in pots, as soon as they are 

 ripe, and protected from the wet in winter. The seeds will 

 not vegetate before the spring, and as the old plants become 

 exhausted in flowering, and are very subject to damp off" in 

 winter, it is best to raise young plants from cuttings every 

 autumn, and also to protect the old ones with a hand-glass 

 during winter. 



It may appear necessary to offer some explanation of 

 having changed the name of this plant from Chelone to 



