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* PENTSTEMON crassifolius. 



Thick leaved Pentstemon. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Schrophulariace^. 

 PENTSTEMON. Bot. Reg. vol. 13. foL 1131. 



P. crassifolius; fruticosus, glaber, foliis obovatolanceolatis integerrimis coriaceis 

 subtus carinatis, racemis terminalibus paucifloris secundis, rachi hinc pube- 

 scente, calycis glabriusculi laciniis ovatis acuminatis striatis, corolla infundi- 

 bulari glabra, labii superioris laciniis ovatis obtusiusculis, inferioris tripar- 

 titi lateralibus ovatis obtusis basi villosis intermedia abbreviate, antheris 

 villosissimis. 



Suffrutex ; ramis rig idis, lignosis,divaricatis,glabris ; ramulis minutissimt 

 pubescentibus. Folia carnosa, coriacea, inferiora obovato-lanceolata, superiora 

 ramorum florigerorum sensim breviora. Racemi simplices, secundi, minute 

 puberuli ; pedicelli apice bibracteolati ; bracteolis setaceis. Flores lilacini, 

 corollis unciain longis ; sepala minute puberala, imbricata, acuminata. 

 Stamen sterile breve, Jiliforme, apice villosum. Stylus glaber. Capsula 

 ovata, quadrivalvis, calycis longitudine. 



A native of the North West coast of North America, 

 whence seeds were sent by the late Mr. Douglas to the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of London, in whose garden it was figured 

 in June last. The coriaceous, entire, obovate, somewhat fleshy 

 leaves, distinguish it at once among all the shrubby species. 



It is a very handsome, hardy, suffruticose plant, growing 

 about a foot high, and requiring the same treatment as Pent- 

 stemon Scouleri. It may either be grown in the peat-border 

 or in any rich garden soil, where it flowers freely about the 

 end of May. Like the other suffruticose species of Pentste- 

 mon from the N. W. coast of America, it does not seed 



* See Bot. Reg. fol. 1245. 

 March 1838. g 



