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CriELONE BAIIBATA. 

 Bearded Chelone. 



DiDYNAMIA. AnGIOSPERMIA. 



Class 14. Order 2. 



Chelone : from p^gAcuvij, a tortoise; supposed to be from the corolla 

 bearing some resemblance to the vaulted form of the tortoise- 

 shell. 



Linn. gen. n. 748. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth one-leafed, five-parted, very short, permanent; divisions 

 erect, ovate. Cor. monopetalous, ringent. Tube cylindric, very 

 short. Throat inflated, oblong, convex above, flat beneath. Border 

 closed, small. Upper lip obtuse, emarginate ; lower almost equal 

 to the upper, very slightly trifid. Stam. Filaments four, hid be- 

 neath the back of the corolla. Anthers incumbent. The rudiment 

 of a fifth filament, like the point of a dagger, between the upper 

 pair of stamens. Pist. Germ ovate. Style filiform, situation and 

 length of the stamens. Stigma obtuse. Per. Capsule ovate, two- 

 celled, longer than the calyx. Seeds very many, roundish, sur- 

 rounded with a membranous wing. 



SPECIFIC CIIAKACTER. 



Root-leaves petioled, spatulate-lanceolate, quite entire. Stem-leaves 

 lanceolate, sessile : peduncles long ; lower tip of the corolla 

 bearded. 



Root perennial. Leaves opposite. Flowers scarlet, nodding 

 in a terminal panicle ; partial peduncles two, three, or four- 



