PENTASTEMON CRASSIFOLIUS, 
— 
Scrophulariaceæ $ Digitalées. 一 Didynamia-Angiospermia. 
CHARACT. GENER. — Pentastemon 
quinquepartitus. Corolla hypogyna tubo t 
culo, fauce subinflata, limbi bilabiati labio superiore 
o-bilobo , inferiore trilobo nudo v. basi 
ollæ tubo inserta, quatuor di- 
ris bilocularibus ; loet ılis diva- 
ricatis , quintum anantherum Ovarium biloculare 
placentis üsepimento utrinque adnati 
latis. Stylus simp 
: Ca alyx 
teretius- 
nes in America bo 
ep ۳1 2 us Ser 
erbæ 
li et tropica trans 
7 A: J 
atis, pedu 8 Wi SE ae s Lat 
cifloris bracteatis in racemos v. gti هع‎ er 
tis , corollis coccineis purpurascentibus v. violaceis 
Pentstemon LHERIT , Lams. in. "ow Trans. x. 
t. 6. et alii auct. یو‎ Bue, 
Kanten. Gen. pl. 3909. 
CHARACT. SPECIEI. — P. —— ا‎ ge fo- 
his en nthe integerrimis subtus 
carinatis, racemis terminalibus us paueiforis se secundis, 
geg Min e pubescente, و ام‎ gla uli laciniis 
striatis و‎ secum Dë: 
Së n labii ; superioris lacini ovatis obtusi usculis 
inferioris tripartiti lateralibus ovatis obtusis 
Pentstemon crassifolius teg, و‎ Bot. reg., t. 16, 
vol. xxiv 
Texte du Magazine of Botany de M. Paxton. 
THICK-LEAVED PENTSTEMON 
PENTSTEMON CRASSIFOLIUS. 
ETYMOLOGY 
ENERIC CHARACTER 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
see hereafter. 
| see above. 
In the handsome and kuer genus Pentstemon, although nearly all the species ai are 1 
hrub 
perennials, t‏ قة 
third the hardy species, which are decided shrubs, 
in winter. 
or of which none of the branches perish 
Every member of the genus is ornamental, and merits Ur ع‎ The class last pointed out has, 
however, peculiar claims to notice for the ease with w ich t 
ornamental a ec wë are À no means of 
exist. 
extreme bel Dwarf shrubs 
be managed, and for (heir 
of so very 
۹900۳0900 and a er auge vela, therefore, attaches to the few which d 
or associating toget 
up from the roots, d the 
rance in the months of Ma ay and June. 
racter, we are only smite with P. crassifolius , 
of shrubbery or other 
age gea that it sends 
um 
striking ver with which it develops its fine spikes of — at 
the point of every shoot, are characteristic and excellent features, and give it a. splendid 
pe” 
It is a North American species, introduced to England several years back, and now to be ha 
d of 
s abundant in the gardens of the Horticultural Society, and at the Epsom and 
In a border — with dwarf shrubs alone, placing them two or three feet apart, PE 
folius would make a prominent figure. The pleasing 
half trailing manner in which it sends forth à = 
numerous stems; so as to compose a broad and yet dense bush, adapt it for planting by itself in 
