PENTSTE'MON PUBES'CENS. 



HAIRY PENTSTEMON. 



Class. Order. 



DIDYNAMIA. AITGIOSPERMIA. 



Natural Order. 



B1GNON1ACE.E. 



No. 42. 



From two Greek words, signifying a fifth sta- 

 men, which name has been chosen to distinguish 

 this genus from others of the same class ; though 

 the additional stamen is always more or less im- 

 perfect. Pubescens, from the Latin, downy. 



It is frequently known as the Chelone pentste- 

 mon ; and this, some of the best botanists still con- 

 sider its legitimate title ; but the use of the new 

 name amongst those who never even pretend to 

 judge of its propriety, has rendered its adoption 

 almost necessary, that the plant might be recog- 

 nized by those who know it by no other appella- 

 tion. It was first adopted merely on account of 

 a trifling variation in the rudiment of the addi- 

 tional filament already alluded to. 



It is of easy cultivation, and may be propagated 

 either by seeds, cuttings, or separation at the root. 

 Seeds should be sown in the spring ; and the plants, 

 which require no other care than that of being kept 

 free from weeds, will blossom in the following sum- 

 mer. If cuttings are taken as early in the spring 

 as the plants will admit, they will flower in the 

 following autumn. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 4, 8. 



