CHELO'NE OBLI'QUA. 



RED-FLOWERED CHELONE. 

 Class. Order. 



DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Natural Order. 



BIGNONIACEJE. 



No. 92. 



This genus was named by Tournefort after the 

 Greek CHELONE, a tortoise ; from a fancied resem- 

 blance of the flowers to that animal ; its corolla be- 

 ing convex above and flat beneath. Obliqua, from 

 the Latin, in allusion to the oblique position of its 

 foliage. 



This hardy herbaceous plant has long been a fa- 

 vourite amongst us, which may arise not alone from 

 its bold and handsome flowers, but from the little 

 care it requires at our hands. Planted in any com- 

 mon soil that is tolerably retentive and moist, it is 

 sure to succeed. We have occasionally seen it in a 

 very light and dry border increase but little, and by 

 its creeping roots change its situation, apparently in 

 quest of nutriment, not afforded in sufficient quantity 

 in its former residence. It has proceeded by its 

 creeping roots, or rather, it may be said, by its un- 

 derground stems, to a distance of eighteen inches ; 

 there having halted, as it were, to colonize, like a 

 parent directing his offspring, or a husbandman his 

 labourers, has sent out its numerous fibres, to collect 

 food from the surrounding soil. The fair author of 

 an interesting little work, " The Wonders of the 



