FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



There are a great many kinds of Pentstemon and some 

 of our handsomest and most conspicuous western flowers 

 are included among them. They are natives of North 

 America, chiefly herbs, sometimes branching below; the 

 leaves usually opposite, the upper ones without leaf -stalks 

 and more or less clasping; the flowers showy, in long clus- 

 ters; the calyx with five lobes; the corolla two-lipped, 

 with a more or less swollen tube, the upper lip two-lobed, 

 the lower three-cleft and spreading; the stamens four, in 

 pairs, and also a fifth stamen, which is merely a filament 

 without any anther, but is conspicuous and often hairy; 

 the style threadlike, with a round-top stigma; the pod 

 usually pointed; the seeds numerous. The common name, 

 Beard-tongue, is in allusion to the usually hairy tip of the 

 sterile filament. Pentstemon is from the Greek meaning 

 five stamens. This name is often mispronounced; the 

 accent should be on the second syllable and long. 



An exceedingly handsome plant, a foot 

 Large Beard- and & ha j ^ with a stout re ddish stem, ' 



P*nisttmon rather downy and sticky, and dark green 



glanduldsus leaves, rather shiny and stiff, and downy 



Lilac, purple on the under side. The flowers are an inch 



Summer and a half longf SQ large that they look 



Idaho' ^e Fox-glove, and are beautifully shaded 



from pale lilac to deep reddish-purple, 

 with purple filaments and white anthers and pistil. The 

 calyx is reddish, sticky and downy, and the outside of the 

 corolla glistens with sticky fuzz. This grows in the moun- 

 tains. 



This forms pretty clumps of bright 

 Pentstemon color> with severa i stems about eight 



Raudn^var inches tall, smooth below, and smooth 



minor dark green leaves. The flowers are less 



Blue than half an inch long, with a downy calyx 



Summer ^ bright purplish-blue corolla, with a 



Utah, Oreg., Cal. ,. , * ' ,,. , . 



purplish throat. This grows in mountain 



canyons. 



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