CHELOWE 



CHELONE. TURTLE HEAD 



Chelone obliqua. 



Cl^lone, Greek, tortoise; referring to the form of the flower. 



A native perennial of western and south-western range, growing in wet 

 places. July — September. 



Chelone. Chelone ohllqua 



Stem. — Stout, one to two feet high, growing in clumps, branching. 



Leaves. — Opposite, broad lanceolate or oblong, deeply serrate, acute 

 or acuminate. 



Flowers. — Deep-rose, sessile, in cllisters at the summit of the stem or 

 in the axils of the upper leaves. 



Calyx. — Of five distinct, overlapping sepals, deeply five-parted, with 

 bracts at base. 



Corolla. — An inch long, tubular, inflated, concave underneath, two- 

 lipped; lips only slightly open; upper lip arched, keeled in the middle, 

 notched at apex, protecting the stamens; the lower woolly in the throat 

 and three-lobed at the apex, middle lobe the smallest. 



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