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CHELONE CENTRANTHIFOLIUM. 
(valerian -LEAVED CHELONE.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
SCROPHULARINE^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted. Corolla gaping. Capsule two-celled, two-valved. Seeds 
many. 
Specific Character. — A perennial, growing to seven feet high. Leaves betwixt ovate and lanceolate, 
blunt at the point, smooth, and somewhat shining. Flowers growing in a panicle. Panicle slender 
and long, forming the upper part of the stem. Calyx bluish green, five-parted. Corolla tubular, 
slightly inflated, somewhat funnel-shaped, bright orange-scarlet, limb two-lipped, upper lip divided 
into two parts, lower one into three ; free from the beard at the mouth possessed by the C. barbata, 
in other respects bearing some resemblance to it. 
This new hardy herbaceous plant is a native of California, from whence it has 
been introduced by Mr. David Douglas. It looks very handsome when growing 
amongst bushy plants, and may be planted in almost any light soil, if the situation 
be not too exposed. The plant from which our drawing was taken grew and 
flowered well. 
All the species may be easily propagated by cuttings, and slips from the roots, 
and this kind bears plenty of seeds. 
