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1.— CHELONE GLABRA, Lin. THE SMOOTH CHELONE. 
Spictnc Chabactik. — Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, nearly sessile, glabrous. 
Description, &c. — This species has white flowers, and is a native of the United States. It was introduced 
in 1730, but it is not often seen in British gardens, as it is very inferior in beauty to most of the other kinds. 
It is quite hardy, and is propagated either by seeds, or by dividing its roots. 
2.— CHELONE OBLIQUA, Lin. THE OBLIQUE CHELONE. 
Specific Character. — Leaves petiolato, ovate- lanceolate, unequally 
serrated, opposite, very smooth ; flowers forming a dense spike. 
SvNoNYMEs. — C. glabra, var. Michx. ; C. purpurea, Mill. ; Digi- 
talis Mariana, Pluk. ; purple Cbelone. 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg., t. 175. 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this species are crimson, instead of purple ; or, as the original discoverer 
of the species expresses it, they are of the colour of the Damask Rose. This original discoverer, whose name 
was Clayton, found the species in Virginia and Carolina, growing on the sides of rivulets in the mountainous 
districts of those countries, and sent it to the celebrated Miller in the year 1752. It has a creeping root, and 
grows freely in damp, shady situations. It is quite hardy, and it is propagated by dividing the roots. 
3.— CHELONE NEMOROSA, Dougl. THE GROVE CHELONE. 
Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 1211. I ones etem-clasping, coi'date ; peduncles naked, three -flowered, 
Specific Character. — Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrated ; upper I pubescent. 
Description, &c. — This species, though generally classed with Chelone by modern botanists, is very unlike 
all the other species of the genus, as the flowers are disposed in a loose panicle, and are open at the mouth. 
The seeds, however, have a margin. Dr. Lindley, speaking of this plant, says, " There is no genus to which 
this plant can be referred with more propriety than to Chelone ; but it is by no means a genuine species of that 
genus. In habit it is intermediate between Pentstemon and Chelone, and its structure is not exactly that of 
either." The species is a native of California, whence it was introduced in 1827 ; and, like all the Californian 
plants, it is quite hardy, though it is easily killed by too much exposure to the sun. 
4.— CHELONE LYONI, Pursh. MR. LYON'S CHELONE. 
cordate-ovate, acuminate, serrated, rugose, slightly ciliated at the mar- 
gin ; flowers in a terminal spike ; sterile filament very short, hairy at 
the base. 
Synonvme.— C. major, Sims. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t 1864 ; Sweet's Brit. Flow. Card., t. 
293 ; and om fig. 6, in PI. 82. 
Specific Character. — Erect, slightly branched ; leaves petiolate. 
Description, &c. — Though the figure of Chelone Lyoni in Sweet is said to be the same as Chelone major, 
figured in Bot. Mag., they are, in fact, quite difi'erent. The plant figured in the Bot. Mag. is apparently only 
a variety of C. obliqua, from which it differs principally in being of larger size. The C. Lyoni of Sweet, on the 
contrary, is quite different, not only in the colour and disposition of the flowers, but in both the leaves and 
plants having a slight clothing of hair. C. Lyoni is a native of Upper Carolina and Georgia, whence it was 
mtroduced in 1812. It is quite hardy in British gardens, where it is increased by dividing the roots, or 
by seeds. 
