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CHE LONE barbata.. 
Scarlet’ Chelone. 
DIDYNAMIA! ANGIOSPERMIA, |. 
Nat. ord’ Bicnoniz. Jussieu gen. 137. 
Div. Ip Fructus capsularis bivalvis. Caulis herbaceus. — 
CHELONE. © Cal. 5-partitus:3-bracteatus.._ Cor. basi .tubulosay 
fauce inflata, limbo, bilabiata, superitis emarginata, inferits 3-fida.|, Fila, 
Menlum  quintum. sterile, ceteris brevius.. Stylus, 1, Stig. 1. Caps. 
(stpera) ovata, 2-loc. 2-valy. polysperma, valvis medio septiferis, re- 
ceptaculo centrali valvularum septis applicito ; semina numerosa. margine 
Menibranacea. Her'ba’ basi lignosa, oppositifolia, flores dense spicate 
terminales. | Character ex C. glabra. Jussiew gen. 1370 3 
C. barbata, labio inferiore corollz barbato, fauce «hiante;: foliis integer= 
rimis ;* radicalibus: |petiolatis, , Spathulato-lanceolatis; -caulinis: sessilibus 
Hance plats, floribus|,pendulis paniculatis,.. Manch, suppl. meth. pl. 
107. a : . 
Chelone barbata. Cavan. ic. 3. 22. t. 242. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 226. 
Hort. Kew. ed.°2.'4. 7. + 
Chelone formosa.‘ Werdl: bot. beobacht. 51. Thompson's bot. ‘displ. 4: 
C. Ruellioides. § Andrews’s repost 34. 4 i 
Herba perennis, lactescens ; radix fibrosayshizomate ferme suffrutescentes: 
diviso; caules plures, teretes, erecti, glabri, glaucescentes ac tota planta, 
3-6-nedales, tednrse Folia opposita;)patentia, caulina distantia;, decrescentia 
ut evadant summa floralia non nist bracteole, subulate ; radiealia , 8.,uncias 
Sere longa latitudine modo,unius, Panicula caulis continua, longa, distans, 
erecta, opposite florigera, inferne subfoliacea; flores cernui, pedunculis solz- 
tariis, erectiusculis, axillaribus dichotomo-bifloris, rarius 1-floris ; bracteola 
sub singulo pedicello, imis corolla longioribus. Cal. parvus, ebracteatus, her- 
baceus, connivens, acutus, persistens. Cor. miniato-fulgens, tubuloso-elongata, 
subsesquiuncialis, supra ventricosior ; limbus. semiringens,. brevis, :labio ‘sus 
periore perrecto, obtuso ; inferiore deflexo, intis flavo-barbato. Fil, glabra; 
imo tubo accreta, summa duo basi bulboso-incrassata ; anth, didyme, lobis 
verticali-divaricatis. Germ. pyramidatum; stylus filiformis; stigma ob- 
tusum. , 
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A perennial herbaceous species, tolerably hardy and 
very ornamental. Native of Mexico. Introduced in 1794 
by Sir Joseph Banks, and now become very general in our 
gardens. . 
It may be said to be suffrutescent, as the caudex, or 
Upper continuation of the rootstock, never dies com- 
pletely down to the ground. The whole plant, except the 
bloom, is smooth, glaucous, and lactescent; J/eaves op- 
