CHELONE Lyòni.
Lyon’s Chelone.
Naturai Order. S c r o p h u l a r i n ® . Kth . synops. 2. p. HO.
Tribus I I . Stamina 4 antherifera.
C H E LO N E . Supra fol. 120. , i-
Sect. I . E r i a n d r a . Calyx basi tribracteatus ; filamento sterili
apice glabro : antheris lanuginosus.
Sect. I I . L a s i a n d R A . Calyx basi nudus ; filamento sterili sub-
glabro : antheris pubescentibus.
Sect. I I I . L i s s o s t e m o n . Calyx basi nudus ; filamento sterili
glabro : antheris glabris. . , «
Sect. IV . P e n t s t e m o n . Filamento sterili superne barbato ;
antheris glabris.
C. Luoni, glabitescula ; erecta ; ramosa; foliis petiolatis cordato-ovatis
acuminatis serratis rugosis utrinque glabriusculis margine sub-
ciliatis, spicis a x i l l a r i b u s terminalibusque densiflons, filamento sterili
brevissimo inferne piloso.
Chelone Lyoni. Pursh flor. amer. sept. 2. supp. p. 737. Spieng.
syst. veg. 2. p. 812. Siot. hort. brit. p . 305.
Chelone major. Sims botan, rnagaz. 1864.
Rooí.creeping a little. Stems several, erect, pubescent,
from 2 to 3 feet in height, or more when grown in rich
light earth, branched, angular on two sides and channelled
on the two alternate ones : branches opposite, slightly
angular, or nearly cylindrical, clothed with a short rough
pubescence, and terminated with close crowded spikes
of flowers. Leaves opposite, petiolate, cordately ovate,
shortly acuminate, serrate, the teeth bent a little in wards,
rugose, or sometimes blistered, smooth on both
sides, b u t clothed with a few short hairs, th a t wear off
by age, of a dark glossy green on the upper side, pale or
whitish underneath, or sometimes Lmged with purple.
Petioles deeply channelled on the upper side and keeled
on the lower, connected a t th e base, clothed w ith a short
rough pubescence. Spikes terminal and axillary, sonae-
times crowded several together. Plowers large, sessi e,
of a pale purplish red. Bractes 3, a t the base of the
calyx, which they surround, roundly ovate obtuse, concave
inwards, pubescent, and fringed. Calyx deeply
5-parted, the segments ovate, obtuse, concave inwards,
pubescent, and thickly fringed a t the margins. Corolla
tubular, inflated upwards, 2-lipped, slightly pubescent
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