two longer very sliglitly so, but rugose: two-lobed,
cleft above half way up from the base : pollen white: barren
filament straight, slender and smooth downwards, dilated
and densely bearded at the point, and a little below,
on the upper side. Ovarium pyramidal, smooth. Style
slender, smooth, about the length of the shortest stamens.
Stiyma a simple blunt point.
Our drawing of this handsome species was made in
October last, at the Nursery of Mr. Tate, of Sloane-street,
Chelsea, who raised it from seeds given him by G. Ackerman,
Esq.; at that time several plants of it were in fine
bloom in the open borders, along with several other curious
plants from Mexico, that were raised from seeds by him at
the same time. We have frequently seen packets of seeds of
it from Mexico, marked C. rosea of Cervantes, whose
name we have adopted; we do not know that it is in any
other collection besides Mr. Tate’s at present, though we
have seen it raised in others, but for want of care they were
soon lost when in a young state. It is certainly a very
beautiful plant when covered with flowers, and will attain
the height of two feet or more, when grown in a rich light
soil, but it will probably require a little covering in very severe
weather, like C. campanulata, either with a mat or a
little fern or straw, but it should be always exposed in mild
weather; where there are frames to spare, a few plants
might be kept in them in pots, to be turned in the borders
in Spring; the common garden soil suits them very well;
and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in the open
air, will soon strike root. I t may also be raised from seeds,
which we see are ripening on Mr. Tate’s plants.
We agree with Kunth and Sprengel in uniting P e n t -
STEMON with C h e l o n e , as the characters that have been
given are certainly not sufficient to constitute distinct genera
; and should it be hereafter found necessary to divide
them, several of those with smooth barren stamens must
be referred to P e n t s t e m o n , and C h e l o n e must be limited
to C.ylabra, C. obliqua, and C. Lyoni,
1. One of the lower leaves. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla spread open, showing the
inside, the lower lip densely bearded. 4. The four fertile Stamens, and one
producing no anthers, but dilated and bearded at the point, all inserted in the
base of the tube. 6. Ovarium, terminated by the Style and simple blunt Stigma.