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CHELONE atropurpúrea.
Dark purple Chelone.
Naturai Order. S c b o p h u l a r i n a s . Kth. synops. 2. p. 110.
Tribus l i . Stamina 4 antherifera.
CHELONE. Supra fol. 120.
Sect. ir. P e n t s t e m o n . Filamento sterili superne barbato.
C. atropurpúrea, caule suffruticoso subflexuoso nitido superne glan-
duloso-piloso, foliis sessilibus argute serrulatis glabris : inferiori-
bus lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis; superioribus oyatis acuminatis
amplexicaulibus, pedunculis axillaribus subtrifloris, calycibus
corollisque glanduloso-piibescentibus, corollis levissime
barbatis, filamento sterili superne barbato.
Root perennial. Stem suffruticose at the base, more or
less flexuose, from 3 to 5 feet in height, branching, smooth
and glossy ; the lower part of a pale green colour ; becoming
purple upwards, and of a glossy appearance as if varnished,
slightly viscous, and clothed with short hairs that
are tipped with small glands. Leaves sessile, smooth and
glossy, sharply toothed with small horny teeth, the points
of which curve inwards : lower leaves and those on the
small branches narrowly lanceolate, tapering to both ends;
others broadly lanceolate, and broad at the base; the
upper ones ovate, clasping the stem, and tapering to along
slender point, slightly pubescent. Flowers dark purple,
in a long terminal panicled raceme. Peduncles axillary,
generally 3-fiowered, the upper ones only two-flowered,
»lossy. Bractes lanceolate, acute, glossy, slightly pubescent
and fringed. Pedicles glossy, clothed with short
glandular hairs. Calyx 5-parted, glandularly pubescent,
the segments nearly equal, lanceolate, acute, purple, the
points spreading, slightly viscous. Corolla tubular, narrow
towards the base, the upper part inflated, and campanulate,
thickly clothed with glandular hairs^ on the outside,
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