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CHELONE GLABRA.
SMOOTH SNAKE-HEAD.
Didynamia Angiospermia, Linn. JBignonise, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 5-parted, tribracteate. Corolla ringent, ventricose. Sterile filaments shorter
than the rest. Anthers lanuginous. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds mem*
branaceously margined.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves opposite,, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, serrate j spikes terminal, close-flowered.
Willd. and Pursh.
SYNONYM.
C helone glabra, ». Pursh.
A tall, branching, showy plant, inhabiting watery places. Root
perennial. Stem smooth, roundish or obscurely quadrangular, erect,
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