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Pentstemon
1. Pubescens. Stem round, erect, downy.
Lower leaves
sometimes spatulate upper long. lanceolate; acute; all
half
embracing the Stem, and irregularly serrulate,
& downy
Corolla light purple. long. the fifth Stamen bearded more
than half way down. beard yellow — Mich: Willdenow.
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Chelone pentstemon. Walt:
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Grows plentifully in the middle counties of Georgia
flower in April & May.

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2. Laevgata.
Radix. fibrosa, perennis.
Caulis. herbaceus erectus, simplex 1-2 pedalis, sub
teres, pubescens —
Folia. radicalia, lanceolata, sub acuta, remote
denticulata, venosa glabra
3-5 fol; long 1 1/2-2 lata in petiolum glabrum alatum 3-
5 folicarum
alternata caulina opposita sessilia oblongo ovata,
denticulata, semi am-
plexicaulia, versus basin praecipae pagina superiore
pubescentia.
Flores. in paniculis oppositis 8-10 floris verticillum
referentibus vacas summitatum
caulis.
Pedunculi ramuli primarii trichotonis vel dichotonis
cum floribus in dichotomia, late-
rales dein divisi. illegible 2-6 linea longi
teretis, pilis glandulosis capitatis
sub hispidi.
Bracteae? foliola duo ad dichotomiam singulum,
lineari lanceolata, foliis ad-
terum semillima.
Calyx. monophyllus, profunde quinque partitus,
persistens, extus pilis glanduloris
capitatis sub hispidus — laciniis ovato lanceolatis,
integris, paulo reflexis,
acutis.
Corolla. monopetala, bilabiata ventricosa extus
pubescens intus pelosa,
pallide purpurea, Striis purpureis rotata, labio
superiore breviore bifido, laci-
niis sub ovatis traullum reflexis inferiore trifido
laciniis aequalibus ovalibus.
Cor: vix uniciam longa
Stamina. filamenta quatuor filiformia, fertilia,
quorum 2 breviora incurva, corollar tubo basi inserta
corolla breviora, per paria approximata. Antherae
bilobae divaricatae, ovatae
pubescentes per latera dehiscentes, filmaentum
Sterile filiforme, obtusum
sub reflexa barbata, filamentum interdum
duplex.
Pistillum germen superum Sub obatum. Sulcatum
glabrum. Stylus filiformis
Staminibus paulo longior brevior indivisus
obtusis. Stigma obtusum
simplex.
Pericarpium. Capsula oblongo-triquetra. Sulcata, glabra, trivalvis, triloculeris.
Semina plurima in loculo singulo ovata, parva, receptaculo centrali adnata.
Hab: in Solis sal humidis Stoney creek. florens Jun—Sept.
5. Sept: 1812.