. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SCROPHULARIACEAE. Vol. III. ii. Pentstemon Cobaea Nutt. Cobaea Beard-tongue. Fig. 3765. Pentstemon Cobaea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) â 5 : 182. 1833-37. Stem stout, densely and finely pubescent below, glandular-pubescent above, i°-2° high. Leaves oblong to ovate, firm, 3'-5' long, dentate, the lower mostly glabrous and narrowed into margined peti- oles
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SCROPHULARIACEAE. Vol. III. ii. Pentstemon Cobaea Nutt. Cobaea Beard-tongue. Fig. 3765. Pentstemon Cobaea Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) â 5 : 182. 1833-37. Stem stout, densely and finely pubescent below, glandular-pubescent above, i°-2° high. Leaves oblong to ovate, firm, 3'-5' long, dentate, the lower mostly glabrous and narrowed into margined peti- oles, the upper sessile or cordate-clasping, usually pubescent; thyrsus short, several-many-flowered, open; flowers about 2' long; calyx-segments lan- ceolate, acuminate, s"-7" long; corolla purple, puberulent without, glabrous within, its tube nar- row up to the top of the calyx, then abruptly dilated and campanulate, the limb scarcely 2-lipped, the lobes short, rounded, spreading; sterile fila- ment sparingly bearded; capsule ovoid, acute, pu- bescent, reticulate-veined, as long as the calyx. On dry prairies, Missouri and Kansas to Texas. Recorded from Ohio. May-July. 12. Pentstemon grandifldrus Nutt. Large-flowered Beard-tongue. Fig. 3766. P. grandiflorus Nutt. in Fras. Cat. 1813. Glabrous and somewhat glaucous; stem stout, 2°-4° high. Leaves all entire and obtuse, the basal ones obovate, narrowed into broad peti- oles, those of the lower part of the stem ses- sile, oblong or oval, i'-2l' long, the upper nearly orbicular, cordate-clasping, shorter; thyrsus open, leafy-bracted, the bracts orbicu- lar, cordate; pedicels 2"-6" long; flowers nearly 2' long; calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, 3"-4" long; corolla lavender-blue, the tube rather abruptly dilated above the calyx, the limb somewhat 2-lipped; sterile filament incurved, villous and capitate at the summit; capsule acute, 8"-io" high, three times as long as the calyx. On prair
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