. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1270 PENTSTEMON calyx, the upper part broart and ventricose, the sub- equal lobes rounded and spreading, the throat hairy; sterile filament hairy at the top. Mex. 388-t.—An old garden plant which is variable in color and which has received many names, as P. auriuslifoUus, atro- purpureus, pulcheUiis, roseu
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1270 PENTSTEMON calyx, the upper part broart and ventricose, the sub- equal lobes rounded and spreading, the throat hairy; sterile filament hairy at the top. Mex. 388-t.—An old garden plant which is variable in color and which has received many names, as P. auriuslifoUus, atro- purpureus, pulcheUiis, roseus. See 13:1122 and 14:1138. 15:1429, 1438. 20. htkmilis, Nutt. Low, usually not over 6 in. tall, pubescent in the iufloresct-nce: Ivs. oblong to lanceo- late, somewhat glaucous, the upper ones small-toothed: inflorescence 3-4 in. long, with 2-.')-fld. peduncles: fls. H in. long, rather narrow, deep blue or sometimes ranging to white, the lower lip bearded within. Rocky Mts., west. 75:241. 21. gricilis, Nutt. Taller, sonie- utely puberulent, slen- der : Ivs. linear-lanceolate, sonic- times nearly ones spatulate or oblong: inflores the peduncles 2- oi more-fld.: fls. nearly 1 in. mostly narrow-funnelform, li purple ranging to white. Colo. Wyo., north. 2945. L.: 16:1541. —Pretty species. II. Cnlnr nf fU. vearh/ or quite whit,'. 1,1,1 soi„,'times shailed tubifldrus, N'utt. Stem 2-3 ft., , nut leafy above: Ivs. oblong -lanceolate, barely serru- late, passing into small bracts above : inflorescence of densely- fld., somewhat whorled clusters: fls. about % in. long, scarcely 2-. PENTSTEMON spreading, the small lower lip bearded at the base. Pa., west and south. ;).—A common plant, best known in the form Var. DigiUIis, Gray {P. DigUAlis, Nutt.). Fig. 1715. Very tall, 4-5 ft., with larger white abruptly in flated flowers. 2587. —Sometimes becomes a weed in old fields. It is in cultivation as a border plant. 24. Pilmeri, Gray. Plant 2-3 ft. t
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