. The American entomologist. Entomology. 310 THE AMEEICAN §0tHnkaI ^ti^Rximmt Dr. GEORGE VASEY, Editor, Riohview, Ills FOXGLOVE PENTSTEMOX. [Peidsifniion Digitalis, Nutt.) The genus Pentstemon is, iu North America, an extensive one, comprising, according to Dr. Gray's Synopsis of this genus (Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Phila., 1862), over sixty species; vastly the larger portion of which arc inhabitants of the country west of the Missis- sippi river. One species only (Pentstemon puhescens) ex- tends overall the region east of the Mississippi; one species {Pentstemon dissectus. Ell.) cha
. The American entomologist. Entomology. 310 THE AMEEICAN §0tHnkaI ^ti^Rximmt Dr. GEORGE VASEY, Editor, Riohview, Ills FOXGLOVE PENTSTEMOX. [Peidsifniion Digitalis, Nutt.) The genus Pentstemon is, iu North America, an extensive one, comprising, according to Dr. Gray's Synopsis of this genus (Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Phila., 1862), over sixty species; vastly the larger portion of which arc inhabitants of the country west of the Missis- sippi river. One species only (Pentstemon puhescens) ex- tends overall the region east of the Mississippi; one species {Pentstemon dissectus. Ell.) charac- terized by pinnately-parted leaves, occurs only in (he Southern States from Georgia to Florida; one species {Pentstemon (jrandiflorus, Nutt.), though most abundant west of the Mississippi, reaches over sparingly into Wisconsin and Illinois; and one other species (P. Digitalis, Nutt.) the subject of our present sketch, ex- tends from Illinois to Arliansas, Louisiana and Georgia. The remaining species are variously distributed through California, New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain region. [Fig. 1<J4.]. Fo.\k1ijvc- {Pcnislcmi ii D iilah Null ) This is one of our handvome^t orna- mental plants, growing, in huoidblc lotalitie'', three to four feet high. The stem is smooth, unbranched below, with four or five pairs of large leaves at intervals of five or six inches, the upper half forming a panicle of flowers, by the development of a pair of branches from each of the upper pairs of leaves, the leaves becoming smaller and the spaces shorter to the top. The flower stalks, or branches, are a little longer than the leaves, terminated by the clusters of flowers. The engraving i-epresents their form and ap- pearance, a little less than the natural size. The plant belongs to the Natural Oi'der Scrophulari- acece, to which also belongs the European Fox- glove (Digitalis), from a resemblance to which our plant has received its specific name. The flowers are a littl
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