. 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 PENTSTEMON calyx, the upper part broad and ventricose, the sub- equal lobes rounded and spreading, the throat hairy; sterile filament hairy at the top. Mex. 3884. —An old garden plant which is variable in color and which has received many names, as P. am/ustifoUns, atro- purpttreu^, pulchel
. 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 PENTSTEMON calyx, the upper part broad and ventricose, the sub- equal lobes rounded and spreading, the throat hairy; sterile filament hairy at the top. Mex. 3884. —An old garden plant which is variable in color and which has received many names, as P. am/ustifoUns, atro- purpttreu^, pulchellits, roseus. See 13:1122 and 14:1138. 15:1429, 1438. 20. hftmilis, Nutt. Low, usually not over 0 in. tall, pubescent in the inflorescence: Ivs. oblong to lanceo- late, somewhat glaucous, the upper ones small-toothed: inflorescence 3-4 in. long, with 2-5-fld. peduncles: fls. % in. long, rather narrow, deep blue or sometimes ranging to white, the lower lip bearded within. Rocky Mts., west. F. 1875:241. 21. gricilia, Nutt. Taller, some- times minutely puberulent, slen- der : Ivs. linear-lanceolate, some- times nearly entire, the radical ones spatukite or oblong: inflores- cence strict, the peduncles 2- or more-fld.: fls. nearly 1 in. long, mostly narrow-funnelform, lilac- purple ranging to white. Colo, and Wyo., north. 2945. 16:1541. —Pretty species. II. Color of fls. nearly or quite white, hut sometimes shaded with red or purple. 22. tubiJldrus, Nutt. Stem 2-3 ft., erect, not leafy above: Ivs. oblong to ovate-lanceolate, barely serru- late, passing into small bracts above : inflorescence of densely- fld., somewhat whorled clusters: fls. about % in. long, scarcely 2-. 1715. Beard-tongue—Pentstemon laevigatus. var. Digital: lipped, the spreading limb nearly as long as the tube, white or nearly so and sometimes tinged with purple. Kans. and Ark. 23. laevigitus, Solander. Tall and slender, 2-4 ft., more or less glaucous: Ivs. rather firm, purplish, some
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