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LOBELIA siphiUtica. 

 Blue American Ziohelia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA (t. Monadelphia Pmtattdria v. Syngenesis Monogamia), 



Nat.wd. CAMPANULACEiE. JiMOTCtt jTCTi. 163. Div. IL^Broum mrod, 



1. 659. Sect. XL Cor. irregularis (nunc 5petala). Anth. 



Sdsph connatEC. 

 LoBEUACEiB. Justieu in ann. du naa. 18. 1. 



LOBELIA. Supra vol. 1. fol. 60. 



L. siphiUtica, caule erecto, foliis ovato-oblongis utrinque acuts maqualiter 

 serratis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, calycum sinubus reflexis peduncu- 

 lisquehirtis. WiUd. enum. 1. 2M . , ^,^ , 



Lobelia siphilitica. Lin. sp. pi. ed. 2. 2. 1320. WiM. sp. pi. 1 . 945. io- 

 warc* CTicwc. 3. 586. Jticg. coH. 1. 163. tc. ror. 3. /. 597. 3fic&a«x 6or. 

 amer. 2. 151. H<rrt. Kew. ed. 2. 1. 359. Pursh amer. sept. 2. 447. 



Nuttall gen. 2. 15. . a ., i i. lu 



Lobelia caule erecto, foliis ovato-lanceolatis crenatis, flonbus lateialibus. 



Lin. hort. cliff-. 426. Grtm. virg. ed, 2. 134; (mutato charactere speafico 



ex hort. cli^mal^ citato adque Lobeliam erinoidem referente, exclitm- 



que synonymis ctt»c/« prater Claytoni.) 

 Kapunculum siphiliticum. Gtertn. tern. 1. 152. t. 30./^. 9. 

 Rapunculum americanum flore dilute caruleo. Bodart. mim. 105. Hob. xc. 



264. 



A hardy perennial, cultivated as far back as 1665 ; 

 havinff been brought from America, where it is m great 

 repute among the Indians for its medicinal virtu^; the 

 secret of which however, after having been purchased by Sir 

 William Johnston, does not seem to have been confirmed by 

 European practice. The plant grows to two feet or more 

 in height, abounds with milky juice, and has a rank smell. 

 The root, the part used as medicine, is described by Dr. 

 Woodville as having the taste of tobacco, and as being apt 

 to excite vomiting. 



According to Pursh the species is found from New York 

 to Carolina ; affecting low grounds on the banks of nvers 

 and the vicinity of springs. 



The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Colvill. 



The following view of the general structure of the 



