145 LOBELIACEAE: 
formantibus: labium superius (in flore resupinato) e 
petalis duobus aequalibus longioribus compositum et 
supra medium fissum; inferius tripetalum, petalis ad 
medium v. altius connatis, nune lateralibus cum labio 
superiore supra medium connatis, raro fere ad basin 
solutis. STAMINA 5 corollae tubo inserta; FILAMENTA 
basi libera, inferne dilatata, superne in tubum con- 
nata; ANTHERAE oblongae erectae connatae, duae in- 
feriores paullo breviores, vertice penicillatae, tres 
majores vertice nudae, dorso piloso-hispidae v. glabrae. 
Ovarrum inferum, semisuperum v. basi tantum ad- 
natum, vertice breviter exsertum, conicum, ovatum v. 
subglobosum, biloculare; placentae adnatae v. peltatae 
carnosulae; ovula plurima, placentis undique affixa, 
anatropa, integumento 1. SryLus filiformis; STIGMATA 
duo, breviter bilobata, lobis divaricatis ovalibus orbi- 
culatis glabris, subtus pilorum collectorum annulo. 
CAPSULA semisupera, infera v. inter sepala persistentia 
prominens, bilocularis, conico-rostrata, apice valvis 2 
loculicide dehiscens, polysperma. SEMINA parva ex- 
cavato-punctata v. scrobiculata. 
FRUTICES, SUFFRUTICES V. HERBAE perennes, inter- 
dum scandentes, in America tropica habitantes, glabri, 
hirsuti v. stellato-tomentosi; roLiis alternis oppositis vel 
verticillatim congestis, integerrimis v. denticulatis, rarius 
inciso-dentatis v. pinnatim lobatis v. dissectis; FLORIBUS 
axillaribus v. ad apices ramorum corymbosis v. laxius 
racemosis, PETALIS Saepius magnis rubris aurantiacis 
v. purpurascentibns, rarius virescentibus v. albis. 
CONSPECTUS SPECIERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 
A. Calycis tubus turbinatus vel longe obconicus. 
I. Folia alterna. 
a. Plantae scandentes. 
Caulis volubilis scandens; folia ovato-lanceolata an- 
gustata, margine reflexo obsolete denticulata, sub- 
coriacea; flores circ. 6 cm. longi 1. S. CONVOLVULACEUS, 
Caulis subscandens; folia ovata, basi cordata, apice 
acuminata, margine argute vel fimbriato-dentata ; 
flores circ. 4 cm, longi 2. S. LONGEPEDUNCULATUS. 
b. Plantae non scandentes. 
a, Folia longipetiolata. 
Folia ovata, basi obtusa vel subcordata, apice acu- 
minata, fere triangularia, margine acute sub- 
duplicato-serrata; flores cire. 5'/, em. longi 
8. S. BETULAEFOLIUS. 
Folia suborbicularia vel ovato-elliptica, basi et apice 
acuta, margine inaequaliter dentata; flos 37 mm. 
longus . | 5. 6 702 - & 8. WARMINGIL 
8. Folia breviter petiolata, oblongo-spathulata, mar- 
gine irregulariter grosse serrata vel undulato- 
crenata; flores cire. 5 cm. longi 5. 8. EICHLERI. 
y. Folia brevissime petiolata vel sessilia, ovata, basi 
cordata, apice subacuta vel obtusiuscula, plus mi- 
nus coriacea vel fere chartacea, margine sub- 
reflexo serrulata; flores cire. 3'/, em. longi 
6. S. IMBRICATUS. 
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II. Folia verticillatim disposita sessilia. 
a. Folia terna, floralia sena, anguste lanceolata, basi 
angustata decurrentia, apice acuminata, margine ob- 
tuse serrulata; flores cire. 4 cm. longi 7. S. LYCIOIDES. 
b. Folia 3, 4 usque 6—8 verticillatim congesta, elliptico- 
linearia acuta, superiora ovalia, omnia margine ar- 
gute serrata; flores hirtello-pubescentes, cire. 5*/, cm. 
longi sca ai 2085. VII LA 
B. Calycis tubus hemisphaericus. 
I. Folia alterna. 
a. Sepala corolla 3—4-plo breviora. 
a, Folia coriacea ovata acuta, basi cordata, margine 
subreflexo serrata; flores circ. 5 cm. longi 
14. S. NITIDUS. 
f. Folia herbacea villosula ovata, 
Folia basi integerrima, margine biserrata, nervis 
lutescenti-villosis; flores circ. 3'/, cm. longi; 
sepala apice subreflexa ; petala pilosiuscula, labii 
inferioris medio reflexo . 13. S. vILLOSULUS. 
Folia margine erenata, nervis supra brunneo-viri- 
dibus glabrescentibus, subtus virescenti-canis ; 
flores cire. 4 em, longi; sepala erecta; petala 
glabra, inferiora reflexa . . 12. S. MACROPODUS. 
b. Sepala corolla 7 —8-plo breviora; folia ovata v. ovato- 
acuta, basi saepe cordata, margine serrato-dentata 
vel subundulata et minute remoteque dentata; flores 
circ. 4 cm. longi, haud raro in corymbo dispositi 
15. 8. CORYMBIFERUS. 
II. Folia terna, quaterna, rarius alterna vel opposita, ovato-acuta, 
Folia breviter petiolata, margine inaequaliter, dentata 
supra glabra, subtus pubescentia; pedicelli folio sub- 
breviores; flores cire. 5'/2 em. longi 11. S. WESTINIANUS. 
Folia breviter petiolata, apice acuminata, margine den- 
ticulata; pedicelli folio triplo breviores; flores cire. 
9. S. PSILOPHYLLUS. 
Folia petiolata, hirtella, margine acute serrata, dentibus 
2—5 minoribus inter majores obviis; pedicelli folio 
sublongiores; flores cire. 4 cm. longi 10, S. DUPLOSERRATUS. 
bod. e. 
1. SIPHOCAMPYLUS CONVOLVULACEUS (Cnam) G. 
Don: glaber, caule volubili scandente, ramis teretibus gracilibus; 
foliis alternis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis angustatis, junioribus 
acutioribus, in margine reflexo obsolete denticulatis; pedicellis 
folio multo longioribus; floribus circiter 5!/;— 6 cm. longis; sepalis 
linearibus obscure denticulatis subcoriaceis parvis, calycis tubo 
obconico et corollae tubo multo brevioribus; corolla aurantiaco- 
rubra vel purpurea subarcuata, superne dilatata, subpuberula; 
staminibus breviter exsertis; capsula oblongo-obconica tubiformi 
angusta, apice rostello brevissimo ornata. 
Tabula nostra XLIII. 
Lobelia (Siphocampylus) convolvulacea Cham, in Linnaea 
VIII. 206. - 
Lobelia convolvulacea Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel. p.33.n.1. 
Siphocampylus convoivulacea G. Don Gen. Hist. III. 703. 
Siphocampylus convolvulaceus DC. Prodr. VII. pars II. 
p. 401. n. 22. 
FRUTEX glaberrimus. Rami diam. 1--2 mm., laeves vel tenuiter 
obsolete striati; internodia adulta 5—7'/, em. longa, ad 17 em. elongata. 
FoLIA 50—76 mm. longa, 10—33 mm. lata, lamina supra nitida, costulis 
albis tenuissimis raris. BRACTEAE lineari-acutae. PEDICELLUS cum fructus 
fragmentis 11—17 em. longus teres, sursum sensim incrassatus. CALYCIS 
tubus 14 mm. longus, sepala brevia 3—5 mm. longa, basi latiora, te- 
nuissime pubescentia. COROLLA 4'/,—5'/, em, longa, STAMINA 47—57 mm. 
