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LOBELIA* purpurea 



Purple Lobelia. 





SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA 



Nat. ord. LoBELIACEiE. 



LOBELIA, — Suprd, vol. 1. fol. 60. 



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h. purpurea; caule suffruticoso, foliis lanceolatis serrulatis glabris, floribus 

 racemosis, bracteis ovatis integris, calyce sphserico : dentibus ovatis 

 acutis, corolla alt^ fissa 5-partita : laciniis parallelis falcatis secundis. 



iffruticosus 



Folia coriacea, lanceolata. 



serrulatay acuta^ utrinque glabra ; superiora nunc dilatata, obtusay apice 

 denticulatay nunc in bracteis subintegris abeuntia. Flores in axillis brae- 

 iearuniy racemum terminalem constituentes. Calyx subrotunduSy lO-costatus, 

 o-dentatuSy dentibus et pedicellis pubescentibus. Corolla amomi purpureay 

 unciam longa, hinc altt Jissa^ laciniis linearibus, apice conniventibuSy fal- 

 catiSy secundis. Stamina monadelpha ; tubo apice vicurvo ; anthersc con- 

 natce, muticce. Capsula bilocutaris, apice bivalvis^ polyspermay placentis in 

 medio dissepimenti. Stigma bilobum. 



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A native of Chile, where it was found in the neighbour- 

 hood of Valparaiso by Mr. M'Rae, in February 1825. He 

 sent seeds to the Horticultural Society, in whose Garden 

 our drawing was made in August 1828. 



It is a handsome half-shrubby plant, growing in the 

 open border in the summer, but requiring protection in 

 the winter. It does not ripen its seeds, and can only be 

 increased by cuttings, or division of the crown of the root. 



Stem half-shrubby, erect, smooth, undivided. Leaves 

 coriaceous, lanceolate, serrulate, acute, smooth on each 

 side ; the upper ones sometimes dilated, obtuse, with teeth 

 at the end, more frequently passing insensibly into nearly 

 entire bracteae. Flowers axillary, forming a terminal raceme. 





See fol. 1200. 



