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* LOBELIA fenestralis 



Loop-holed Lobelia. 



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SYNGENESIA MOi:iOGAM.lA 



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Nat. ord. Lobeliaceje. 

 LOBELIA. Sot. Reg. vol. l.foL 60. 



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1j. Jenes traits ; caule herbaceo simpHci sulcato, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 dentatis glabris semi-amplexicaulibus, spick tenninali multiflora foliata, ge- 

 nitalibus tubo corollae iisso dimidio brevioribus. Kunth Synops. 2. 347. 



L. fenestralis. Cavan. ic. 6. p. 8. t. 512. y. 1. Pers. synops. 2. 212/ 



Rapuntium fenestrale. Presl. Monogr. Lobeliac. p. 13. 



Sepala surstlm versa, oblong o-lineariay serrata. Petala 2 snperiora in-- 

 vicem libera^ et marginis alterius parte superiore tantitm labia inferiori tri* 

 lobo agglutinata. Filamenta libera^petalis duplo breviora. Antherse coerulecPy 

 omnes paritkr apice barbatce. Stylus ^lament orum longitudine , clavatus ; 

 stigma conicum, obsolete bilobumy annulo pilorum circumdatum. Ovarium 

 biloculare, polyspermum. 



Found by Humboldt and Bonpland in the temperate 

 parts of Mexico near the city itself, Chapoltepec and Paz- 

 cuaro, at the height of 6600 feet. Its seeds have recently 

 been obtained by George Frederick Dickson, Esq. from the 



same country, and have been presented by that gentleman to 

 the Horticultural Society of London. 



It is a half-hardy biennial, growing from two to three 



feet high, and flowering freely from July to September, if 

 planted in any well manured garden soil, and freely supplied 

 with water during the growing season. 



The seeds should be sown about the end of June on a 

 nearly exhausted hot-bed, in pots filled with a mixture of 



Sec Bot, Reg. vol. I. fol. 60. 



