LOBELIACEZ. VIII. Lostra. 707 
lanceolate-linear, toothed ; stem naked at the top, therefore the 
raceme of flowers is naked and terminal; bracteas subulate. %.S 
Native of New Spain. Stem striated, glabrous. Leaves 2 inches 
long, glabrous. Corollas blue. Tube of corolla 3-4 lines long; 
segments of the upper lip narrower than those of the lower, and 
reflexed. Stigma villous. Filaments exserted, and resembling a 
stork’s head. Very like L. ùrens. 
Stork’s Lobelia. Pl. 1 foot. 
31 L. nummutarioipgs (Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 209.) gla- 
brous ; leaves rather fleshy, ovate, cordate, rather reniform, ob- 
tuse, quite entire, or obsoletely subsinuately crenated, on short 
petioles, and sessile ; flowers axillary, on long pedicels; caly- 
cine segments a little shorter than the corolline tube; anthers 
glabrous on the back, all bearded ; fruit globose ; stems pros- 
trate, radicant, but ascending and floriferous at the apex. 2%. S. 
Native of Brazil, within the tropics, in marshy places. Nearly 
allied to Z. Zeylanica. Corolla blue or violaceous. 
Moneywort-like Lobelia. Pl. prostrate and creeping. 
32 L. reniro’rmis (Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 210.) herbaceous, 
hairy; stems rather capillary, branched, creeping, rooting ; leaves 
on short petioles, orbicularly reniform, obsoletely angular, mem- 
branous, nerved, and reticulately veined, pale green above, and 
glaucescent beneath ; pedicels terminal and axillary, elongated ; 
corolla glabrous outside, villous inside, with a broadish tube, 
and triangular segments ; anthers glabrous on the back ; calycine 
teeth ovate, acute, much shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
%. S. Native of Brazil. Plant tufted, creeping. Leaves 
hairy, ciliated on the edges. Flowers blue. 
Kidney-shaped-leaved Lobelia. Pl. creeping. 
33 L. aqua’tica (Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 211.) a glabrous 
aquatic herb; stem erect or floating, flattened in the dry state ; 
leaves scattered, erect, sessile, narrow-lanceolate, acute, obso- 
letely serrated, 1-nerved ; pedicels axillary at the tops of the 
stem, capillary, erect, twice the length of the leaves; ovarium 
semi-elliptic, crowned by the calycine segments, which are a 
little shorter than the tube of the corolla; anthers all bearded, 
glabrous on the back, exceeding the corolline tube, but shorter 
than its segments. 2%. S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of 
Tivers, or in marshes among grasses. Flowers blue. Leaves 
half an inch long. 
Aquatic Lobelia. P]. 4 to 3 foot. 
34 L. sessıtIròLIA (Lamb. in Lin. trans. 10. p. 260. t. 6.) leaves 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, serrulated, glabrous ; pedicels axillary, 
shorter than the leaves ; stem erect, leafy, glabrous, very simple. 
4. H. Native of Kamtschatka. L. Camtschatica, Pall. mss. 
Habit of a Euphórbia. Leaves of an obscure green. Flowers blue? 
Sessile-leaved Lobelia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
35 L. umBELLA`ra (Vest, ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 
58.) glabrous ; leaves sessile, linear, toothed, dilated and trifid 
at the apex ; flowers terminal, umbellate; stem erect. 2.? S. 
Native country unknown. Stem angular. Leaves like those of 
Chrysénthemum leucdnthemum. Involucrum of umbel short. 
Corollas blue, nearly an inch long, with the segments of the 
upper lip linear and reflexed, and of the lower one oblong. 
Stamens a little shorter than the tube of the corolla. Anthers 
bearded at the apex. 
Umbellate-flowered Lobelia. 
** Corollas red, purple or scarlet, rarely yellowish. 
_ 36 L. Gramryea (Lam. dict. 3. p. 583.) glabrous; leaves 
linear, ensiform, acute ; racemes long, simple ; stem erect, sim- 
ple ; bracteas linear, acute, shorter than the flowers.—Native of 
Peru. Leaves 5 inches long, and 2-3 lines broad. Flowers 
scarlet, on short pedicels, form of those of L. cardinalis. Fila- 
ments and stamens combined. 
Grassy-leaved Lobelia. Pl. 2 feet. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
37 L. PULVERULE'NTA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 212.) leaves ovate, 
on very short petioles, glabrous above and wrinkled, but clothed 
with white tomentum beneath ; corollas campanulate, powdery ; 
stem shrubby. h.S. Native of South America, on the road 
from Guaranda to Mount Chimborazo. Stem branched, tomen- 
tose. Leaves obtuse, with subrevolute edges, 3 inches long. 
Pedicels longer than the leaves, altogether forming a leafy 
raceme. Corollas white from powdery tomentum outside, and 
reddish inside, less than an inch long, with equal oblong acute 
segments, Perhaps a species of Clerméntea. 
Powdery Lobelia. Pl. 6 to 8 feet. 
38 L. corpicerA (Cav. icon. 6. p. 14. t. 523.) leaves ovate, 
acute, half-stem-clasping, villous, denticulated ; pedicels villous, 
axillary, solitary ; stem villous, furrowed. Y. F. Native of 
Chili. Leaves 3 inches long. Calyx villous. Corolla scarlet, 
14 inch long, with the segments of the upper lip linear, elon- 
gated, of the lower lip ovate, acute. Genitals glabrous. 
Heart-bearing Lobelia. Pl. 3 feet. 
39 L. pecu'rrens (Cav. icon. 6. p. 13. t. 521.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, biserrated, decurrent, glabrous, approximate ; flowers 
solitary, axillary, altogether forming a long leafy raceme ; calyx 
villous, with the segments deeply serrated ; tube of corolla cleft 
even to the base. h.F. Native of Chili, on the banks of the 
river Claro. Sweet, A. gard. n. s. 86. Stem glabrous. Leaves 
2 inches long and an inch broad, with 2 small teeth between 
each large one. Corolla purplish-violet, 14 inch long; upper 
lip of 2 linear segments, which are villous at the apex, of the 
lower acute, and are as well as the anthers pilose. 
Decurrent-leaved Lobelia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1826. Pl. 
5 to 6 feet. 
40 L. concroza‘ta (Lam. dict. 3. p. 585.) leaves oblong-cunei- 
form, denticulated, shining; racemes globose, terminal; seg- 
ments of calyx fringed; stem simple, filled with medula. XY. S. 
Native of Martinico and St. Domingo. Lin. spec. 4. t. 117. Stem 
thick, naked at the base. Leaves a foot and more long, and 3 
inches broad, exceeding the corymb of flowers. Flowers very 
numerous, disposed in a short raceme. Bracteas lanceolate, 
denticulated, shorter than the flowers. Corollas shorter than 
the calyx, scarlet, but in the larger variety greenish-red. Per- 
haps a species of Tupa. 
Conglobate-racemed Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 
41 L. Cavanitresta'na (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 43.) 
glabrous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, ses- 
sile; pedicels solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves, the whole 
forming a leafy raceme; corollas downy. %. S. Native of 
New Spain, near Acambaro. L. persicifolia, Cav. icon. 6. p. 
12. t. 518. Stem herbaceous, striated, branched. Serratures 
of leaves setaceous. Calyx globose. Corolla red; with the 
tube nearly an inch long. Probably a species of Tèpa. An- 
thers bearded with white hairs. 
Cavanilles’s Lobelia. FI. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 8 ft. 
42 L. persicrrdxia (Lam. dict. 3. p. 584.) leaves narrow-lan- 
ceolate, serrated; pedicels axillary, solitary, shorter than the 
leaves, the whole forming a leafy raceme. ¥. S. Native of 
Guadaloupe, in marshes. Stem fistular. Leaves numerous. 
Corolla purplish, glabrous, a little curved, 14 inch long. Per- 
haps a species of Siphocampylus. 
Peach-leaved Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. 1} ft. 
43 L. Krav’ssi (Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. March, 1830. 
bot. mag. 3012.) leaves sessile, lanceolate, decurrent, sharply 
serrated, glabrous; pedicels axillary, solitary, longer than the 
leaves, the whole forming a leafy terminal raceme; calycine seg- 
ments subulate, a little toothed, spreading, and are as well as 
the corolla glabrous ; stem herbaceous, glabrous, erect, branched. 
Y. S. Native of Dominica, where it was collected by Dr. 
Krauss. Leaves 4} inches long. Corolla 1 inch long, red, 
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