710 
Tobacco-leaved Lobelia. 
Fl. June, July. 
to 3 feet. 
Cit. 1822. Pl. 2 
§ 3. Species natives of Africa, particularly of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers generally violaceous or blue, rarely white 
or yellow. 
Leaves entire. 
72 L. tinza‘ris (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 35.) 
leaves linear, quite entire, glabrous; stems erect, terete, striated, 
glabrous; pedicels solitary, axillary, much shorter than the 
leaves. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, near Paar- 
deberg. Ait. hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 356. Stems many from 
the same root, simple. - Flowers blue. 
Linear-leaved Lobelia. Fl.? Clt. 1791. Shrub 4 to $ ft. 
73 L. seta‘’cea (Thunb. phyt. bl. p. 21. act. gorenk. 1811. 
f. 11. fl. cap. 2. p. 34.) leaves filiform, setaceous, glabrous, quite 
entire; pedicels axillary, solitary, length of leaves. Yy. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers nutant, blue. ? 
Stems erect, glabrous. 
Setaceous-leaved Lobelia. Fl. May, July. Cit. 1816. 
+ foot. 
74 L. sca‘sra (Thunb. phyt. bl. p. 21. fl. cap. 2. p. 35.) leaves 
linear, emarginate, scabrous, quite entire; stems weak, filiform, 
hairy; pedicels axillary, solitary, flexuous, longer than the 
leaves. 2.2? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 
sessile, subsecund. Calyx and corolla hairy. 
Scabrous Lobelia. Pl. 4 foot. 
75 L. commura‘'ta (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 36.) lower 
leaves ovate: superior ones oblong: all sessile, retuse, and 
emarginate, with revolute margins, beset with a few hairs on 
the nerve and on the edges; floriferous branches and stems 
naked at the apex ; flowers racemose, on short pedicels, reflexed. 
Y.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.? Stems ascending, 
beset with a few white bristles. Leaves rather distich. Calyx 
hispid. Corolla violaceous, with a long white hispid tube. An- 
thers bearded by white hairs. 
Changed Lobelia. Pl. ascending. 
76 L. simptex (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fi. cap. 2. p. 35.) 
leaves linear, villous, sessile, quite entire; stems simple, erect, 
smooth ; pedicels solitary, axillary, twice the length of the 
leaves. ©. or Y. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers blue. Calycine segments linear-lanceolate, villous. 
Capsule turbinate. 
Simple-stemmed Lobelia. 
4 foot. 
77 L. pxıròLIA (Lin. spec. 1318. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 36.) 
shrubby ; leaves linear-lanceolate, erect, crowded, quite entire, 
but according to Thunberg they are trigonal ; pedicels terminal, 
few. k. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sides of 
mountains near Cape Town. Andr. bot. rep. 273. Young 
branches downy. Segments of calyx linear. Corolla blue. 
Pine-leaved Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub 14 ft. 
78 L. pepre’ssa (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fi. cap. 2. p. 36.) 
leaves oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, quite entire; stem 
branched, denticulated, varicose ; pedicels length of leaves, soli- 
tary. %4. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems 
much depressed. Leaves a little decurrent. Flowers deep 
purple, minute. 
Depressed Lobelia. Pl. prostrate. 
79 L. pantcuna'ra (Lin. spec. 1319.) leaves linear, quite en- 
tire; stems leafy at the base, and naked at the apex, branched, 
panicled; panicle dichotomous. .? G. Native of Ethiopia. 
Burm. afr. t. 38. f. 3. Leaves short, sessile. Branches loose, 
furnished with 2 small opposite leaves under each fork. Flowers 
small, blue, 
* Stems erect. 
Pl. 
Fl, May, Aug. Cit. 1794. Pl. 
LOBELIACEZ. 
VIII. Losera. 
Panicled Lobelia. 
*a Stems erect. 
Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
Leaves serrated or crenated. 
80 L. seLLIDIFÒLIA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 47.) 
leaves ovate, toothed, hairy, or obovate crenated, downy be- 
neath ; stems hispid at the base, simple, divided into a panicle 
at the top; lower pedicels the longest. 4%. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Corollas blue. Leaves of the ramifica- 
tions of the panicle subulate, smooth. 
Daisy-leaved Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. Pl. } to 
2 foot. 
j 81 L. rHIzorHyY`ra (Spreng. nov. prov. 1818. ex Reem. et 
Schultes, syst. 5. p. 44.) lower leaves petiolate, obovate, re- 
pandly toothed, glabrous, rather fleshy : superior ones lanceo- 
late, sessile, rather decurrent > uppermost ones ciliated, quite 
entire ; pedicels short, axillary; capsules cylindrical, glabrous ; 
stems radicant at the base, and ascending at the apex, trique- 
trous, glabrous. 4%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Sims, bot. mag. 2519. Flowers white, marked with blue. It 
differs from L. bellidifdlia in the smoothness of its parts ; and 
from L.’cuneiformis, R. Br. in the decumbent radicant stems. 
Rooting Lobelia. FI. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1800. PI ascending. 
82 L. triaveTra (Lin. mant. p. 120.) glabrous; leaves lan- 
ceolate, pinnatifidly toothed, sessile ; racemes terminal ; branches 
and pedicels trigonal. Y%. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 48. L. capitata, Burm. prod. p. 
25. Leaves as if they were agglutinated at the base. Racemes 
erect, pedunculate. Corollas blue. : 
Var. B, comòsa ; leaves linear, toothed; flowers terminal. 
Y. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. L. corymbosa, 
Berg. cap. p. 344. Flowers blue. ; 
Var. y, alba; corymbs leafy; flowers white. X. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Triquetrous-stemmed Lobelia. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
83 L. pecu’mBens (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2277.) glabrous ; stems 
decumbent ; leaves obovate, toothed: superior ones dissimilar ; 
pedicels axillary, shorter than the bracteas, which are i 
quite entire, and decurrent. 4. G. Native of the Cape o 
Good Hope. L. bellidifolia, Hortul. Calycine teeth short, 
spreading, subulate. Flowers blue, smaller than in L. bicolor, 
with a white or yellowish throat. 
Decumbent Lobelia. Fl. June. Clt. 1820. Pl. dec. 
84 L. crne'rea (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p- 44.) 
leaves linear, spiny-toothed, clothed with grey tomentum ; 
flowers almost sessile, forming a terminal raceme. 2. 9., Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope, in Roggeweld. Root sas et 
simple. Stems many from the same root, terete, a . 
Leaves sessile, acute, with thickened margins; lower ones 8ta- 
brous. Calyx tomentose. Corollas white. 
Grey Lobelia. Pl. $ foot. 
85 L. romenrosa (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 394.) tomentose ; leaves 
linear, toothed; peduncles terminal, very long, 1-2-flowered. 
y. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems numerous, 
ascending, simple, having the leaves imbricated at the pene 
Leaves like those of Corénopis, having 4-6 obtuse teeth on aie 
side, with revolute edges, clothed with hairy tomentum; pe re 
cles clothed with adpressed hairs, bearing 2 small oppos! 
leaves in the middle, or towards the base, and above Par 
opposite setaceous ones. Corolla blue or violaceous, hal 
inch long. Anthers beset with white hairs at the apex- 
Tomentose Lobelia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1821. 
cending. 2 
86 L. secv’xoa (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 395° Thunb. fl. cap- i it 
45.) glabrous; lower leaves oblong, toothed: superior ones ei 
ceolate, entire; peduncles racemose, secund. X. G. Nati 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. 
Pl. as- 
