LOBELIACEÆ. VIII. Losetia. 
of the Cape of Good Hope, in sandy inundated places. The 
plant can hardly be said to be truly glabrous. There are flori- 
ferous branches in the axils of nearly all the leaves, and the 
flowers are all drooping to one side. Stems numerous, filiform, 
striated and downy, simple. Lower leaves obovate, obsoletely 
denticulated, obtuse. Pedicels solitary, 1-flowered, shorter than 
the leaves. Corollas white, and are as well as the calyx downy 
outside. 
Secund-flowered Lobelia. 
4 foot. 
87 L. ra'rura (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 41.) leaves 
ovate, sinuately toothed, villous; stems diffuse, spreading, fili- 
form ; pedicels solitary, axillary, capillary, downy, longer than 
the leaves. 4%, G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 
petiolate; superior ones lanceolate. In Lin. fil. suppl. p. 395. 
the plant is said to be glabrous. 
Spreading Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 
88 L. rervens (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 46.) leaves sessile, 
ovate-oblong : upper ones lanceolate: all serrated, glabrous ; 
pedicels 1-flowered, much shorter than the leaves in the superior 
axils. Y%.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems 
erectish, branched a little, glabrous, Flowers blue. 
Fervent Lobelia. PI. 4 foot. 
89 L. sírva (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 46.) leaves 
obovate, tocthed, glabrous; stems filiform, downy, bifid or 
twice bifid at the apex; flowers terminal, solitary. Y. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on Mount Bockland. Stems 
erect, simple. Radical leaves subpetiolate, obovate, denticu- 
lated, hardly downy, a line long, but only a solitary cauline one 
on each stem, or 2 small alternate ones. Flowers blue. Brac- 
teas lanceolate in the forks of the stem. 
Bifid-stemmed Lobelia. PI. 1 to 3 inches. 
„30 L. pe'sinis (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 395. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 
45.) leaves lanceolate, serrated, glabrous; pedicels lateral, longer 
than the leaves ; stems much branched from the base; calycine 
segments linear-subulate, a little shorter than the corolla. ©. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very like L. depréssa. 
Upper leaves nearly linear. Corollas blue, villous outside. 
Weak Lobelia. “Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Pl. 4 foot. 
91 L. minv'ra (Lin. mant. p. 292.) leaves radical, ovate, ob- 
oe hardly crenated ; scapes or pedicels capillary, 1-flowered, 
* inches long; corolla funnel-shaped. 2. H. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, in fissures of rocks on Mount Taffel- 
berg. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2590. Root throwing out off-sets. 
Flowers pale blue. Habit of Méntia fontana or Béllium mi- 
nutum. 
Minute Lobelia. F]. June, Sept. Clt. 1772. Pl. 1 inch. 
92 L. minima (Sims, bot. mag. 2077.) stems prostrate; leaves 
ovate, crenated, petiolate, glabrous; pedicels long, axillary, 1- 
flowered, furnished with 2-3 linear hairy bracteas below the 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. Pl. 
middle. _¥%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, . Flowers 
white inside, and red outside, with a yellow throat. 
Least Lobelia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. Pl. 1 to 2 
inches. 
93 L. pusrt1a; leaves roundish, lobed: lobes obtuse ; 
pedicels axillary, 1-flowered. 2. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers white. L. minùta, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 
40. fl. cap. 2. p. 43. 
Small Lobelia. Pl. 1 inch. 
*** Stems prostrate. Leaves cut or toothed. 
94 L. Erinus (Lin. spec. 1321. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 39.) 
leaves toothed; lower ones obovate, petiolate: superior ones 
almost sessile, narrow-lanceolate ; peduncles 1-flowered, longer 
than the bracteas ; stems spreading. 4%. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 901. Rapúntium erlnum, 
711 
Mill. dict. no. 8.—Herm. lugdb. 110. t. 110. Stems branched 
at bottom. Leaves glabrous. Pedicels axillary, solitary, naked, 
much longer than the leaves. Flowers slender, blue, with a 
white or yellowish throat. Fruit 3-celled. According to Thun- 
berg there is a variety of this, having numerous radical stems, 
which are as well as the leaves villous. 
Erinus Lobelia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt.1752. Pl. 4 foot. 
95 L. atstnoipes (Lam. dict. 3. p. 586. no. 29.) plant creep- 
ing, glabrous ; stems branched ; leaves roundish-oval, toothed ; 
peduncles long, 1-flowered, axillary, much longer than the 
leaves. 2. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stem 
erect at the top, but radicant at the base. Radical leaves like 
those of Sibthérpia ; the rest ovate, toothed, and subpetiolate. 
Chick-meed-like Lobelia. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
96 L. muscoipes (Cham. in Linnea, 7. p. 215.) herb small, 
slender, trailing, quite glabrous; stems filiform, rooting at the 
nodi; leaves roundish, deeply 5-7-cleft, truncate or cuneated at 
the base: segments elliptic, acute, mucronulate; pedicels axil- 
lary, bracteate, erect, much longer than the leaves; ovarium 
obconical. 2. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Herb 
tufted, pale green. Corollas purple. 
Moss-like Lobelia. Pl. tufted. 
97 L. Monprra‘na (Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 215.) plant trail- 
ing; stems filiform, angular ; leaves sessile, decurrent, lanceo- 
late and elliptic, acute at both ends, with a few acute serratures ; 
flowers axillary, solitary, on short pedicels; calycine segments 
lanceolate, acute, erect, more than one-half shorter than the 
tube of the corolla; anthers all bearded. 2%. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope, at Gamka, where it was collected by 
M. Mundt. Ovarium, calyxes, pedicels, stems, and outside of 
corolla beset with long spreading white hairs. 
Mundt’s Lobelia. Pl. trailing. 
98 L. campanuta'ta (Lam. dict. 3. p. 588. no. 30.) plant 
small; leaves linear-lanceolate, toothed ; pedicels very long, 1- 
flowered ; calyx hairy, alittle reflexed. ©. H. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Stem simple, slender, leafy, glabrous. 
Leaves glabrous, sessile, hardly an inch long. Pedicels filiform, 
21 inches long, pilose at the apex, solitary in the axils of the 
Flowers erect, campanulate, blue. Limb 
superior leaves. 
Calycine segments 
spreading, hardly divided, rather irregular. 
narrow. 
Bell-flowered Lobelia. Fl, June, July. Clt. 1821. 
4 foot. 
99 L. Bre’ynu (Lam. dict. 3. p. 588.) leaves sessile, lanceo- 
late, toothed, minute, usually unilateral; flowers almost sessile ; 
the pedicels are short and alternate; stems procumbent. 2. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Breyn. cent. p. 175. 
t. 89. Stems long, filiform. Flowers blue. Bracteas much 
shorter than the flowers. 
Breynius’s Lobelia. Pl. procumbent. 
100 L. cmamærìrys (Lam. dict. 3. p. 590.) leaves linear, 
channelled, numerous, bidentate at the apex, clothed with hairy 
tomentum; pedicels very long, naked, axillary and terminal, 
furnished with narrow acute scales; stem shrubby. bh. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. L. scabra, Spreng. neu. 
entd. ex syst. Habit of Lavdndula, with the leaves of Ajuja 
chamepitys. Stems leafy, slender. Pedicels longer than the 
stem, 6 inches Jong. Corollas of a pale violaceous colour, 6 
lines long, inflated at the base. 
Ground-pine-like Lobelia. Pl. 4 to } foot. 
101 L. erinoipes (Lin. mant. p. 291. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 
39.) leaves petiolate, oblong, toothed, bluntish, glabrous; pedi- 
cels axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves; corolla funnel- 
shaped ; stems prostrate or erectish. YJ. or &. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Rapúntium erinoides, Mill, dict. no 
9.—Herm. lugdb. p. 108. t. 109. Corollas funnel-shaped, an- 
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