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gular, equal, blue, with spreading segments. 
bined into a 5-striped, club-shaped tube. 
Erinus-like Lobelia. 
trate, or 4 foot. 
102 L. Bicotor (Curt. bot. mag. t. 514.) leaves downy, ser- 
rated : lower ones oblong, nearly sessile: superior ones lanceolate ; 
pedicels solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves. 2%. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. enum. 1. p. 218. Co- 
rollas blue, with a sulphur-coloured throat. Curtis says the 
leaves are downy and nearly sessile, while Willdenow says they 
are glabrous and petiolate. 
Two-coloured-flowered Lobelia. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
103 L. muicrré114 (Ker. in bot. mag. t. 1896.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, deeply and remotely toothed: teeth acute; pedicels 
axillary, solitary, much longer than the leaves. %.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Lower leaves ovate-spatulate : 
superior ones lanceolate: all glabrous. Calyx with subulate 
toothed segments. Corollas resupinate, twice the length of the 
calyx, pink or flesh-coloured. Anthers almost naked. Barren 
stems prostrate; floriferous stems erect. Perhaps a species of 
Parastrénthus. 
Holly-leaved Lobelia. Fl, May, Sept. Clt. 1815. Pl. 4 to 4 ft. 
104 L. a’nceps (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 395. Thunb. f. cap. 2. p. 
41.) radical leaves obovate, crenated, glabrous above, and downy 
beneath, petiolate: cauline leaves lanceolate, decurrent ; pedi- 
cels solitary, from the axils of the upper leaves; stems 2- 
edged, winged. ©. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Stems simple, smooth. Flowers blue. ` 
Two-edged-stemmed Lobelia. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 ft. 
105 L. puse’scens (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 498.) lower leaves 
ovate: upper ones lanceolate, toothed, hairy ; pedicels axillary, 
solitary ; stems angular, decumbent, villous. ¥.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schoenb. 2. t. 178. L. 
répens, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p.41. L. alyssifolia, 
Salisb. stirp. rar. 19. t. 10. Flowers blue or white, with a red- 
dish tube. 
Donny Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1780. Pl. 4 to 4 ft. 
106 L. rHerma‘tis (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 42.) 
leaves ovate, serrated, attenuated at both ends, acute, glabrous 
above, and pilose beneath ; pedicels solitary, axillary, shorter 
than the leaves, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with stri- 
gose white hairs; stems decumbent, hairy. %. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope, in the region of the hot springs near 
Elephants’ river. Corolla yellow. 
Hot-spring Lobelia. Pl. decumbent. 
107 L. tevroca’rpa (Griess. in Linnea. 5. p. 419.) stem 
herbaceous, decumbent, branched; branches flaccid; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, sharply serrated, quite glabrous, with carti- 
laginous edges ; pedicels axillary, solitary; capsule elongated, 
clavate, hispid from bristles. 4%. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Branches beset with white hairs. Leaves sessile. 
Calyx bristly. Corolla downy, white, having the segments 
bearded at their tips, and ciliated on the margins. Filaments 
and style glabrous. 
Slender-fruited Lobelia. Pl. decumbent. 
108 L. uirsu‘ta (Lin. spec. 1322.) leaves ovate, toothed, or 
crenated, hairy or woolly; peduncles lateral, solitary, very long, 
2-3-flowered ; stem shrubby, hairy, prostrate, or erect. XY. G 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fi. cap. 2. p. 37. 
Rapintium hirsitum, Mill. dict. no. 9.?—Burm. afr. 105, t. 
40. f. 2. Flowers blue, drooping, small. 
Hairy Lobelia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt.1759. Pl. $ foot. 
109 L. sx’rrens (Lam. dict. 3. p. 588.) leaves ovate, cre- 
nated, glabrous; pedicels axillary, solitary, shorter than the 
leaves; stems prostrate, a little branched. %.? ©.? G. Na- 
Filaments com- 
Stigma hairy. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1759. Pl. pros- 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1795. 
LOBELIACEÆ. VIII. Losetia. 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves thin, hardly an inch long. Flowers small, blue. 
Creeping Lobelia. Pl. prostrate. 
110 L. pyemæ`a (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. f. cap. 2. p. 43.) 
leaves roundish, serrated, hairy; stems decumbent, hairy, 
branched; pedicels axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves, 
hairy. „4%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on Mount 
Ribeck-Castel. Stems very slender. Petioles capillary, hairy. 
Corollas white. 
Pygmy Lobelia. Pl. decumbent. 
111 L. coronorrrouia (Lin. spec. 1322.) leaves lanceolate, 
toothed ; peduncles long, few-flowered. Y. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 644.—Breyn. cent. t. 88. 
Stems and petioles hairy. The 3 segments of the lower lip of 
the corolla obovate, emarginate. Leaves with 3 or more teeth 
on each side. Flowers beautiful blue. Stems procumbent. 
Buckhorn-leaved Lobelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1752, Pl. 
procumbent. ; 
112 L. Tuuxsr’ren (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 247.) leaves ob- 
long, dentately pinnatifid, hairy; stem erect, hairy. Y. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers beautiful blue. 
Stems slender, flexuous, 
L. coronopifdlia, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 48. 
Thunberg’s Lobelia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1812. Pl. $ foot. 
113 L. cærv'LeEa (Hook. bot. FIG. 121. 
mag. 3701.) stem short, decum- 
bent at the base, densely leafy ; 
leaves lanceolate, dentately pin- 
natifid, downy, attenuated at the 
base ; peduncles terminal, very 
long, bearing a few-flowered se- 
cund racemes at the apex ; seg- 
ments of the corolla longer than 
the tube. %. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Pedicels 
bracteated. Corollas drooping, 
large, purplish blue; lower lip 
of 3 obovate emargined mucro- 
nate segments, having 8 small 
yellow raised marks at the base, 
the upper lip of 2 small bent 
back segments. Anthers purple, 
fringed at the top. Like L. coronopifdlia. (f. 121.). 
Blue-flowered Lobelia. Pl. 1 foot. : 
114 L. Si’msu (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 247.) leaves petii 
recurved, pinnatifid, with bifurcate lobes ; peduncles elongate , 
lateral, 2-3-flowered ; stem shrubby. h. G. Native of er 
Cape of Good Hope. L. pedunculàta, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2251. 
Flowers blue, having the tube purple outside. Calycine eo 
ments short. Lower lip furnished with 2 yellow marks at te 
base. 
Sims’ Lobelia. Shrub 1 foot. 40.) 
115 L. crena‘ra (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2+ p- fli- 
leaves lanceolate, crenated, glabrous; stems herbaceous, ih 
form, decumbent ; pedicels capillary, axillary, hardly the leng 
of the leaves. Y%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hapa: 
Stems branched a little. Leaves about an inch long: lower one 
acute: superior ones smaller and obtuse. Flowers blue uae 
Crenated-leaved Lobelia. Fl. April, May. Cit. 1794. 4 
decumbent. 
§ 4. Species natives of the Isle of France, the Society 
Islands, and New Zealand. 
116 L. arporea (Forst. prod. no. 308.) stem pli 
leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, serrately toothed ; pe Society 
axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. h. G. Native of the 50° 
Islands. 
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