LOBELIACE#. VIII. Losersa, 
Tree Lobelia. Tree. 
117 L. supe’rpa (Cham. in Linnea. 7. p. 223.) arboreous, 
palm-formed ; stem quite simple, straight, with a tuft of leaves 
at top; leaves glabrous, oblong-obovate, acuminated, narrowed 
into the petioles, undulated, denticulated, with reflexed edges, 
almost quite entire towards the base, and revolute; inflorescence 
and corollas tomentose. h. S. Native of the Island of Owahu, 
in woods. Ribs of leaves thick, and prominent beneath ; veins 
feathered and prominent. Peduncles longer than the leaves, 
declinate, nutant, furnished with many oblong-elliptic sessile 
densely imbricated bracteas, bearing a globose head of flowers 
each, Corolla curved, cleft on the back, 24 inches long. Column 
of stamens glabrous, exceeding the corolla. Two lower anthers 
bearded. Leaves 24 feet long and 1 foot broad. This is a 
most superb species. 
Superb Lobelia. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
118 L. macro’sracuys (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. 
p. 88.) glabrous; stem tall, straight ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
attenuated at both ends, subcrenated ; racemes simple, terminal, 
very long; pedicels secund, horizontal; bracteas linear, shorter 
than the pedicels; tube of calyx hemispherical, with the seg- 
ments obtuse ; corollas twice the length of the pedicels. h. S. 
Native of the Sandwich Islands. Calyx closely adhering to the 
ovarium; with a free 5-parted limb, which is about equal in 
length to the tube. Corolla tubular, 3 inches long ; tube cylin- 
drical, 5-cleft, split on the back. Stamens with a free tube, and 
cohering anthers ; the two lower ones bearded. Stigma 2-lobed ; 
lobes flat, thick, cartilaginous, rounded, divaricate, beardless. 
Fruit unknown. 
Long-spiked Lobelia. Shrub tall, 
119 L. ritirérmis (Lam. dict. 3. p. 588.) leaves linear, nar- 
row, toothed ; pedicels 1-flowered, axillary, length of leaves ; 
stem filiform, quite simple. ©. H. Native of the Isle of France. 
Leaves sessile, glabrous. Flowers minute, ringent, violaceous. 
Calycine teeth subulate. Said to be nearly allied to LZ. Lau- 
rentia. 
Var. B, Luzoniénsis (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 61.) 
lower leaves ovate, very minute.—Native of the island of Luzon, 
near the town of Santa Cruz de la Laguna. L. filifórmis, Cav. 
icon, 6. p. 7. t. 511. f. 2. Flowers pale blue. 
Filiform Lobelia. P]. 4 to 1 foot. 
120 L. ancura ra (Forst. prod. no. 309.) stem prostrate, 
quite simple; leaves roundish, repandly toothed; peduncles 
axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. 2.G. Native of New Zealand. 
: Tepanda, Mart. Mill. no. 33. Perhaps a species of Pratia. 
Angular-leaved Lobelia. PI. prostrate. 
§ 5. Species natives of New Holland. 
* Herbaceous plants, mith axillary 1-flowered peduncles. 
121 L. ata‘ra (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 51. t. 72.) plant gla- 
brous, erect; stem trigonal: angles a little winged; leaves 
linear or cuneated, decurrent, toothed: teeth divaricate or re- 
flexed; pedicels shorter than the leaves; ovarium glabrous ; 
ae cylindrical. %. G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 
ue ? 
Var. a. angustifdlia (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 68.) su- 
perior leaves linear ; angles of stem marginated ; radical leaves 
ovate-lanceolate. %. G. Native of the south coast of New 
Holland, and about Port Jackson ; and of Van Diemen’s Land. 
Var. B, cuneiférmis (Roem. et Schultes, 1. c.) leaves cunei- 
form, toothed at top, decurrent ; flowers axillary. %. G. Native 
of the south coast of New Holland. L. cuneiférmis, Labill. nov. 
holl. 1. p. 51, t. 73. 
Winged-stemmed Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Cilt. 1804. Pl. 
14 foot. 
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122 L. euaprancura'ris (R. Br. prod. p. 562.) glabrous ; 
stem tetragonal, ascending ; leaves ovate, toothed, almost sessile, 
3 or 4 times shorter than the peduncles; segments of the su- 
perior lip of the corolla narrow, linear. Y%.G. Native of New 
Holland, on the shore, within the tropic. 
Quadrangular-stemmed Lobelia. PI. ascending. 
123 L. rueuròsa (Graham. in edinb. phil. journ. Dec. 1829.) 
leaves roundish, repand, wrinkled with the nerves, glabrous ; 
pedicels much longer than the leaves; calycine segments entire, 
glandular at the base ; stem spotted, prostrate, rooting. %.G. 
Native of New Zealand. L. maculata, Penny. Plant glabrous, 
Corolla white, split on the upper side. Segments of corolla rather 
unequal, arranged like the radii of a semi-circle. Anthers lead- 
coloured, with 2 short awns projecting downwards from their 
apex. Nearly allied to L. membranacea, R. Br. prod. Per- 
haps a species of Pratia. 
Wrinkled-leaved Lobelia. Pl. creeping. 
124 L. memprana‘cea (R. Br. l. c.) glabrous, procumbent ; 
leaves roundish, repandly toothed, membranous, somewhat 3- 
nerved, shorter than the peduncles; segments of the calyx 
toothed a little. 4%. G. Native of New Holland, within the 
tropic, on the shore. Flowers beautiful, purple. 
Membranous-leaved Lobelia. Pl. procumbent. 
125 L. purrura’scens (R. Br. 1. c.) glabrous; stem ascend- 
ing, tetragonal; leaves ovate-lanceolate, deeply serrated, one- 
half shorter than the peduncles; segments of the upper lip of 
corolla narrower, linear. 2.G. Native of New South Wales, 
about Port Jackson. Flowers purplish or blue. 
Purplish-flowered Lobelia. FI. June, Aug. 
ascending. 
126 L. rruvia‘titis (R. Br. 1. c.) plant creeping, smoothish ; 
branches ascending ; leaves ovate, serrated on the outside, rather 
ciliated ; peduncles bractless, downy, as well as the calyxes and 
ovaria; stamens epipetalous. 2%. G. Native of New South 
Wales, at Port Jackson. 
River Lobelia, P]. ascending. 
127 L. rwunpa‘ta (R. Br. l. c.) plant creeping, glabrous, 
tufted; leaves roundish, repandly toothed, longer than the pe- 
duncles, which are bractless and glabrous ; segments of the calyx 
a little shorter than the tube of the corolla; stamens epipeta- 
lous. %. G. Native of New South Wales, at Port Jackson. 
Flowers blue. 
Inundated Lobelia. 
Cit. 1809. PI. 
Fi. June, July. Cit. 1821. Pl. creep- 
ing. 
128 L. repuncura‘'ta (R. Br. 1, c.) plant creeping, rather 
downy ; branches ascending, filiform; leaves remote, ovate, an- 
gularly toothed, acute, a little ciliated; peduncles very long, 
furnished with 2 minute bracteas; stamens epigynous. 2%. 
Native of New South Wales, at Port Jackson. Flowers blue. 
Pedunculate Lobelia. Fl. Oct. Nov. Cit. 1819. Pl. ascending. 
129 L. mrreva (R. Br. l. c ) plant creeping, moss-like, gla- 
brous; leaves roundish, thickish, dentately crenated, petiolate, 
longer than the peduncles, which are bractless ; tube of corolla 
cleft longitudinally, with the segments of the limb nearly equal ; 
stamens epigynous. 2%. G. Native of Van Diemen’s Land, and 
on the south coast of New Holland. Flowers purplish ? 
Irrigated Lobelia. PI. creeping. 
* * Racemes or peduncles few-flowered, terminal. Tube of co- 
rolla cleft longitudinally, with the lips of the limb very unequal. 
130 L. cra’cris (Andr. bot. rep. t. 340.) plant glabrous, 
erect, branched a little; racemes rather secuind; calyx length of 
filaments ; superior lip of the corolla densely bearded: middle 
segment of the lower lip almost square, broader than long ; 
lower leaves nearly ovate, deeply pinnatifid: superior ones 
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