386 LOBELIACE,E. 



leaves 18'"-6"', pedicels 2"', corolla V"-\\'", capsule 2"' long.— IIab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., 

 common in savannahs and gardens. 



4. TUPA, G. Don. 



Character of lobelia, but corolla l-lipped, cleft to the base on the anterior (superior by tor- 

 sion) side. — Stout perennial herbs or shrubs ; stem simple, leafy towards the base ; flowers 

 large, racemose. 



In the West Indian species the stem is herbaceous, the leaves glabrous, the pedicels bi- 

 bracteolate above and often adnate at the base to the bract, the corolla with linear lobes, 5- 

 fid, or the 3 middle lobes usually connected higher up to the disk developed, and the stigma 

 broadly 2-lamellate or 2-globose. 



* 2 anthers bearded at the top, 3 with a glabrous summit j leaves subsessile or pelioled. 



5. T. acuminata, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate, pointleted, serrulate with bluntish 

 teeth, subsessile ; raceme lax, glabrous .- pedicels elongated, longer than the -linear bract ; 

 calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes lanceolate-acuminate ; corolla twice as long as the calyx- 

 lobes, glabrous, arcuate, dilated at the base ; filaments and connectives hairy : 2 anthers 

 densely bearded, the rest glabrous at the rounded summit. —Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 36: the leaves 

 narrower than in our plant. — Lobelia, Sw. — 3'-4' high ; leaves 5"-12" long, \\" broad ; 

 corolla 8"' long, whitish or pale-purple. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, in mountain-woods, 

 Portland, S. Marys ; [Haiti]. 



6. T. ensifolia, A. DC. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate with spinuli- 

 form teeth, subsessile ; raceme elongated, puberulous : pedicels nearly as long as the elon- 

 gated linear bract, incurved ; calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes shortly subulate ; corolla pu- 

 berulous, straightish, dilated at the base ; filaments glabrous : 2 anthers densely bearded at 

 the summit, the rest glabrous. — SI. t. 95. /. 2. — 3' nigh ; leaves 8"-4" long, 6"' broad ; ra- 

 ceme 6"-12", pedicels 6"'-8'", corolla 9"' long, yellowish- white (SI.).— Hab. Jamaica!,^/., 

 Pd., in woods, near the coast of Port Antonio, .Mount Diable ; [Haiti !]. 



7. T. caudata, Or. (». sp.). Leaves linear, caudate-acuminate, tapering into the 

 petiole, pinnatiftd-dentate with numerous, unequal, linear, spreading teeth, entire at both 

 ends; raceme short, unilateral, puberulous : pedicels as long as the flower, which is ex- 

 ceeded by the flexuose bract ; calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes linear, recurved, •J—J as long 

 as the incurved puberulous corolla ; filaments glabrous : 2 anthers densely bearded at the 

 summit, the rest glabrous. — 1' high ; leaves 6"-8" long : the lamina 4'" broad, its longer 

 teeth 2'" long; corolla 6"'-8'" long, greenish-white. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., M'Nab., S. 

 George. 



8. T. flavescens, A . DC. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, shortly acuminate, serrate with 

 cartilaginous, incurved, spinuliform teeth, broadly sessile, lowest approximate, cauline de- 

 crescent ; raceme elongated, compact, glabrous : pedicels as long as the flower, cernuous, 

 exceeded by the large, oblong-lanceolate, serrate bract; calyx-tube convex-flattish : lobes 

 much longer, lanceolate-acuminate, serrulate ; corolla twice as long as the calyx-lobes, gla- 

 brous, arcuate ; filaments glabrous : 2 anthers densely bearded at the summit, the rest gla- 

 brous. — Lobelia conglobata, Sieb. sec. J. DC. — 1£' high ; lower leaves 5"-6" long, 10'"- 

 12'" broad ; raceme 6"-8", calyx-lobes 4'" long ; corolla pale. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., in 

 the Couliabon mountains ; [Martinique]. 



9. T. Martagon, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, serrulate with 

 cartilaginous teeth, lowest rosulate, cauline distant from the raceme, which is long, spread- 

 * n ff> puberulous ; pedicels longer than the large flowers, exceeding the oblong-lanceolate, 

 serrulate bract, bibracteolate with oblong-linear, serrulate bractlets, nodding-incurved below 

 the summit ; calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes broadly lanceolate-acuminate, serrulate ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx -lobes, puberulous, incurved; filaments and connectives ciliate- 

 puberulous : 2 anthers shortly bearded, the rest glabrous at the obliquely truncate summit. 

 — A showy plant, li'— 2' high, in foliage resembling the preceding ; rosular leaves 6"-4" 

 long, 8"'-10"' broad ; bracts H"-2" long, 6"'-4'" broad, bractlets 6 7 "-4"' long ; raceme 6"- 

 15 , pedicels 3"-2", calyx-lobes 6'" long ; corolla purple ; anthers 5'" long, longer than in the 

 preceding.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., A/., M'Nab, in mountain- woods, on the peaks of the Blue 

 Mountains, on Mount Diable, near Moneague. 



