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** 2 anthers bearded at the top, 3 hairy above, or glabrescent ; leaves decurrent ; raceme 



unilateral, nodding. 



10. T. assurgens, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, tapering and decur- 

 rent at the base, serrulate with pointed spreading teeth ; raceme pubescent, elongated, nod- 

 ding at the top, unilateral : bracts lanceolate-linear, or linear serrulate or subentire ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx-lobes, pubescent, falcate from the middle ; filaments ciliate-pu- 

 bescent: 2 anthers shortly bearded above, 3 hairy above, but devoid of a terminal beard. — 

 Bot. Mag. t 3138.— Lobelia, L., Sto. L. robusta, Grah.l (Tupa, A. DC.).— 3'-4' high; 

 leaves 12"-6" long, 2^"-2" broad; bracts of variable length, often equalling the flower, or 

 shorter than the pedicel : the latter recurved, usually 2" long ; calyx-lobes 6"'-4'" long ; 

 corolla dull-purple. — Hab. Jamaica 1, M'Nab, Don, Pd., March, in high mountains, Port 

 Royal, Blue Mountains; [Cuba!, Haiti]. 



11. T. conglobata, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate-oblong , shortly pointleted, gradually 

 tapering into the narrowly decurrent petiole, serrulate with mucronate teeth ; raceme pube- 

 rulous, glabrescent, short, often compact, nodding-unilateral : bracts linear ; calyx-tube tur- 

 binate-hemispherical : lobes lanceolate-linear, serrulate; corolla twice as long as the calyx- 

 lobes, glabrescent, falcate from the middle ; filaments ciliate ; connectives hairy or glabres- 

 cent : 2 anthers long-bearded : the hairs rigid, often exceeding the glabrous summit of the 

 other anthers. — Lobelia, Lam. — Inferior leaves 15"— 12" long, 3"- 2" broad; calyx-lobes 

 6"'-8"' long ; corolla white (Al.) ; the anther-beard longer than in the other species. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., Al., March, Wullschl., in moist mountain-woods, Manchester, S. Anns. 



*** All anthers bearded at the summit. 

 f Leaves subsessile ; raceme elongated. 



12. T. digitalifolia, Gr. {n.sp). Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate with some- 

 what distant, spinuliform, incurved-accumbent teeth ; raceme elongated, glabrous : pedicels 

 nearly as long as the linear, entire bract, spreading, bibracteolate at the middle ; calyx-tube 

 turbinate-hemispherical : lobes lanceolate-acuminate, entire; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx-lobes, glabrous, falcate above ; filaments glabrous : anthers all bearded at the sum- 

 mit. — Leaves 5"-8" long, 9"'-15'" broad ; raceme 1' long; pedicels 1" long, incurved at the 

 top: bractlets setaceous; calyx -tube 4'", lobes 6'" long ; corolla 10"'-12"' long, pale. — 

 Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



13. T. cirsiifolia, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrate with spreading subu- 

 late-spinuliform teeth, approximate near the middle of the stem ; raceme glabrous : pedicels 

 bibracteolate above the middle, nearly as long as the lanceolate-linear serrulate bract, infe- 

 rior exceeded by the bract ; calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes linear from a subulate base, 

 subentire, spreading ; corolla twice as long as the calyx-lobes, glabrous, falcate above ; fila- 

 ments glabrous : anthers all densely bearded at the summit. — Bot. Mag. t. 2137. — Lobelia, 

 Lam. L. racemosa, Sims (Tupa, A. DC.).—B'-5' high; leaves 6"-8" long, 12'" broad, 

 superior narrower, distant ; pedicels 1" long : bractlets setaceous ; calyx-tubes 2"', lobes 5'" 

 long ; corolla 10'" long, greenish. — Hab. S. Kitts, S. Vincent !, Guild. 



14. T. infesta, Gr. (». sp.). Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate with some- 

 what distant, spreading, subulate-spinuliform teeth, approximate below, distant from the 

 elongated, glabrescent raceme; pedicels longer than the highly adnatc, linear, serrulate 

 bract, bibracteolate below the middle ; calyx-tube hemispherical • lobes ovate lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrulate, spreading ; corolla thrice as long as the calyx -lobes, glabrous, falcate 

 above ; filaments glabrous : anthers all densely bearded at the summit. — Habit of T. ensi- 

 folia ; leaves 4"-6" long, 6"'-7'" broad ; pedicels 9"'-10"' long, incurved : bracts inserted 

 2'" above their base, 4"'-6'" long, inferior longer : bractlets setaceous ; calyx- tube 2'", lobes 

 3'" long ; corolla 8"'-9"' long, greenish. — Hab. S. Kitts !, Els., Grenada {Els.), a noxious 

 weed in cocoa-plantations. 



ft Leaves pelioled ; raceme leafy. 



15 T. persicifolia, A. DC. Stem leafy to the summit ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate 



at both ends petioled, serrate with mucronate teeth ; raceme leafy, glabrous : pedicels 



elonaated slender, bibracteolate near the base, distinct from the floral leaf, which often equals 



the flower- calyx-tube turbinate-hemispherical: lobes subulate-linear, subentire; corolla 



