448 MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, Lobelia. 
cardinalis. 8. L. erecta, simplex, pubescens; foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
acuminatis eroso- denticulatis, racemo subsecundo mul- 
tifloro, genitalibus: corolla longíoribus.— Willd. sp. 
pl. 1. p. 944. 
Icon. Sot. mag. 320. Rob. ic. aar. Knorr delic. 2. 
M h LZ 2 
In swamps and mud near springs : Canada to Caro- 
lina. X. july—Sept. v.v. This beautiful plant, 
with its bright scarlet flowers, rises to the height of 
from two to four feet.. I have seen a white variety 
of it. i 
fulgens. 9. L. erecta, simplex, subpubescens; foliis elongato-lan- 
ceolatis attenuatis subintegerrimis, racemo multifloro, 
genitalibus longitudine corollae.— Donzn. catal. 
Icon. Bot. rep. 659. 
On the Mississippi. Y. June, July.’ v. v. in Hortis. 
This species exceeds in splendour of colour and in 
. size the preceding one. 
inflata. 10. L. erecta, ramosa, hirsutissima ; foliis ovatis serratis, ra- 
cemis folie, capsulis inflatis.— Willd, sp. pl. 1. 
p- 946. 
In fields and ‘woods, common: Canada to Carolina. 
©. June—Aug. v.v. Flowers blue, small. 
Cliffortiana. 11. L. glabra, superne ramosa; foliis petiolatis ovatis cre- 
nato-dentatis, infimis suborbiculatis, racemis laxis, 
pedunculis elongatis.—Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 946. 
Icon. Plum. ic. 235.f.2. 
In cld fields: Virginia. ©, June, July. v.v. Flowers 
very small, purple. 
Tl DECANDRIA. 
546. GERANIUM. Gen, pl. 1118. 
maculatum. — 1. G. erectum, rétrorsum pubescens ;- ; caule dichotomo, : 
foliis oppositis 3—5-partitis incisis, summis sessilibus, 
pedunculis elongatis bifloris, petalis obovatis.— Willd. 
sp. pl. 3. p. 705. 
Icon. Cavan. diss. 4. t. 86. f. 2. Dill. elth. t. 132. f: 159. 
In shady woods and meadows : Canada to Carolina. 21. 
May—July. v. v. Flowers purple, large. This 
