1292 LOBELIACEAE 
Sepals entire or glandular-toothed, the auricles, if present, 
not hiding the hypanth mo x 'es on the upper part 
of the stem much smaller t those below. 
' Sepals with deflexed or bro adis rounded auricles at the 
base, the edges ciliate, not glandular-toothed. 
Hypanthium pov e in anthesis: sepals e 
auricled a e base, erose and more or less irregu 
larly toothe à 
Hypanthium turbinate in anthesis: sepals slightly 
auricled at the base, merely ciliate. 
Sepals without basal rc 
Sepals entire, glan 
eaf-bla des broad. ET sually bluntly toothed: sepals 
pere than the corolla-tube. 
en ge narrow, undulate or glandular- toothed : 
s long as the corolla-tube or longer 
Sepals a -toothed. 
ower lip of the d glabrous: hypanthium 
Lower lip.of the cor rola, ee within : ee 
thium bristly-pubescent: leaf-blades narrow 
III, PALUDOS: 
be not auricled at the base: n Rn ae 2 mm. 
ng: eorolla-tube less than 1 em. 
Sepals auricled at the base: Lanier. o ‘about 4 mm. long: 
olla-tube over 1 cm. lon 
IV. APPENDICULATAE 
Sepals lanceolate, glandular-toothed, much shorter than the 
corolla-tube : m enm pubescent without: hypanthium 
sepals subulate, ace or merely erose: nearly or quite 
long as the corolla-tube: corolla glabrous = e 
without : O campanulate in anthesi 
AE 
Capsule M o mature hypanthium hemispheric: 
sepals more or less auricled at the bas 
Sepals E with minute a auricles at the 
base, shorter tħan -the corolla-tube. 
Sepals slender-subulate, with long deflexed auricles at the 
ase, quite as long as the corolla-tube. 
Bracts elongate, nearly or uite surpassing the flowers: 
corolla copio r pubescent without. 
Bracts short, surpassing the flowers: corollas 
zi or slightly puberulent without. 
“T w SOIN inferior: mature hypanthium obovoid, oval, or 
oid: sepals not at all auricled. 
NUTTALLIANAE 
Pedicels mostly sh Sd than the bracts, shorter than the 
eorollas in anthes 
Senais lanceolate: p less than 1 em. long: mature 
re hypanthium ellipsoid oe "turbinate-ellipsoi oid. 
Pedicels noch exceeding me bracts, longer n the corollas. 
XALAPENSE 
Pedicels long, over 1 cm. long in anes i s » inferior 
or less. 
cu 4—6 mm. long: sepals lanceolate. 
colla 8—10 mm. long: a subulate. _ 
Pedicels oo less than 1 cm. long in anthesis : capsules 2/3 
nfer 
L. cardinalis L. Stem 3-12 dm. tall, simple, glabrou 
3. L. 
DL 
5. L. 
. L. 
(. L. 
. L. 
10. L. 
1. L. 
13. L. 
17. L. 
-1 
18. L. 
. L. Boykinii. 
20. L. 
21. L. 
22. L. 
Or 
siphilitica. 
. puberula. 
amoena. 
elongata. 
glandulifera. 
glandulosa. 
. paludosa. 
floridana. 
flaccidifolia. 
. Gattingeri. 
spicata. 
. bracteata. 
. leptostach ya. 
inflata. 
Nuttallii. 
Canbyi. 
Cliffon 
hom diis 
Fecayana. 
ely hirsute: 
blades of the lower leaves elliptie to elliptie- spatulate, ae or dentate 
