LOBELIACEAE 1293 - 
raceme continuous, rather conspicuously 
bracted: sepals linear-attenuate to linear- 
subulate, entire: corolla-lobes on either side 
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linear: anther-head 5-6 mm. long: capsule ~ 
hemispherie, short-beaked: seed about 1 mm. 
long. — (CARDINAL-F ER.) — Wet ravines, 
swamps and stream-banks, various D 
Fla. to Tex., Ont., and N. B.— —fall. 
revifolia Nutt. Stem 3-8 dm. tall, 
0.5— em. long, pinata o d, the 
te eth Fx d-tipped: raceme interrupte ed, not 
conspicuously bracted: sepa ad bacs. to 
hastate-ovate, pinnatifid, each with 2 obtuse basal auricles which invest the 
: panthium: corolla blue, pubeseent without; “lobes of the upper lip lanceolate: 
capsule 5-7 mm. long: x about 0.5 mm. long.—Moist pinelands, Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to La.—Sum- fa 
L. siphilitica L. Stem 2-10 dm. tall, sparingly pipe often Ap s 
we blades thin or RON ES te to elliptic or lanceol 
long, apo serrate or sinuate-den P sepals lanceolate, ETE p 
acuminate 8 broad base, each with la arge e basal auricles: rolla 
light- “blue, or ae white stralghtene ed Eu over 2 em. long: anther-hea à fully 
om ong: eapsule over 7 mm e, with d sepala -auricles reaching nearly 
or quite to the base: d ellipsoid.— i GREAT-LOBELIA ow grounds, meadows, 
and along streams, various provinces, Ga. to La., Coloss: S. Dak., Ont., and Me. 
—Sum.—fall 
uberula Michx. Stem 3-10 dm. tall, softly ae rri d blades 
thick, gus late to E s lanceolate, or ovate, 2-1 ong, finely 
toot the d: sepals lanceolat ely pu Pe each di mall ad basal 
auricles: corolla alae “blue, Bashin ice . long or less; anther-head 
less than 5 mm. long: capsu ule less tha wide , fin ely pubeseent with the 
sepal aurieles eae to above the middle aed linear- -eylindrie. "us woods, 
low grounds, and thickets, often in acid soil, various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ga. 
and N. J.—Fall. 
ena Michx. Stem 3- V dm. tall, glabrous or softly hirsute: leaf- 
blades thinnish, ee ic, varying to obovate or ovate, undulate to sinuate, or 
unevenly sepals narrowly ee ped E mm. lo ied nid slender- 
tipped: y bright -blue, straightened o MA 25 e m. long o 
anther-head 2—2.5 mm. long: capsule 5-6 m wide: seed linear- eylindzie, fally 
l mm. long dud swamps or moist hillsides, Coastal "Plain, Fla. to Miss. and 
Va. — Sum. —fall. 
6. L. elongata Small. Stem 3-12 dm. tall, glabrous: leaf-blades ae or 
nearly so, or narrowly linear-lanceolate on the upper part of the stem, 2-10 e 
long, undulate, serrate, or dentate-serrate: sepals elongate, linear- x re or 
linear-setaceous, entire: corolla deep-blue, o out about 2 cm. long: 
anther-head about 4 mm. long: capsule abou wide: seed narrowly ellip- 
soid, barely 1 mm. long.—Low grounds, a "Plain, Fla, to La. and Va. 
fall. 
L. glandulifera (A. Gray) Small. Stem 9—7 dm. tall, glabrous or sparingly 
shea leaf-blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 3-12 em. long, irregu- 
