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Lobelia splendens; var. /3., atro-sanguinea. 

 Shining Lobelia; dark purple-leaved var. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Lobeliace^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Corolla tubo hinc fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito. 

 Anthera connatae. Stigma bilobum (nunc indi visum). Cap- 

 sula bilocularis (raro trilocularis), apice supero bivalvi. — 

 Herbae vel Suffrutices, plerceque lactescentes. Folia alterna, 

 integravel laciniata, raro jistulosa. F lores race?nosi, ter- 

 minates vel axillares, solitarii, pedicellis bibracteatis vel 

 nudis. Anthers sapius barbatce. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Lobelia splendens; glabra, caule erecto simplici, foliis ses- 

 silibus lanceolatis acuminatis denticulatis, racemo ter- 

 minal^ bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis dentatis pedi- 

 cello longioribus, tubo calycis hemisphaerico, lobis 

 linearibus acuminatis tubo corollas glabrae subaequa- 

 libus, antheris dorso glabris infer. 2 apice barbatis. 

 De Cand. 



Lobelia splendens. Willd. Hort. Berol. t. 86. Ker, Bot. 

 Reg. t. 60. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. Am. 3. p. 311. 

 Spreng. Syst. Veget. I. p. 712. 



Rapuntium splendens. Presl., Prodr. Mon. Lobel. p. 26. 



((3.) caule foliisque atro-sanguineis. 



The original Lobelia fulgens, to which this plant is un- 

 doubtedly to be referred, has the stem and foliage slightly 

 tinged with purple : and the figure given in the Botanical 

 Register represents the stem dark purple, and the leaves 



1 blotched 



