Tas. 5587. 
LOBELIA nicorrAN£Forta. 
Lobacco-leaved Lobelia. 
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Nat. Ord. Lopetiace®.—PeEnranpria Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-lobus, tubo obconico ovoideo v. hemisphzrico. Co- 
voila superne longitudinaliter fissa, 2-labiata, tubo cylindrico v. infundibu- 
liformi recto; labio superiore sepius minore et erecto, inferiore sepius 
patente latiore 3-fido y. rarius 3-dentato. -Anthere 2 inferiores v. rarius 
omnes apice barbate. Ovariwm inferum v. 3-superum, rarissime subli- 
berum.—Herbe v. rarius suffrutices. Folia alterna. Flores sepius race- 
moso-spicate ; pedicellis axillaribus. Corolla cerulea alba violacea rubra 
v. ex rubro aurea. DC. 
Losexta nicotianefolia ; elata, robusta, sepe ramosa, pubescens v. glabrata, 
foliis lanceolatis breviter petiolatis basi angustatis acuminatis denticu- 
latis, racemo basi foliaceo composito, ramis pyramidatis, bracteis acu- 
minatis glanduloso-dentatis, lobis calycinis tubo multoties longioribus 
serratis, corolla labiis deflexis acuminatis, labii superioris lobis anguste 
lineari-lanceolatis labium inferius 3-lobum squautibus. 
Lopetra nicotianefolia. Heyne ex Ram. et Sch. Syst. v. 5. p. 47. Roxb. 
Fl. Ind. v.1. p. 506. “DO. Prod. v.7. p.381. Wall. Cat. p. 1304. 
Wight, Til. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 135. : 
~ Loperta excelsa. Lesch. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Wall. v. 2. p. 114. DC. 
Prodr. v. 7. p. 881. Wall. Cat. n. 1805. _Thwaites, Enum, Pl. 
Zeylan. p.170. Wight, Ill. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1178, 4. © 
Logpenia aromatica. Moon, Cat. Wight, Ic. 44172: 
Rapuntium Leschenaultianum ef nicotianefolium. Presi, Prodr. Lobel. 
p. 2A. 
A stately plant, native of the Neilgherry and other moun- 
tains of the Indian peninsula and of Ceylon, for seeds of which 
the Royal Gardens are indebted to the late Mr. A. Black, — 
Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens of Bangalore. It 
flowered in the temperate house in January of the present 
year, and attracted much attention for its striking habit and 
great height, attaining six feet and bearing a profusion of 
pale lilac blossoms. In its native country, it is said to grow 
ten and even twelve feet high. I follow Mr. Thwaites in re- 
JULY Ist, 1866. 
