Lobelia. | LXXX. CAMPANULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 427 
Stem 2-7 ft. Leaves 6 by 13 in., upper sessile, beneath glabrous or pubescent on 
the nerves. Peduncles 1-l in., glabrous or shortly pubescent. Calya-teeth }-} in., 
linear, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla 3-1 in., purple-rose, sometimes nearly white. 
Anthers pilose on the back, rarely nearly glabrous, 2 lower usually with 1 or more 
bristles on the tips. Capsule 4-4 in. diam., subglobose, glabrous or pubescent. 
Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, margined on one side. 
13. L. rosea, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 49, t. 152; stem with horizontal 
branches upwards softly pilose, leaves narrowly lanceolate velvety above, 
peduncles crowded racemose scarcely longer than the capsules. Wall. Cat. 
1303, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wail. ii. 115; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 981; 
H. f. & T. in Journ, Linn, Soc, ii. 29, evel. syn. 5 Kurz in Journ. As, Soc, 1877, 
ii. 212. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Bhotan and the Kmasra Mrs., alt. 
0-4000 ft., abundant in the Terai of North Bengal and Assam. MARTABAN, Kurz.— 
Drsrnm, Ava. 
Stem 4-12 ft., suberect, branches short, horizontal with drooping tips; flowers 
crowded. Leaves 6 by 1 in., narrowed at both ends, subsessile, minutely toothed. 
Peduncles X in., rarely } in., softly pilose, often recurved. Calyx-tube pilose, teeth 
linear minutely toothed. Corolla 3 in., rose or white. Anthers usually very hairy on 
the backs, tips of 2 lower bearded. Capsule } in. diam., subglobose. Seeds ellipsoid, 
compressed, not (or most obscurely) margined.—The Deccan plants formerly referred 
here have the leaves glabrous above, the peduncles 2-4 times as long as the capsules. 
** Species of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. 
14. L. nicotiansefolia, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 148; stem tall usually 
branched upwards somewhat pubescent or glabrate, leaves lanceolate sparingly 
pilose or glabrescent, anthers glabrous on the back rarely a little hairy. Wail. 
Cat. 1304, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 110; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 
381; Wight Ill. t. 185; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 193; .H. f. & T. in. Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ii, 29. Rapuntium nicotianefolium, Presl Prodr. Lobel. 24. 
MALABAR ; on the Ghats, alt. 3-7000 ft, from Bombay to Travancore, frequent, 
and in Ceylon. 
Stem 5-12 ft., erect, thick, hollow below, usually branched at the top or the inflo- 
rescence compound, glabrescent below, more or less pilose upwards. Leaves narrowly 
obovate-lanceolate, lower often 12 by 2 in., upper gradually smaller, subsessile, serru- 
late, herbaceous, glabrous or nearly so above, pilose or glabrous beneath. Racemes 
dense, more or less pubescent ; peduncles }-1 in. and upwards.  Calyz-tube glabrous 
or pubescent; teeth 4 in., linear, gland-dentieulate. Corolla $-1} in., glabrous or 
pubescent. Capsule 4 in. diam., subglobose. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, not 
margined. 
Van. trichandra ; anthers with many white hairs spreading from their backs. L. 
trichandra, Wight Ic. t. 1171.— Nilgherry Mts., Wight.—Usually more slender, more 
glabrous, and with thinner racemes than Z. nicotianefolia ; but Wight could not dis- 
tinguish it, still less ean Thwaites, who (Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 170) further unites Z. 
excelsa. 
15. L. excelsa, Leschen.; Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 
114, not of Bonpl. ; stem tall usually simple softly villous upwards, leaves lan- 
ceolate villous rugose, spike dense, anthers usually glabrous on the back. Wall. 
Cat. 1305, and Pl. As. Rar. ii. 42; A, DC. Prodr, vii. 881; Wight Ic. tt. 
1173-4; H. f. & T. in Journ, Linn. Soc. ii. 29. L. aromatica, Moon Cat. IT. 
Ceyl. 14; Wight. Ic. . 1172; H. f. § T. in Journ. Linn. Soc, ii. 20. Rapun- 
tium Leschenaultianum, Presl Prodr. Lobel. 24. 
Mts. of SovrugnN Inp1a and Cryton; alt. 3-8000 ft., common. 
Very near L. nicotianefolia, and regarded as a form of it by Thwaites. From the 
biennial dense tuft of radical leaves a foot long rises the stout coarse flowering stem, 
