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LOBELIA POLYPHYLLA. MANY-LEAVED 
LOBELIA. 
SEEK KK KEKE KEE RE ERER ERE 
Class and Order. 
PentTANDRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. —Lose.1acez. ) 
Generic Character. . 
Corolla tubo hinc fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito. 
Anthere connate. Stigma bilobum (nunc indivisum). 
Capsula 2-locularis (raro 3-locularis) apice supero bivalvi. 
r. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lopenia polyphylla ; suffruticosa, foliis late oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis confertis argute 
serratis glaberrimis, racemo folioso, pedicellis pubes- 
centibus folio brevioribus, calyce hemispherico-pubes- 
cente dentibus subulatis integerrimis, corolla pubes- 
cente pedicello longiore. 
Loses polyphylla. Hook. et Arn. in Bot. Journ. v. 1. 9%. 
277. ‘Bot. of Beech. Voy. v. 1. p. 33. 
A very handsome species of Losetia, of which our first 
nowledge was derived from specimens collected at Valpa- 
raiso during Capt. Bercney’s Voyage. It was afterwards 
gathered in the same country by Mr. Bripces and Mr. 
Cumine. The var. “ 8. foliis angustioribus,” found by Mr. 
UMING at Coquimbo, we now incline to consider a new 
Species, having quite entire leaves. Our drawing was taken 
tom a fine flowering specimen sent by Mr. Knicur of the 
ing’s Road, Chelsea, to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in 
September, 1835. 
Escr. It is a perennial plant, and suffruticose ; a foot, 
or more high, branched ; the branches rounded, glabrous, 
thickly 
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