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Lopeia sipHiLitica ; hybrida. Hybrid var. 
of the BLuz American LoBELIA. 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Losetiacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. tubo hinc fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito.. 
Anthere connate. Stigma bilobum (nunc indivisum). Cap- 
sula bilocularis (raro 3-loc.) apice supero bivalvi.—Herbe 
vel Suffrutices, plereque lactescentes. Folia alterna, integra 
| v. laciniata, raro fistulosa. Flores racemosi, terminales v. 
; axillares, solitarii, pedicellis bibracteatis v. nudis. Anthere 
| sepius barbate. Br. 
Specific Name and Synonym. 
Lozetia siphilitica ; hybrida. 
: Lowe’s purple Lobelia. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1445. 
. Lozets speciosa, and L. Milleri, Hortulan. 
_ There are few more beautiful hybrid vegetable produc- 
tions than the subject of the present plate ; which, though 
known in our gardens by a peculiar specific name, as if it 
were a legitimate individual, is now universally acknow- 
ledged to be the offspring of Losetia siphilitica on the one 
hand, and of some scarlet-flowering species, L. fulgens or 
. cardinalis or splendens, on the other. The foliage is most 
like the first, while the size and form of the flower chiefly 
4 resemble the three last; and the colour seems to partake 
i of the red of the latter, combined with the blue of L. sephe- 
: litica, thus producing a rich purple hue, such as is very 
. difficult to be imitated by the pencil of the artist. 
It is quite hardy, growing in the open air to the height 
of two to three feet, blossoming through the summet 
months, and with us continuing in great beauty till cut off 
| ae by the autumnal frosts. 
