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LOBELIA MUCRONATA. SHARP-POINTED 
LOBELIA. 
KEKE RRR REE REE 
Class and Order. a 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Loseuiscez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla tubo hine fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito : 
Anthere counate. Stigma bilobum (nunc indivisum). 
Capsula_bilocularis (raro 3-locul.), apice supero bi- 
valvi. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Loses mucronata ; foliis sparsis sessilibus oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis serrulatis utrinque pubescentibus mucronatis, 
racemo brevi subfolioso laxo. 
Lospeuia mucronata. Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 516. t. 516. Schultes 
ee Veget. v. 5. p. 43. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. 
p. T1O, 
Derscr. Root perennial. Stem erect, herbaceous, two 
and a half to three feet high, simple, slightly downy, pur- 
plish-red. Leaves numerous, scattered, sessile, by no means 
amplexicaul, oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, three to four 
inches long, minutely serrated, tipped with a short point 
or mucro, downy and very soft to the touch on both sides : 
colour a pale green, tinged with red, especially at the mid- 
rib beneath. Raceme terminal, short, lax, of twelve or 
fourteen spreading, large, and richly-coloured flowers, sub- 
tended at the base by bracteas which are, below, large and 
foliaceous, above smaller, more or less tinged with purple. 
Calyx : tube short, somewhat angled, downy, with five 
nearly equal acuminated teeth. Corolla bright crimson, 
downy, 
