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LOBELIA RACEMOSA. GREEN-FLOWERED 
Lope.ia. 
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Class and Order. 
Penranprta Monoeynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere cohe- 
rentes. Caps. infera, 2-s. 3-locularis. 
Specific Character. 
Logetta racemosa ; caule suffruticéso erecto, foliis lanceolato- 
ovatis serrato-dentatis, dentibus subspinulosis, racemo 
terminali, pedicellis florem #quantibus, 
The present plant, which appears to be an undescribed 
species of Lopexia, was communicated by Messrs. Wurttey, 
Brames, and Mitne, to whom it was presented, together 
with several other curious plants, by Antuony Harr, Esq. 
from the island of St. Christopber’s, in the West Indies. lt 
has a near affinity with Loseia surinamensis, stricta, and 
assurgens; more especially with the latter, from which how- 
ever it differs not only in the green colour of its flowers, but 
also in its upright habit, its smooth calyx, with awl-shaped 
patent segments, and several other characters. L. stricta 
has its flowers very nearly sessile, and the serrature of its 
leaves much finer and closer, with their margins rolled back. 
Logexia racemosa is smooth in every part except a slight 
hairiness on the margin of the linear-lanceolate bractes, which 
may be considerdd rather as a denticulation, corresponding 
with that of the leaves. Its stem was simple, quite erect, 
four or five feet high, with a terminal raceme at the time the 
drawing was taken, but afterwards branched out towards the 
top. It abounded in every part witha milky juice. It requires 
to be kept in.the stove at least in the winter months. Flowers | 
im July and August. 
