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Lobelia pedunculata-. Long-stalked 

 Lobelia. 



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C/ass and Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1 -petala, irregularis. Anthera cohae- 

 rentes. Caps, infera, 2- s. 3-locularis. 



Specific Character. 



Lobelia pedunculata ; foliis petiolatis recurvis pinnatifidis : 

 pinnis bifurcatis, pedunculis elongatis lateralibus soli- 

 tariis subbifloris, caule suffruticoso. 



This very rare species was communicated by Messrs. 

 Loddiges and Sons some years since. It is nearly related 

 to, but specifically different from, Lobelia coronopifolia 

 (supra n. 644.) The flowers are much smaller, the colour 

 of the tube purple ; the peduncles, which are full as long 

 as in coronopifolia, grow from the sides of the branches and 

 are not confined to their extremities as in that ; the leaves 

 are entirely different. 



Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, flowers in October 

 and November ; requires the shelter of a Greenhouse in the 

 winter. 



