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LOBELIA PYRAMIDALIS. Brancny LOoBeE.ia. 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monocyrnia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 1-petala, irregularis. Anthere cohe- 
rentes. Capsula infera, 2- s. 3-locularis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Losenia pyramidalis; levis, foliis lanceolatis serrulatis 
longé acuminatis ; supremis linearibus attenuatis, ra- 
cemis foliosis paniculatis, laciniis calycis subulatis 
corollam subequantibus, caule erecto ramoso. 
Lozenia pyramidalis. Wallich in Asiat. Res. XIII. p. 376. 
Lozenia stimulans. Hamilton Mss. 
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Descr. Root perennial. Stems herbaceous, upright, 
branched, three or four feet high, leafy, rounded, purple, 
smooth, about the thickness of a goose-quill. Branches 
many, spreading-erect, simple or divided, disposed in a 
Pyramidal form, marked, as well as the upper part of the 
stem, with several narrow obtuse angles from the decurrent 
_ mid-ribs. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, thin, veined, finely and 
closely serrated at the margins, three to seven inches long, 
_ 4nd about half an inch or one in breadth, smooth on both 
_ Sides, somewhat narrowed at the base, and tapering towards 
the extremity into a long narrow point; those near the top 
of the stem and branches, linear and tapering: the veins and 
mid-rib purplish underneath. Racemes many-flowered, leafy, 
isposed ina panicle. Flowers alternate, unilateral, on foot- 
stalks shorter than the bractes, which are linear, pointed, 
minutely serrulate, nearly the length of the pedicels. Seg- 
ments of the calyx very long, linear, pointed, very minutely 
‘errulate, smooth, almost equal the length of the corolla. 
Corolla 
