purple, with a small red spot at the" base, the two upper 

 ones rather the smallest, approximate, as are the three 

 lower, of which the middle segment is the largest of all. 

 Filaments white. Anthers oblong 1 , bluish-purple. Germen 

 obovate, furrowed, glabrous : Style a little exceeding the 

 stamens : Stigma two-lobed. 



This interesting little plant is a native of the Southern 

 shores of New Holland, where it was discovered by Mr. 

 Brown, and described by that learned author as the type of 

 the division of Lobelia which he calls Isotoma. Seeds 

 were sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, by Mr. C. 

 Fraser, and the plants blossomed in the greenhouse during 

 the month of September, 1830. 



We possess native specimens, gathered at King George's 

 Sound, which are larger than the plant here figured. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Anthers and Stigma : — magnified. 



