id ( 3292) 
LoBeLia PuBERULA, & Briue Downy 
Lose.ia variety. 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lose.iaces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla tubo hine fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito. 
Anthere connate. Stigma bilobum (nunc indivisum). Cap- 
sula bilocularis, (raro 5-loc.,) apice supero bivalvi,— Herb 
(v. Suffrutices) plereque lactescentes. Folia alterna, integra 
v. laciniata, raro fistulosa. Flores racemosi, terminales v. 
axillares, solitarti, pedicellis bibracteatis v. nudis. Anthere 
sepius barbate. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Losewi puberula ; obsolete pubescens, caule erecto angu- 
lato, foliis oblongis obtusis denticulatis, spica elongata 
terminali, segmentis calycinis erectis subulato-lanceo- — 
latis integerrimis sinubus paululum reflexis, staminibus— 
inclusis. ay : 
Lozexia puberula. Mich. Am. v.2. p. 152. Pursh, Am. v.— 
2. p. 447. LEilliott, Carol. v. 1. p. 267. Roem. et Sch. 
v.5.p.55. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 717. 
8. glabella ; foliis obsoletissime pubescentibus, calycibus 
glaberrimis,. (Ic. nostr. t. 3292.) 
_ This is a highly interesting addition to our garden Lobe- 
lias, and was introduced last year by Mr. Drummonp, who 
sent the seeds from Jacksonville in Louisiana. The spe- 
cles appears, indeed, to be little known even to the Ame- 
rican Botanists, and is probably confined to the southern — 
States. Its nearest affinity is perhaps with L. siphilitica, 
but its spike is less dense and vastly more cage its 
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