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LOBELIA ROBUSTA. ‘'THICK-STEMMED 
 Lose.ia. 
_ Class and Order. ; 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
; ees 
( Nat. Ord.—Campanvuracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla tubo hinc fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito. 
Anthere connate. Stigma bilobum (nune indivisum). 
Capsula hilocularis (raro 3-loc.), apice supero bivalvi— 
Herbe vel Suffrutices, plereque lactescentes. Folia alterna, 
integra vel laciniata, raro fistulosa. Flores racemosi, ter- 
minales vel axillares, solitarii, pedicellis bibracteatis vel 
nudis. Anthere sepius barbate. Br. 4 “2 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Lozexia robusta ; caule suffruticoso, foliis obovato-lanceo-— 
latis acuminatis grosse dentatis glabris nitidis, racemis — 
terminalibus simplicibus. = fa 
gare robusta. Graham, in Edin. Phil. Journ. Dec. 
i. Lets 
Descr. Root perennial. Stem very stout, erect, almost — 
woody, branched, green and glabrous, irregularly winged ey 
with the persistent, decurrent, occasionally wavy bases of | 
the leaves. Leaves numerous, scattered, crowded towards : 
the apex, falling off below, obovato-lanceolate, acummate, 
attenuated at the base, and decurrent for a little way along — 
the stem, glabrous, pale green and shining, waved, coarsely _ 
and sharply toothed, veined, middle rib and veins promi- 
nent behind, and, especially when young, lilac-coloured. — 
Raceme terminal, g1 dually elongating, supported on a 
naked, slightly villous stalk. Flowers large, very numer-_ 
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