Lobelia. | CAMPANULACES (Sond.) 537 
and Rietvalley, Winterhoek, Tulbaghskloof, and Witsenberg. Oct.-April. (Herb. 
Thunb., Holm., Hook.,.D., Sd.) Svasesne, 9% : 
Stems many from the root, filiform, 4-1 foot high. Leaves numerous, often 
secundate, glabrous, 4-1 inch long, 1-14, rarely 2-3 lines wide; in var. 8, 2-3 lines 
long, 4 line wide. Spike } to several inches. Calyx obconical, glabrous or hairy ; 
_ lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla deep yellow. Capsule cylindrical, 4 lines 
long. Rapunt. flavum. Presl.! in EB. Z. n. 2455, is P. luteus, with a few-flowered 
raceme, in which 1 or 2 flowers are more or less pedicellate and bracteated by a 
narrower leaf. ‘ 
2. P. variifolius (Don. 1. c.); stem erect, simple, rarely branched 
above; leaves numerous, erect, linear, glabrous, upper ones toothed or 
serrate, the lower‘entire; flowers solitary, axillary, nearly terminal, almost 
sessile; bracteze as long as the flowers; corolla hairy. Lobelia varii- 
folia, Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1692. Rap. variifolium, Presl, Prodr, p. 12. 
comm. pl. Dreg. p. 285, LE. Z. n. 2459. 
Has, Wet places on hills, Waterfall, Tulbagh, EZ. ¢ Z., Pappe. Nieuwekloof 
Vierentwintigrivier and Pickenierskloof, Drege. Betw. Roux and Bergrivier, Zeyh. 
n. 1055. Nov.~Dec. (Herb. Hook., D., Sd.) 
2-4 inches high, very leafy from the base to the apex, glabrous or slightly hairy. 
Upper leaves 4-6 lines long, } line wide, concave or sulcate above, acute, with 2-3 
sharp teeth on each side, the lower leaves 3-2 lines long. 1 or 3 deep yellow 
flowers at top of the branches. Calyx-tube hairy, obconical ; lobes lanceolate, acumi- 
nate. Stigma always bifid, not trifid. 
8. P. thermalis (Sond.); stems decumbent or creeping, simple or 
branched, filiform, hispid or glabrous; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, 
narrowed at the base, serrate, glabrous or hairy beneath ; flowers 
axillary, shortly pedicellate ; calyx-tube clavate, hispid, 2-3 times 
longer than the lanceolate lobes; corolla minutely downy, hispid at 
the lobes; capsule cylindraceous. A. DC. Prod. p. 354. Lob. leptocarpa, 
Grissel. in Linnaea, 5,p. 419. DC.1.c.p. 358. Lob. thermalis, Thunb. ! 
prod. p. 40. Fl. Cap. 181. Rap. thermale, Presl, prod. p. 12. L. pubescens, 
Detr. ex Steud. L. Mundtiana Chamiss! Linnaea, 8, p. 215. L. glabri- 
folia, BE. Meyer in Herb. Drege. Rap. glabrifolium, Presl! Prod. p. 12. 
E. & Zn. 2460. ee ee 
Has. Watercourses and damp situations near the baths of Oliphantsriver, Thunb. ; 
near Winterhoeksberg, Uitenhage, E.G Z., Nieuweveld ; on the Brakrivier, and 
between Keiskamma and Basche, Drege; Gamkariver, Mundt; Magalisberg, Burke 
& Zey. n. 1071; Distr. of Albert, 7. Cooper, n. 1391; Queenstown D., Mrs. F. W. 
Barber; Grahamstown, Dr .Atherstone; Transvaal and Port Natal, 7. Sanderson, 
Miss Owen ; Roggeveld, 4.Wyley. Dec.—-Feb. (Herb. Th., Holm., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Stems 4-1 foot long, subangular. Leaves alternate, distant by intervals of 3-4 
lines, ovate or elliptical or sublanceolate, sharply serrated, 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines 
wide, Flowers rare in the axils ; peduncles 1-2, rarely 3-4 lines long, hispid. 
Calyx-lobes 1} line long. Corolla about 8 lines long ; tube white, dilated above ; 
lower lip bifid; lobes erect, acute, blue; upper lip 3-fid, blue. Capsule hairy or 
subglabrous, 6-8 lines long. It is a true Parastranthus; the flower is incorrectly 
described by Chamisso and others. In the dry flowers the blue colour of the lobes 
has generally disappeared. 
VIL. LOBELIA, Linn. —— 
Calyx 5-lobed, sub-obconical, ovoid, or hemispherical. Corolla irre- 
gular, bilabiate, tube cylindraceous or infundibuliform, cleft on the upper 
side; upper lip often smaller and erect; lower lip often spreading or 
