Lobelia. } CAMPANULACE (Sond.) 539 - 
Erect or ascending ; fi. in terminal racemes : 
Glabrous. Lower lvs. toothed, petioled, 
obovate; upp. lanceolate; cal.-tube as 
as long as the ovate, acute lobes (18) Dregeana. 
Hairy at base. Lower lvs. obovate, 
obtuse, toothed; upp. lanceol. or linear; 
cal.-tube shorter than the linear acumi- 
nate lobes... (16) Erinus.’ 
Glabrous. St. 3 -angled; lower Ivs. oblong; 
upp. linear, remotely serrulate ; raceme 
loose; cal.-tube shorter than lobes... (17) Natalensis. 
Glabr. or subpilose. St. 3-angled ; 
lin.-lanceol., coarsely and aarsatty 
toothed ; raceme dense; cal.-tube as 
long as lobes = (19) os 
St. angular, pubescent. Lys. ovate, acute, ee 
serrate; upp. lanceol. ; cal.-lobes linear, ” 
subulate (21) a ee 
St. subangular, glabrous. "Ls. obovate- 
oblong ; medial lanceol. ; upp. linear ; 
cal. tube ovoid, lobes linear, denticled’ (22) linarioides. 
Leaves roundish, deeply 5-7 cleft or lobed ... ... (25) muscoides. 
Stem winged, or compressed, sharply 2-edged : 
Cauline lvs. linear-oblong, decurrent. Cal. lobes 
triangular, much shorter than the agg ge (23) anceps. 
Cauline lvs. lanceolate, tapering at base. Cal. lobes 
linear, as long as the obeonic cal. tube... . (24) fervens. 
§ 1. Anthers all bearded at the apex or tipped with sete, (Sp. 1-15.) 
1, L. Preslii (A. DC. Prod. p. 358) pubescent; stem ascendent, 
angular, branched at the base; leaves longish, petiolate, cordate, subor- 
bicular, obtuse and lobed; petiole flat, broader at the apex; peduncle 
terminal, elongated, glabrous, few-flowered; flowers racemose, secun- 
date; pedicels as long as the setaceous bractea; lobes of calyx linear, 
acute, erect, rather longer than the turbinate ro-nerved tube; limb of 
corolla hairy outwards. . Rapuntiwm cordatum, Presl.! in E.Mey. 
Comment. pl. Dreg. p. 285, non. L. cordata, Willd. 
Has. Rocky Mts., Liege ogra geen ‘000 ft. Drege. (Herb. Sd. 
Perennial, Sy alin 1-24 inches — : spreading hairs. 5 elip 6-8 = 
in diameter with blunt teeth or lobes. ower  agey not 1 inch long. 
2. L. Zeyheri (Sond.) shortly pubescent; stems erect, terete, simple ; 
leaves sessile, ovate, acute, with a few acute serratures; upper ones 
much smaller; Taceme terminal, few-flowered; pedicels elongated, often 
unilateral, bibracteolate at the base; calyx pubescent ; lobes lear about 
equal in length to the tube, nearly twice shorter than the corolla; 
capsule turbinate. 
ay rocky places, Aapjesriver, Burke & Zey. n. 1046. Oct. (Herb. Hook., 
D., Sd. 
A small perennial, stems slender, numerous, 3-5 inches high, leafy in the lower 
part, and nearly naked at the apex. Leaves 2-3 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, with 
thickened margins, and 2-4 short, acute teeth. Raceme 4~7-flowered. Pedicels 
erect, spreading, 6-8 lines long. Flowers very small. Calyx 1-13 line long, hairy 
at the corolla. Anthers bearded. “ied erect, crowned by the short erect calycine 
lobes. 
3. L. alsinoides (Lam.! dict. 3. p. 588); glabrous ; branches diffuse, 
