Lobelia.) — CAMPANULACES (Sond.) 541 
--2-dentate, with revolute margins; pedicels few or solitary, terminal, 
calyx scabrous, tube hemispherical, shorter than the linear lobes; corolla 
pubescent, 4-times longer than the calyx; lobes elliptical or oval, 
apiculate; capsule hemispherical. Rapuntium Breynii, Presi! Prod. 
Lob. p. 19, excl. synon. : 
Has. Katriviersberg, Ceded Territory, E. & Z. Drege; Port Natal, Gueinzius n. 
135. J. Sanderson; Magalisberg, Burke § Zey. n. 1072. 
Habit of Dobrowsk. scabra; 3 inches to 1 foot high, very slender, few-branched. 
Leaves alternate or sub-opposite, 3-4 lines long, 4 line wide, rarely broader and 
smaller, and only in the lower part of stem. Calyx-tube 1 line, lobes 14-2 lines 
long. Corolla blue, yellow in the throat ; the lobes of the upper lip oval, twice 
smaller than those of the lower lip. Capsule as large as a small pea, scabrous, 
7. L. setacea (Thunb. ! ‘fl. Cap. p. 178) glabrous; stems diffuse or 
erect, terete, striate, branched; leaves sessile, linear-setaceous, quite 
entire or obsoletely ciliato-scabrous; pedicels axillary, racemose, about 
as long as the leafy bractea, bibracteolate at the base; calyx scabrous, 
tube sub-hemispherical, shorter than the linear-acuminate lobes; co- 
rolla downy, 3-4 times longer than the calyx; capsuleghemispherical, 
ro-costate. Rapuntium setaceum, Presl! Prod. Lob. p. 19. E. & Z.n. 
2477. Lob. nematophylla Spreng. in Zey. pl. Cap. IT, n. 252. Sieber ! 
pl. exs. cap. N. 139. iis 
’ Var. 8. parviflora ; flowers smaller; leaves often secundate, - 
Has. Capeflats, Thunb. E. § Z. Sieber, W.H.H.; Simonsbay, I. M’Gillivray and 
Milne; Zwartland and Hottentott’s, Holland, Ecklon; var. 8. Rivierzonder Hinde, 
Zey. N. 3105. Dec. Mart. (Herb. Thunb., Hook, D., Sd.) 4 
Many perennial stems, 4-1 foot high, more or less branched, sometimes simple. 
Leaves 4-1 inch long, in var. £. filiform, sub-unilateral, } line long. Pedicels 6-8 
lines long. Flowers blue, 4 inch, in var. 8. 3 lines long; lobes oval or elliptical. 
Anthers hirsute at the apex, hairy on the back. Very near ZL. linearis and only 
distinguished by the hemispherical, obtuse calyx-tube. 
8. L. capillifolia ae DC. Prod. p. 362); stem diffuse or erect, 
angulate, glabrous ; leaves sessile, setaceous, entire ; raceme loose, 
branched at the base; pedicels shorter than the linear, capillaceous 
bractea, shortly hairy as the calyx and corolla; calyx-tube hemispherical, 
twice shorter than the linear-setaceous lobes ; corolla 3-4 times longer 
than the calyx; capsule hemispherical, 1o-striate. Rapunt. capillifolium, 
Presl!l.c. p. 19. E. Mey. Comm. pl. Dreg. p. 288. Rap. genistoides, 
Presi! in E. Mey. Comm. p. 285. Lob. genistoides, A. DC. Prod. p. 358. 
ex pte. E. Z. n. 2478. 
Var. 8, velutina (A. DC. 1. c.) ; branches, leaves and calyx minutely downy. 
Has. Mountains near Waterfall and Tulbagh, Mount Zwarteberg, Caledon, £. Z., 
Dr. Pappe, Zeyh. n. 3101, B, and 3102; Hassaquaskloof, Zeyh. n. 3101, a; Stel- 
lenbosch, Roodesand, Klein-Drakensteen, and Onderbokkeveld, Drege; var. 8, near 
Waterfall and Tulbagh. Nov._Feb. (Herb. Hook., D., Sd.) 
Perennial, rigid, stronger than Z. setacea, 1-2 feet and more high, branched in 
the upper part. Leaves filiform, callous at the apex, 4-6 lines long. Pedicels 2-3 
lines long, often shorter, rarely longer, erect. Calyx-lobes 1}-2 lines long. Corolla 
blue ; lobes oblong. Anthers hairy, hirsute at the apex. Capsule as large as a pea. 
9. L. lasiantha (A. DC. 1. ¢. p.362); stem and branches erect, terete, 
glabrous; leaves sessile, linear, narrow, ciliate, callous at the apex ; 
