542 CAMPANULACE (Sond.) | Lobelia. 
racemes loose, few-flowered, secundate ; pedicels hairy, as long as the 
linear, leafy bractea, in the middle or near the base with a linear brac- 
teola; calyx hemispherical, hispid ; lobes linear-subulate, longer than 
the 1o-striated tube ; corolla pubescent, hirsute at the apex, 3 times 
longer than the calyx. Rapunt. lasianthum, Presl, E. Mey. Comm. pl. 
Dreg. p. 288. 
Has. In mountains, Giftberg, 1500-2000 ft., Drege. (Herb. Sd.) 
Distinguished from Z. setacea by the hispid calyx-tube and the bracteola ; from 
L. spartioides by the hemispherical, not woolly calyx. Leaves 4-1 inch long, 3 line 
Stay somewhat larger than in Z. setacea. Anthers bearded at the apex, 
not “ 
10. L. hirsuta (Linn. Spec. p. 1322); stem suffruticulose, woody, 
much branched, as well as the branches, hairy; leaves sessile, ovate or 
oblong, obtuse at both ends, entire, or with a few obtuse teeth, coria- 
ceous, ciliate and subhirsute beneath; peduncles terminal, naked, elon- 
gated, glabrous, 1-2-flowered, bibracteated at the apex; flowers droop- 
ing; tube of calyx appressed-hairy or hispid, hemispherical, shorter 
than the linearlanceolate lobes; corolla 4 times longer than the calyx. 
Thunb, Fl. Cap. p. 179. L. longipes, A. DC. 1. ¢. p. 361. Rapunt. pe- 
dunculare, Presl ! Prod. Lob. p. 19. E. § Z. 2478, Burm. Afr. p. 105, 
t. 40, f. 2 (a bad figure). Zeyh. 3108. 
Has. Mountains in the distr. of Swellendam, George, Uitenhage, and Albany. 
Oct._Feb. (Herb. Thunb., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Stems or branches 6-12 in. or more high, purplish, with spreading or adpressed 
hairs, rarely glabrous. Leaves with revolute margins, glabrous above, sulcate by 
the impressed, middle nerve, 4-6 lines long, in small-leaved specimens 1-1} line, in 
broad-leaved 2-3 lines wide. Peduncles fili glabrous or ose, 3-4 inches 
long, sometimes in lateral branches scarcely longer than the leaves. Pedicels 1-3 
lines long, with 1 or 2 bracteole. Calyx-tube 4 line, lobes 14 line long. Corolla 
blue, hairy. Capsule the size of a small pea. 
- 11. L. pinifolia (Linn. Spec. Sp. 1318); suffruticose ; branches erect; 
leaves approximate, erect, linear, carinate, subtrigonal, acute, quite en- 
tire, with subrevolute margins, glabrous or pubescent; peduncles ter- 
minal, few, equalling the leaves or somewhat longer, bracteated; tube 
of calyx hemispherical, silky as the peduncle by appressed hairs ; lobes 
of calyx lanceolate, acuminate, 4 times shorter than the pubescent 
corolla. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 178. Breyn. Cent. p. 173, t. 187. Burm. 
Afr. p. 111, t, 41, f. 2. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 273. Sieb. Herb. Cap. n. 83- 
Herb. Un. Itin. 481. Rapuntium pinifolium, Presl, Prod. p.19. E. & Z. 
2475. Zeyh. 3099. 
Haz. Mountains near Capetown, in Caledon, Stellenbosch, etc. Sept.—Jan. 
(Herb. Thunb., Hook., D., Sd.) 
A rigid shrub, 1-14 ft. Stem nodulose, leafless at the base ; branches closely leafy. 
Leaves imbricate, }—-1 inch long, nearly 1 line wide, upper ones smaller. Peduncles 
1-2 inches long, ly longer, 1-3-flowered. Calyx-tube short ; lobes 14 lines long. 
Corolla blue ; lobes of the lower lip oval or obovate. - 
12. L. tomentosa (Linn. suppl. p. 394); stems erect oe ascending, 
closely leafy at the base as well as the eaves, tomentose; leaves linet 
or linear-lanceolate, with revolute margins, and 2-4 obtuse teeth on 
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