O44 ‘ CAMPANULACEZ (Sond.) [ Lobelua. 
14. L. patula (Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 395); stem and branches ascending 
or prostrate, elongate, glabrous; leaves petiolate, coarsely toothed or 
lobate-dentate, hairy, lobes obtuse, mucronulate ; lower leaves on longish 
petioles, ovate, subcordate, acute ; upper ones lanceolate ; flowers ter- 
minal, loosely racemose ; pedicels capillary, much longer than the 
linear bractea ; calyx appressed-hairy, tube ovoid or subhemispherical, 
nearly as long as the subulate lobes; corolla 4—5 times longer than the 
calycine lobes. Thunb.! Prod. p. 40. Fl. Cap. p. 181. 
Var. 8. pteropoda ; petioles winged ; stem subangular. LZ. pteropoda, A. DC./ 
l. c. p. 364. Rap. pteropodum, Presl/ Prod. p. 21. 
Has. Mountains, Langekloof, Thunb. Draakensberg, Orange Free State, 7’. Cooper, 
1067. Var. 8. near Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius, 420, Dr, Sutherland. November. 
(Herb. Thunb., D.) 
Perennial 1 foot or more high. Branches filiform. Leaves }—1 inch long and 
wide, in var f. usually larger and subglabrous. Petiole as long or longer than the 
leaf, ciliolate. Raceme 2-6-flowered. Calyx-tube 1 line long. Corolla blue or 
whitish. Capsule hemispherical, half superior. 
15. L, chameedrifolia (A. DC.! 1. c. p. 364); stem ascending, sub- 
angular, branched, hairy; leaves obovate, obtuse, tapering into a petiole, 
coarsely toothed; teeth obtuse, mucronulate, with revolute margins; 
upper leaves oblong-lanceolate ; flowers terminal, loosely racemose ; 
pedicels much longer than the linear-bractew, pubescent as the sub- 
hemispherical tube of calyx; corolla 3-times longer than the subulate 
calycine lobes; capsule half superior. Rap. chamaedryfolium, Presl! 
Prod. p. 21. E. Mey. comm. pl. Dreg. p.290, | 
Has. Rocky places near Omsameaba, 1500-2000 ft. Drege. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Habit of ZL. patula, but different by the obovate, cuneate leaves, and smaller 
flowers. Larger leaves 1 inch long, 4-5 lines wide, with 2-4 equal teeth on each 
side, come as or hairy on the nerve beneath. Pedicels 3-4 lines long. Corolla 
blue, lobes of the lower lip oblong, glabrous. Capsule hemispherical. 
§ 2. The 2 lower anthers only bearded at the apex or terminated by 
sete. (Sp. 16-26.) 
16. L. Erinus (Linn. spec. p. 1321); stem herbaceous, erect or as- 
_ cending, as well as the filiform branches, angular or subterete, hairy at 
~ the base; leaves alternate, lower ones petiolate, obovate, obtuse, den- 
tate or serrato-dentate ; the middle lanceolate, serrate or denticulate, 
upper ones linear, often entire; flowers racemose; pedicels axillary and 
, terminal, longer than the leaf or bractea; calyx-tube obconical, shorter 
' than the linear, acuminate, toothed or entire lobes; corolla 3 times 
longer than the calyx; anthers hairy on the back ; the two lower bearded. 
Var. a, Erinus; glabrous or hairy at the base ; stem ascending ; leaves gla- 
brous or subpilose ; lower ones petiolate, obovate, subdentate ; upper ones lanceolate, 
sessile; corolla 2-3 times longer than the linear calyx-lobes. JL. Erinus, L. Thunb.! 
Prod. p. 40, herbar. 8. Sims’ Bot. Mag. t. 901. Rap. Erinus, Moench. Pres! Prod. 
p- 17. Lob. bicolor, Sims’ Bot. Mag. t.514. Rap. bicolor, Presl! p.17. Sieb. ext. 138. 
Rap. bellidifolium, var. a, Presi! R. flaccidum, Presl! Prod. p. 13; E.§ Z.! 2466, 
2473. Lob. flaccida, Erinus et bicolor, A. DC. Prod. L. Breynii, Spreng. ! in Zeyh. 
Fl.Cap. I: 21, non Lam. L. linearis, var. B, Herb. Thunb, Zeyh. 3110, 1052. Herb. 
On. Itin. 30, 486, 487. 
Van. B, bellidifolia; stem and leaves subhirsute by spreading bairs ; branches 
glabrous ; leaves dentate, lower ones obovate or elliptical, middle and upper ones 
