Lobelia.| CAMPANULACE# (Sond.) , 545 
lanceolate, serrate or entire ; corolla 3 times longer than the linear calyx lobes. LZ. 
bellidifolia, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 180. Rap. bellidifol. var. B, hirsutum, Presl, l. c. p. 
15. 2. scabripes, Presi! l.¢.p.17. Lob. algoensis, A. DC. l.c. p. 369. L. Krebsiana, 
A, DC. tl. ¢. p. 385. E. & Z. 2465, 2472. Krebs. 137. 
Var. y, microdon ; stems erect, pubescent at the base; radical leaves aggregated, 
obovate-oblong, shortly petiolate, denticulate or callously serrated. LZ. microdon, 
A. DC, 1. ¢. p. 369. Rap. microdon, Presl.! in E. Mey. Comm. pl. Dreg. p. 287. R. 
bellidifol. var. B, brevidens, Presl! in E. § Z. 2465. 
Has, Stony places in flats and on mountains. Var. a. and . in the distr. of Cape, 
Swellendam, George, Uitenhage, Albany, and Caffraria. Var. y, Paarlberg, Drege. 
Puspasvalley, Swellendam, EZ. § 7. Zwarteberg, Caledon, Zey. 3113. Aapjes River, 
Burke & Zeyher, Port Natal, Miss Owen. July-Dec. (Herb. Thunb., Hook., Reg. 
Berol., D., Sd.) 
Annual herb. Small specimens 3-4 inches high, sim: le; larger ones 1-2 feet, 
with filiform branches. Lower leaves $-14 inch long, 3-6 lines wide, often smaller 
and roundish, toothed or subserrated. Petioles short. Upper leaves sessile. Flowers 
racemose or subpanicled. Bractez linear. Pedicels 4-8 lines long, pubescent or 
glabrous, compressed, Calyx-lobes 13-2} lines long, entire or with 1 or 2 acute 
teeth. Corolla blue or violet, glabrous. Lobes of the upper lip linear; the 3 seg- 
ments of the lower lip oval or obovate, with 2 white lines or spots near the base. 
Capsule 2-4 lines long. Var. y. is about a span high, with radical leaves 6-8 lines 
long, 2-3 lines wide, minutely toothed ; the stem-leaves are lanceolate, 1 1. wide, 
serrulate ; the flowers are not different. Our var. a. is often cultivated in gardens 
as L. heterophylla, : 
17. L. Natalensis (A. DC.! Prod. p. 369); annual, quite glabrous ; 
stem erect, branched, subtriquetrous, flexuous ; leaves sessile, linear, 
obtuse, remotely and callously serrulate ; lower ones oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, narrowed at the base; flowers loosely racemose; pedicels 
filiform, 2~3 times longer than the linear, denticulate or entire bractea ; 
ealyx-tube turbinate, shorter than the linear lobes; corolla 2-3 times 
longer than the calyx; anthers hairy on the back, the 2 lower bearded. 
Rapuntium flecuosum, Presi! Prod. p. 16, non p. 23. H. Mey. comm. 
pl. Dreg. p. 287. 
Var, 8. subulifolia ; leaves linear-subulate. 
Has. Port Natal, Drege, J. Sanderson, Dr. Grant, Dr. Sutherland. Delagoa-bay, 
Capt. Speke. Var. B. Port Natal, T. Cooper, 1126. Sept. (Herb. Hook, D., Sd.) 
Possibly this is also a variety of Z. Erinus, but I have not seen any intermediate 
form. If is 1 foot and more high. Leaves 1-2 inches long, 1-2 lines wide, the 
lower and upper ones smaller. Raceme 4-10-flowered. Lobes of calyx 1-2 lines 
long, narrow. Corolla blue, upper lip linear, narrow, often hairy, about 1 line long, 
lobes of lower lip oval or obovate. .Capsule 3-4 lines long. Var. 8, is distinct by 
very narrow leaves (1 inch long, 3 line wide), and a 3-4-flowered raceme. 
18. L. Dregeana (A. DC. Prod. p. 371); quite glabrous; stems pro- 
strate or ascending, weak, angular; leaves dentate, lower ones sub- 
orbicular or obovate, obtuse, petiolate; upper ones subsessile, narrowed 
at the base, oblong, acute or sublanceolate ; fiowers loosely racemose ; 
pedicels filiform, 2-3 times longer than the lanceolate-cuneate 2~4- 
toothed bractea; calyx-tube shortly obconical, about as long as the 
ovate, acute lobes; corolla 2-3 times longer than the calycine lobes ; 
anthers hairy on the back, the 2 lower bearded. : 
Has. Little Namaqualand, Nieuweveld, between Rhinosterkop and Ganzefontein, 
Sternbergspruit, 3—5000 ft., Drege. Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
A small annual, 4 inches high. Radical leaves suborbicular, 2-3 lines long and 
VoL. I. : 35 
