Lobelia.| CAMPANULACE (Sond.) 547 
Var. 8, Jacquiniana ; minutely pubescent ; lower leaves ovate or obovate, crenate 
or dentate, upper ones serrate ; flowers white, with reddish or blueish tube. Jacq. 
Hort. Schoenb. 2, t.178. DC. l. ¢. Rap. pubescens, Presl! l.c.p.17. E. § Z. 2473. 
Var. ¥, incisa ; pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, duplicate-dentate ; teeth acute 
or acuminate. Rap. incisum, Presl/ in E. § Z. 2470. 
Has. Stony places and among shrubs. Var. a, near Capetown, Thunb. Lange- 
kloof, George, #. § Z. Simonsbay, J. McGillivray § Milne, Buffeljagtriver, Bowie. 
Var. 8, near Genadenthal and Winterhoek, Drege! Rivier Zondereinde, FE. & Z. 
Zwartland, Brehm. Zwarteberg, Caledon, Dr. Pappe. Breederivier and near Riet- 
kuil, Zeyh. 3111. Var. y, Puspasvalley, Swellendam, 2. Z. Oct.-Feb. (Herb. 
Thunb., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Annual (not perennial, as indicated by authors), very similar to the largest forms 
of L. bellidifolia, and only distinguished by the pubescence, commonly larger, 
roundish leaves, and white flowers. Stem 1 foot or more high, fiexuous ; branches 
ascending, filiform. Leaves 4-1 inch long, the lower 6-10 lines wide, on broad 
petioles 4-8 lines long, petioled ; middle leaves usually somewhat narrower and 
shorter, petiolate ; upper ones lanceolate or linear, toothed or entire. Pedicels 
drooping or spreading, 1-1} inch long, minutely pubescent, or villous as the calyx. 
Corolla with a narrow tube ; lobes of the lower lip oblong. Capsule 4 lines long. 
22. L. linarioides (A. DC. Prodr. p. 371); annual, glabrous; stem 
erect, much-branched, angular as the branches ; leaves remotely serru- 
lated, the lowest obovate-oblong, petiolate, middle ones lanceolate, 
subsessile ; bracteze linear, subentire ; raceme loose ; pedicels filiform, 
2-3 times longer than the bractez ; calyx-tube ovoid-obconical, twice 
shorter than the linear-acute, denticulate lobes; corolla 2-3 times 
longer than the calyx; capsule obovoid. Rap. linarioides, Presl ! 
Prod. p. 22. Comm. pl. Drege, p. 290. 
Has. Grassy hills between Key and Gekau, and near Omtata, Drege. George, 
Dr. Pappe. Jan.-Oct. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
4-5 inches high, lateral branches often ascending. Leaves 4-8 lines long, the 
lower 2 lines, the middle 1 line wide, acute, Pedicels } inch long, erect. Flowers 
small, blue. Capsule 1-2 lines long. 
23. L. anceps (Thunb. Prod. p. 40); glabrous ; stem erect, or as- 
cending, branched, winged-trigonal ; radical and lower leaves obovate, 
crenated, petiolate ; cauline leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate, denticu- 
late, decurrent ; pedicels axillary, shorter than the leaf; calyx-tube 
cylindrical, much longer than the triangular lobes; corolla 2 or 3 times 
longer than the calycine lobes; capsule cylindraceous. Thunb. Fl. Cap, 
p. 180. DC. l. c. p.375- Rap. anceps, Presi! Prod. p. 14. HE. Z. 2463. 
Dobrowskya anceps, Presl! l. c. p. 10. Lob, decumbens, Sims, Bot. Mag. 
t.2277. L. rhizophyta, Spreng.! nov. Prov. Hort. Hal. 1818. Sims, Bot. 
Mag. t. 2519. L. alata, Lab. ! nov, Holl. 1, p. 51,t.72. Rap. alatum, 
Presl, l. c. p. 14. Steb. pl. ext. nov. Holl. n. 559. Zeyh. 1050, a. 
Var. 8, minor ; stems numerous, prostrate, often rooting; branches short; leaves 
subpetiolate, obovate, obtuse, pubescent or glabrous, upper ones cuneate or lanceo- 
late; raceme few-flowered. JL. repens, Thunb.! Prod.p. 49. Fl. Cap. p. 181. 
Has. Wet places and in rivulets throughout the colony; near Port Natal, Drege, 
J. Sanderson. (New Holland., New Zealand, Chili.) Var. 8. in the Cape downs, 
E. & Z., Drege, 957. Zeyh. 1050, b. Dec.Jan. (Herb. Thunb., Hook., D., Sd.) 
A very variable perennial, erect or prostrate, easily recognised by the winged 
stem and branches, and the cylindraceous capsule. Leaves subfleshy, 1-2 inches 
long, the upper much smaller. Flowers blue, small, Calyx glabrous or pubescent. 
Capsule 4-6 lines long. 
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