Dobrowskya. | CAMPANULACE (Sond.) 549 
longitudinally split ; segments linear-lanceolate; anthers . . . A. 
DC. 1. ¢. p. 361. Rapuntium ethiopicum ceeruleo galeato flore foliolis 
dentatis, Breyn. Cent. p. 175, t. 89. Rapuntium Breynit, Presl, Prod. 
_ Lob. p. 19, but not comm. pl. Afr Austr. Dreg. p. 288. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. ) ’ 
VII. DOBROWSKYA, Presl. 
Calyxz-tube turbinate or hemispherical. Corolla split the whole 
length on back, 3-partite, the 2 upper petals distinct, unguiculate, erect; 
the 3 lower connate to a 3-fid lip. ilaments and anthers connate; all 
the anthers bearded at apex. Stigmas 2, linear, revolute. Prod. Lob. 
p- 8, Comm. pl. Dreg. p. 283, Endl. gen. n. 3056. Lobelice spec. Thunb. 
Parastranthi spec. G'. Don. 
Annual or perennial herbs. Lys. alternate, opposite, or 3-5-verticillate. Flowers 
axillary on elongate pedicels, blue. Named in honour of James Dobrowsky, pro- 
fessor of philosophy at Prague. 
Leaves all linear, with revolute, entire margins; perennial ... (1) scabra. 
Leaves all lanceolate, remotely serrulated; annual ... ... ... (4) stellarioides. 
Lower lvs. ovate or roundish, 1-2-dentate on each side; upper 
ones lanceolate or linear; calyx-lobes longer than the tube, 
2-3 times shorter than the corolla -... 0.0 60. 25 see wey 
Lower lvs. obovate-oblong or ovate-lancelate, 1-2-dentate, upper 
lanceolate ; calyx-lobes equalling the tube, and nearly as long 
Ma Ge er a a a ) See 
Lower lvs. oblong-linear, obtuse, 1-2-dentate on each side, upper 
serrate ; calyx-lobes shorter than the longish, obconical tube (5) serratifolia. 
(2) tenella. 
1. D. scabra (A. DC. Prod. 7, 2, p. 355); stem erect, scabrous, 
branched above, very leafy ; leaves sessile, subopposite or ternate, 
linear, subpilose, scabrous with revolute margins, spreading ; pedicels 
axillary, 3-4 times longer than the leaf, appressed, hispid as well as 
the calyx-tube; lobes of calyx linear, acute, longer than the tube, 
2~3 times shorter than the corolla. Deless. Icon.v. 5,t.9. Lobelia sca- 
bra, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p.178. D. Thunbergiana, Presl, l.c.p. 9. Comm. 
pl. Dreg. p. 283. D./ polyphylla, Presi! 1. ¢. 
Var. 8, Dregeana ; lower leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, sometimes with 
1 tooth on each side. D. Dregeana, Presl! l.c. E. § 2. 2446. 
Var. 7, glabrata ; stem and branches glabrous, or with a few appressed hairs ; 
leaves ciliate-scabrous ; the lower ones rarely 1~2-dentate. D. Zeyheriana, Presi / 
l.c.p. 10. Cyphia simplex, Spreng. in Zey. pl. Cap. ext. p. 18. E. § Z. 2447. D. 
levicaulis, Presl! 1. c. Comm. pl. Dreg. p. 284. 
Has. Grassy places in mountains. Var. a. and 8, near Grahamstown, £. ¢ Z., 
Genl. Bolton. Howison’s Poort, H. Hutton. Georgetown, Pappe. Zuaurebergen 
and near Gekau, Drege. Var. y, Zwartkopsriver, EF. § Z., Drege, Zey. 3116. Port 
Natal, Drege. Oct.Jan. (Herb. Thunb., Holm., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Perennial, 4-1 ft., scabrous-hairy, simple or a few-branched. Leaves longer than 
the intervals, mucronulate or acute, 4-6 lines long, rarely 1 line wide, the lower 
smaller, often broader, the uppermost sometimes 1 in. long, not 11. wide. Peduncles 
1-3 inches long. Calyx-tube obconical or obovoid ; lobes reflexed, at flowering time 
2 lines long. Segments of corolla ovate, acute. Capsule obovoid or hemispherical, 
rarely obconical, attenuate at the base, 10-nerved. 
2. D. tenella (Sond.); stems diffuse, angular, scabrous, branched ; 
