506 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, - Lobelia. 
tube gibbous, and growing to the lower half of the germ. 
Border of five sub-orbicular, woolly, permanent segments. 
Corol one-petalled, rotate, tube very short, and united with 
the calyx into one envelope which closely embraces the up- ° 
per part of the germ; border of five, oblong segments, alter- 
nate with those of the calyx, and double their length, wither- 
ing. Filaments five, short, inserted partly on the tube and top 
of the germ. Anthers oblong. Germ inferior, oblong, three- 
celled, each cell contaming numerous ovula attached to a 
long, free, linear receptacle, which is united, by a slender pe- 
dicel, to the top of the cell, Style very short and thick, Stiy- 
ma concave, with a thick fleshy three-lobed margin, Cap- 
sule oblong, clothed with the woolly tube of the calyx, and 
crowned with the segments of its border, as well as the with- 
ered corol, three-celled, (in what manner they open I have 
not been able to ascertain.) Seeds very numerous, adhering 
to the long, filiform, free receptacles, which are attached to 
the apex of the capsules as already mentioned, 
LOBELIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1363. 
Calyx five-cleft. Coro] one-petalled, irregular. ‘Anthers 
united, Capsule inferior, two or three-celled, 
1. L. nicotianifolia, Heyne’s Mss. 
Erect. Leaves cabesossile, lanegolar, acute, entire. Raceme 
: ge eer er ee anh 
found it indigenous in the vicinity of Bangalore. 
9. L, trigona, R. 
Annual, base creeping, erect parts three-sided. fe ate : 
_ sessile, cordate, serrate, _Peduncles axillary, janet sito ee 
_ eaves, one-flowered, 
al. small, annual, ramous plant which delights i in meh pas- 
ture g round, and appears eaaing the wet and cold seasons. — 
