LOBELIACEAE. VOL. III. 



7. Lobelia puberula Michx. Downy Lobelia. 

 Fig. 4034. 



Lobelia puberula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 152. 1803. 



Perennial, densely and finely puberulent all over, 

 slightly viscid ; stem simple, or rarely with a few 

 branches, stout or slender, leafy, i-3 high. Leaves 

 oval, oblong, ovate, or obovate, i'-2' long, rather thick, 

 the lower petioled, all obtuse or the uppermost acute, 

 denticulate or crenate-dentate, the teeth often glandular; 

 flowers blue, 8"-io" long, in long spike-like racemes; 

 lower bracts, or sometimes all of thera, foliaceous, 

 glandular; pedicels very short; calyx hirsute or pubes- 

 cent, its lobes narrowly lanceolate, elongated, usually 

 with small short rounded auricles at the sinuses ; cor- 

 olla-tube about 5" long, i"-ii" thick, the lobes of its 

 larger lip broadly ovate, glabrous; larger anthers mi- 

 nutely bearded. 



In moist sandy soil, southern New Jersey to Florida, 

 Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Texas. Ascends to 3500 ft. in 

 North Carolina. Aug.-Oct. 



8. Lobelia glandulosa Walt. Glandular Lobelia. 



Fig- 4035- 

 Lobelia glandulosa Walt. Fl. Car. 218. 1788. 



Perennial ; stem slender, leafy below, nearly naked 

 above, simple, glabrous, or sparingly pubescent, i-4 

 high. Leaves elongated-linear to narrowly lanceolate, 

 thick, glabrous, strongly glandular-dentate, the lower 

 petioled, obtuse, often 7' long and 4" wide, the upper 

 sessile, acutish, shorter ; flowers racemose-spicate, secund, 

 often few and distant, blue, nearly i' long; bracts narrow, 

 glandular; peduncles very short, sometimes with a pair of 

 glands near the base; calyx-tube often densely hirsute, its 

 lobes subulate, the sinuses not appendaged ; corolla-tube 

 5"-6" long, i"-ii" thick, about twice as long as the calyx- 

 lobes; larger lip of the corolla pubescent within at the 

 base, its lobes ovate, acutish ; anthers all bearded at the tip. 



In swamps near the coast, southern Virginia to Florida. 

 July-Sept. 



9. Lobelia spicata Lam. Pale Spiked Lobelia. Fig. 4036. 



Lobelia spicata Lam. Encycl. 3: 587. 1789. 

 L. spicata hirtella A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2 : 6. 1878. 

 L. spicata parvifiora A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 6. 1878. 



Perennial or biennial, puberulent, smooth or roughish ; 

 stem strict, simple, leafy, i-4 high. Leaves thickish, 

 pale green, repand-dentate, crenulate, or entire, the 

 basal ones commonly tufted, broadly oblong, oval, or 

 obovate, very obtuse, narrowed into short petioles, 

 i'-3i' long; i'-2' wide; stem leaves sessile, oblong, 

 lanceolate, or spatulate, obtuse, the uppermost gradually 

 smaller and acutish; flowers pale blue, 3"-5" long, 

 densely or distantly racemose-spicate, the inflorescence 

 sometimes 2 long ; bracts linear, entire ; pedicels very 

 short, ascending; calyx-tube turbinate, usually glabrous, 

 shorter than its subulate spreading, sometimes hirsute 

 or ciliate lobes, the sinuses usually not at all append- 

 aged; corolla-tube about 2i" long and i" thick. 



In dry, mostly sandy soil, or in meadows, Prince Edward 

 Island to Saskatchewan, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisi- 

 ana and Arkansas. Races differ in pubescence and in size 

 of flowers. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. June-Aug. 



