GENUS I. 



LOBELIA FAMILY 



10 Lobelia leptostachys A. DC. Spiked 

 Lobelia. Fig. 4037. 



Lobelia leptostachys A. DC. Prodr. 7: 376. 1839. 



Similar to the preceding species ; stem usually 

 stouter, puberulent or glabrous, 2-4 high. Basal 

 leaves oval or obovate, obtuse ; stem leaves spatu- 

 late, oblong, or lanceolate, obtuse, sometimes 

 slightly scabrous, denticulate or entire, or the 

 uppermost narrower and acute ; spike-like raceme 

 elongated, usually dense ; bracts linear, glabrous ; 

 pedicels very short; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, 

 nearly as long as the corolla-tube, the sinuses 

 with subulate deflexed auricles; flowers blue, 

 4"-S" long. 



In dry soil, Virginia to Ohio and Illinois, Georgia 

 and Kansas. June-Aug. 



ii. Lobelia inflata L. Indian or Wild 

 Tobacco. Eyebright. Fig. 4038. 



Lobelia inflata L. Sp. PI. 931. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent or hirsute, very acrid ; 

 stem leafy, commonly paniculately branched, 

 i-3 high. Leaves thin, repand-dentate or 

 denticulate, the lower oval or obovate, obtuse, 

 l'-2i' long, narrowed into short petioles, the 

 upper sessile, oval, oblong, ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, or the uppermost acute ; 

 flowers light blue, 2"-3" long, usually distant 

 in somewhat spike-like racemes ; lower bracts 

 foliaceous, the upper subulate ; pedicels 2"-s" 

 long in fruit; calyx glabrous or nearly so, 

 its subulate lobes about as long as the corolla; 

 capsule inflated, 3" -4" long, finely transversely 

 veined between the ribs. 



In fields and thickets, usually in dry soil, Labra- 

 dor to Saskatchewan, Georgia, Kansas and Arkan- 

 sas. Gag-root. Puke-weed. Asthma-weed. Low- 

 belia. Emetic-weed. Bladder-pod lobelia. July- 

 Nov. 



12. Lobelia Kalmii L. Brook or Kalm's 

 Lobelia. Fig. 4039. 



Lobelia Kalmii L. Sp. PI. 930. 1753. 



Perennial by short offsets, glabrous through- 

 out, or sparingly pubescent below; stem leafy, 

 erect, paniculately branched, rarely simple, 

 slender, 6'-2o' high. Lower and basal leaves 

 spatulate, obtuse, narrowed into short petioles, 

 sparingly repand-denticulate, or entire, 6"-i2" 

 long, ii'-2$' wide; upper leaves sessile, usually 

 longer and narrower, linear, linear-oblong, or 

 narrowly spatulate, the uppermost acute; flow- 

 ers light blue, 4"-s" long, in loose racemes ; 

 lower bracts linear-lanceolate, the upper subu- 

 late; pedicels nearly filiform, 4"-i2" long, usu- 

 ally 2-glandular or 2-bracteolate near the middle ; 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate, longer than the 

 turbinate tube, the sinuses not appendaged ; cap- 

 sule wholly inferior, not inflated, campanulate or 

 subglobose, about 2" long. 



On wet banks, and in wet meadows, Nova Scotia 

 to New Jersey, west to Ontario, Manitoba, Ohio, 

 Michigan and Iowa. July-Sept. 



