CAMPANALS, 2 24 LOBELIADS, 
THE CAMPANAL ALLIANCE. 
Natural Orders of Campanals. 
Uvnbeliays (Lobeliacew.) Anthers syngenesious. Ovules 00. 
Walerianwarts ( Valerianacee.) Anthers free. Ovule 1, pendulous. 
Composites (Asteracew.) Anthers syngenesious. Ovule 1, ereet. 
Natural Order, Hobelians; Lobeliaceee (V. K., p. 692.) 
Prevailing Quality. Narcotico-acrid. 
Lospetia. Linneeus. 
Corollas 2, the upper lip split to the base. Stigma surrounded by 4 
fringe. Capsule 2-3-celled. 
1. L. inflata Linneus.—(Ixp1an Tosacco.) Fig. 301. 
Smooth, erect ; leaves irregularly toothed ; flowers small, blue, racemose; 
capsule ovate, inflated. e 
Habitat. United States. gi 
Quality. Diaphoretic, expectorant ; emetic; an 
acro-narcotic poison. 
Uses, Asthma, ernias croup, hooping-cough. In 
small doses it is expectorant and aiepha 
exciting expectoration without the pain 0° 
coughing, In such doses as a common ? 
spoonful of the seeds and leaves, mm which 
qnantity irregular practitioners have ven 
to give it, it frequently proves fatal in five 
six hours. Ithas been used instead of to 
in the form of enema, in strangulated hernia 
2. L. cardinalis Linneus. —(CARDINA 
FLoweERr. 
Downy, rma leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
irregularly toothed ; bracts glandular 
flowers scarlet, racemose ; calyx 
a smooth hemispherical tube. 
Habitat. United States. 
Quality and Uses. Like the next. 
3. L. siphilitica Linneus. : 
Hairy, erect; leaves ovate, iregw’ 
toothed ; flowers racemose, blue } ¢@! 
hairy, with a hemispherical tube an 
lanceolate auriculate lobes. 
Habitat. bee States. pe 
ity. metic, cathartic, diuretic. 
Uses. Rheot supposed 46 fis a cali aaekte, bok no Maan: Ke 
Sas SYNE 
Fig. 301,—Lobelia inflata. 
