LOBELIA INFLATA. 
Indian tobacco. 
PLATE XTX. 
In the United States there are many species 
of Lobelia, which are interesting for their beauty, 
singularity or use. We have few plants more 
elegant than the cardinal flower, and few more 
; curious in structure than the Lobelia Dortmanna. 
In medicinal powers, the subject of this article is 
entitled to take precedence of the rest. It is an 
annual plant, found in fields and road sides, from 
Canada to the southern states. It flowers from — 
~ midsummer until the arrival of frosts. 
The genus Lobelia has a five cleft calyx ; a 
monopetalous, irregular corolla, with a cleft tube ; 
_ the anthers cohering ; the capsule two or three 
—eelled. ; — 
The species inflata is branching and hairy, 
with ovate, serrate leaves, and turgid capsules. 
