178 Lobelia cardinalis. 
LOBELIA. 
Gen. Pl. 1363. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor, 1-petala, irregularis, sepius fissa. Caps. infera, 2-3-locularis. 
Calix 5-cleft. Corolla monopetalous, irregular, on the upper side cleft nearly to its 
base. Stamina united into a tube. Stigma 2-lobed; involucrate; involucrum 
(or indusium) bearded. Capsule inferior or semisuperior, 2 or 3-celled, open- 
ing at the summit. Seeds minute, scabrous. 
Oxs. Suffruticose, shrubby, rarely arborescent, most commonly herbaceous; 
leaves alternate; flowers minutely bi-bracteolate, solitary and axillary, or ter- 
minal and racemose; raceme bracteate; flowers bilabiate, 5-cleft, upper lip 
cloven, segments linear, lower trifid, lacinie ovate cr obovate, palate chan- 
nelled or bidentate, often bimaculate. "Tube of the anthers curved at the sum- 
mit, bearded and perforated, at length admitting the egress of the stigma. 
Colour of the flowers scarlet, fulvous, or more commonly blue. Nutt. 
Nat. Syst. Jussieu. Lobeliacez. (Ann. du mus.) 
Nat. Ord. Lin. Campanacee. 
Artific. Syst. Lin. Classis Monadelphia. Ordo Pentandria, 
LoBELIA cardinalis; erecta, simplex, pubescens; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 
eroso-denticulatis, racemo subsecundo multifloro, genitalibus corolla longio- 
vibus. Willd. and Pursh. 
SYNONYMA. 
Rapuntium galeatum Virginianum coccineo flore majore. Moris. 
Rapuntium maximum coccineo spicato flore. Herm. Max. 
Flos cardinalis Barberini. Cal. ap. Hern, 
Trachelium Americanum. Park. Parad. 
Lobelia coccinea, Stokes. : 
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