482... Lobelia inflata. 
- Target. Stam. Filaments five, awl-shaped, the length of the tube of the corolla, united upwards ; 
anthers united into an oblong, somewhat oblique and curved, cylinder, separating into five parts at 
_ the base. ist. Germen more than half inferior, pointed ; style cylindrical, the length of the sta- 
“mens; stigma obtuse, hispid. Peric. Capsule ovate, or roundish, of two or three cells, and two or 
“Aha valves, bursting at the top, encompassed by the calix; the partitions contrary to the valves. 
at. _ Seeds numerous, minute, smooth. Receptacle conical. 
Ess. oh. Calix in five segments, crowningthe germen. Corolla of one petal, irregular Anthers cohering, 
incurved. Capsule half inferior, of two or three cells. Ency- 
Losriia inflata caule erécto, foliis ovatis pubecryntis pedamele longioribus capsulis inflatis. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 
ees int, eects, ramos, hist “foliis ovatis serratis, racemis foliosis, capsulis inflatis. 
Pursh. Fl. Am. 
em 2 Pee Herha, folia, Eaeile, Semina. 
PS — Qual: Lactescens, acris, nauseosa. 
Vis: Emetica drastica. 
ee 
aRy; 
‘Planta biennis, pedalis et ultra. Radix quasi fibrosa; albida, acris et gustu nauseosa. Herba lactescens, 
acris. Caulis semper solitarius, erectus ramosus, foliosus, obsoleté angulatus, pubescens et inter- 
dum hirsutus. Pubescentia versus apicem ramorum, sub-nulla. Folia sparsa, seu alterna, ovalia, 
sessilia, sohemnlexienais degticalataernie. Became * terminales patient ‘Flores brevius 
‘Semina ive lt 8 aps ee use ce Habla in avis presen 
i et ad vias, solo lutoso ; Sepeen Squats se Gnen Qoininie: 
Bart. Fl. Ph. MS. 
FaTHer PLUMIER dedicated a genus of plants to Mathias de 
Lobel, or de L*Obel, author of a history ¢ of pee in 1576. The 
‘plant to — he originally applied the 1 na ne of L 
