MONADELPHIA PEN'TANDRIA. Lobelia. 44? 



In low sandy fields and meadows : Canada to Carolina. 

 <J. 0. July, Aug. V. V. Flowers small, blue. 



3. L. erecta, simplex, snbpubescens ; foliis oblongis obtu- Clayto?natia, 



siusculis, radicalibus integerrimis, caulinis superne 

 denticulatis, racemo virgato, bracteis subulalis. — 

 Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 153. 



Rapuntium foliis villosis mollibus, &c. Gron. virg. 135. 



L. spicata. Layn, encycl. 3. p. 587- 



L. goodenioides. Willd. hort. leral. 30. cum icone. 



In shady woods and on grassy hills : New York to Caro- 

 lina. Ij.. July — Sept. V. V. About eighteen inches 

 high ; flowers pale blue, small. 



4. L. erecta, glaberrima ; foliis lato-lanceolatis serratis, amoemu 



spica multiflora secunda, calycis laci.iiis integerrimis, 

 coroUae laciniis inferioribus ovalibus acutis. — Mich.Ji. 

 amer. 2. p. 153. 

 On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/ . July, 

 Aug. V. V. Flowers of a beautiful sky-blue. From 

 two to three feet high. 



5. L. erecta, siibramosa, snbpubescens, lucida; foliis Ian- glandulosa. 



ceolatis glanduloso-serrulatis subcarnosis, floribus ra- 



cemosis brevi-pedunculatis, calycis laginiis revolutis 



dieTMzUs.— lFalt.fl. car. 218. 

 L. crassiuscula. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 152. 

 In pine-swamps : Virginia to Florida. 1/. July, Aug. 



V. V. From eight inches to a foot high ; flowers 



dark blue. 



6. L. erecta, simplicissima, pubescens : foliis oblongo-ova- pubaula. 



libus repando-serrulatis, floribus spicatis alternis sub- 

 sessilibus, germinibus hispidis, calycibus ciliatis. — 

 Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 152. 

 In the range of mountains, from Virginia to Carolina. 

 2/. July, Aug. V. V. From one to two feet high; 

 flowers middle size, sky blue. 



7. L. erecta, simplex, hirtella ; foliis ovato-lanceolafis sub- Siphilitica. 



serratis, racemo folioso, calycibus hirsutis, sinubus 

 reflexis. — IViltd. sp. pi. \.p.QA5. 



Icon. Rob. ic. 136. Jaccj. ic. 3. /. 597. 



In low grounds, on the banks of rivers and near springs : 

 New York to Carolina. 11 . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 

 large, blue. This plant is possessed of great medicinal 

 virtues ; on account of which it was introduced 

 into Europe nearly two hundred years ago. 



