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LOBELIA* purpurea. 

 Purple Lobeli«. 



SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. 



Nat. ord. Lobeliace;e. 

 LOBELIA. — Supra, vol. 1. fol. 60. 



L. purpurea ; caule sufFruticoso, foliis lanceolatis serrulatis glabris, floribus 

 racemosis, bracteis ovatis integris, calyce sphaerico : dentibus ovatis 

 acutis, corolla alt^ fissa 5-partita : laciniis parallelis falcatis secundis. 

 Caulis suffruticosus, erectus, glaber, indivisus. Folia coriacea, lanceolata, 

 serrulata, acuta, utrinque glabra ; superiora nunc dilatata, obtusa, apice 

 denticulata, nunc in bracteis subintegris abeuntia. Flores in axillis brac- 

 tearum, racemum terminalem constituentes. Calyx subrotundus, lO-costatus, 

 S-dentatus, dentibus et pedicellis pubescentibus. Corolla amoene purpurea, 

 unciam longa, hinc ulte Jissa, laciniis linearibus, apice conniventibus, fal- 

 catis, secundis. Stamina monadelpha ; tubo apice incurvo ; antherae con- 

 natae, muticce. Capsula bilocularis, apice bivalvis, polijsperm.a, placentis in 

 medio dissepimenti. Stigma bilohum. 



A native of Chile, where it was found in the neighbour- 

 hood of Valparaiso by Mr. M'Rae, in February 1825. He 

 sent seeds to the Horticultural Society, in whose Garden 

 our drawing was made in August 1828. 



It is a handsome half-shrubby plant, growing in the 

 open border in the summer, but requiring protection in 

 the winter. It does not ripen its seeds, and can only be 

 increased by cuttings, or division of the crown of the root. 



Stem half-shrubby, erect, smooth, undivided. Leaves 

 coriaceous, lanceolate, serrulate, acute, smooth on each 

 side ; the upper ones sometimes dilated, obtuse, with teeth 

 at the end, more frequently passing insensibly into nearly 

 entire bracteae. Flowers axillary, forming a terminal raceme. 



* See fol. 1200. 



