50G PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Lobelia. 



tube gibbous, and growing- to the lower half of the germ. 

 Border of five sub-orbicular, woolly, permanent segments. 

 Corol one-petalled, rotate, tube very short, and united with 

 the calyx into one envelope which closely embraces the up- 

 per part of the germ; border of five, oblong segments, alter- 

 nate with those of the calyx, and double their length, wither- 

 ing. Filaments five, short, inserted partly on the tube and top 

 of the germ. Anthers oblong. Germ inferior, oblono- three- 

 celled, each cell containing numerous ovula attached to a 

 long", free, linear receptacle, which is united, by a slender pe- 

 dicel, to the top of the cell. Style very short and thick. Stig- 

 ma concave, with a thick fleshy three-lobed margin. Cap- 

 sule oblong, clothed with the woolly tube of the calyx, and 

 crowned with the segments of its border, as well as the with- 

 ered corol, three-celled, (in what manner they open I have 

 not been able to ascertain.) Seeds very numerous, adhering 

 to the long, filiform, free receptacles, which are attached to 

 the apex of the capsules as already mentioned. 



LOBELIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1363. 



Calyx five-cleft. Corol one-petalled, irregular. Anthers 

 united. Capsule inferior, two or three-celled. 



1 . L. nicotian ij'olia. Heyne's J\Iss. 



Erect. Leaves sub-sessile, lanceolar, acute, entire. Raceme 

 terminal. 



A stout, tall species, first described by Mr. Ileyne, who 

 found it indigenous in the vicinity of Bangalore. 



2. L. triyona. R. 



Annual, base creeping, erect parts three-sided. Leaves 

 sessile, cordate, serrate. Peduncles axillary, longer than the 

 eaves, one-flowered. 



A small, annual, ramous plant which delights in wet pas- 

 ture ground, and appears during the wet and cold seasons. 



