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LOBELIA fenestralis. 



Loop-holed Lobelia. 



SYNGENESIA MONOGAM1A, 



Nat. ord. Lobeliace^:. 



LOBELIA. BoL Reg. vol. l.fol. 60. 



L. fenestralis ; caule herbaceo simplici sulcato, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 dentatis glabris semi-amplexicaulibus, spica terminaii multiflora foliata, ge- 

 nitalibus tubo corolla; fisso dimidio brevloribus. Kunth Synops. 2. 347. 



L. fenestralis. Cavan. ic. 6. p. 8. t. 512./. I. Pers. synops. 2. 212. 



Rapuntium fenestrale. Presl. Monogr. Lobeliac. p. 13. 



Sepala sursum versa, oblongo-linearia, serrata. Petala 2 superiora in- 

 vicem libera, et marginis alterius parte superior e tantum labio inferiori tri- 

 lobo agglutinata. Filamenta libera, petalis duplo breviora. Antherse coerulece, 

 omnes pariter apice barbatce. Stylus Jilamentorum longitudine, clavatus ; 

 stigma conicum, obsolete bilobum, annulo pilorum circumdatum. Ovarium 

 biloculare, polyspermum. 



Found by Humboldt and Bonpland in the temperate 

 parts of Mexico near the city itself", Chapoltepec and Paz- 

 cuaro, at the height of 6600 feet. Its seeds have recently 

 been obtained by George Frederick Dickson, Esq. from the 

 same country, and have been presented by that gentleman to 

 the Horticultural Society of London. 



It is a half-hardy biennial, growing from two to three 

 feet high, and flowering freely from July to September, if 

 planted in any well manured garden soil, and freely supplied 

 with water during the growing season. 



The seeds should be sown about the end of June on a 

 nearly exhausted hot-bed, in pots filled with a mixture of 



See Bot. Res. vol. I. fol. 60. 



