

«42 % PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Lobelia. 



LOBETIA. Cal. 5-cleft: Moss. 1 petal, irregular, 



divided lengthwise on the back: anthers 

 somewhat united: caps. 2to5-celled; be- 

 neath. 



Dortman'na. L. Leaves strap- shaped, very entire, containing 2 cells: 



stem almost naked. 



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Dicks, h. s.-E. hot. UO-Fl. dan. 2>§-Lightf. 21, at p. 505- 

 Clus. cur. \Q-Park. 1250-Pet. 67. 7. 



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*** Whole plant> even the leaves beneath the water, milky. 

 Linn. Root fibrous ; fibres numerous, hair~!ike. Stem upright, 

 cylindrical, hollow, smooth, 12 to 18 inches high, naked, ex- 

 cept 3 or 4 oval sitting scales, about a quarter of an inch long. 

 Leaves in a circle at the bottom of the water, numerous, about i 

 inches long, bowed back at the end with an elegant curve, 

 smooth, green, composed of 2 hollow parallel tubes. Flowers as 

 many as Q in a loose bunch, rising above the water, from one 

 half to one inch asunder. Fruit-stalks slender, about half an inch 

 long ; from the bosom of a flower-scale. Flower-scales similar 

 to the scales on the stem. Cal. divided into 5 strap-shaped seg- 

 ments. Blots, pale blue, | of an inch long; upper Up upright; 

 lower, segments oval, bent back, the middlemost the largest and 

 longest. Woodward. 



Water Glad'iole. Cardinal flower. Lakes in mountainous 



as those of Wales, Westmoreland, Cumberland, and 

 [Coniston Water, Winandermere. Mr, Woodward* 

 Loch Lomond. Dr. Hope, 



countries, 

 Scotland. 



Mr. Griffith.] 



White Meer, near Ellesmere, 



P. July, Aug 



u rens. 



rough. Root-leaves elliptical 

 toothed: 



smooth, bluntish, 



Stem nearly upright : lower leaves roundish, scolloped: 

 the upper spear-shaped, serrated : flowers in bunches. 



Curt.-Bocc. rar. 11. 3-H. ox. <v. 5. 56. 



Stem straight, simple, a foot high, rather bare, the corners 



somewhat 



stem-leaves far asunder, 8, sitting, as it were glued 

 to at the base, sharply serrated, smooth, distant. Bunch termi- 

 nating, quite straight. Flowers upright, distant. Cal. 5-clefo 

 rough ; segments awl-shaped, upright. Bloss. blue, rough, the 

 palate with 2 pale blotches ; segments of the lower lip spear* 

 shaped, hanging down. Linn. Whole plant milky, of a warm 

 taste, and if chewed excites a pungent sense of burning in *" e 



tongue, Boccon. especially the root. Moris. II. 46*7* «• &6* 

 Mountainous meadows. [Shute Common, between Axminster 



and Honiton, Devonshire. Mr. Newberry.] A, July* Aug* 



