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Tlip plants of tins Sub-Oi-dcr contain a swoct ami almmlant nincilagp, and thn 

 roots of sonic spocioa arc ediblr, as those of tlic Ranipion {Campanula rapunculus). 

 Some species -wero used in medicine, but liave now fullcn into disuse. 



Sub-order LOBELEM. 



Corolla I'nrr/ular, iisualli/ more or /cv.s slit on the lack. Anthers miited round the 

 style. Ovary 2-cclled. 



* Anthers nnited round the atylc. Ovary 2-cellcd (Eu-Lobeliece). 



Pratia. 



Berry iudeliiscent. The 2 upper anthers terminated by a single bristle. Herbs. 



P. (Lobelia) nummularia, Lamk. Yunzalin plateau at 2500 feet. 



Lobelia hrynnifolia, Wall. 



LoiiELiA, Linnaus. 

 Capsule herbaceous or membranous, dehiscent. The upper 2, or all the anthers 

 bearded. Small or tall herbs. 



* Small erect procumhent or creeping herbs. Flowers solitary or in spurious 

 racemes, small, 1-4 lines long. 



X Stems terete. 

 L. Zeylanica, L. var. « in Tree forests of the Pegu Range 



and Tenasserim aloug streams. 



Calyx puberulous. Flowers solitary, axillary. 



var. II I,. Lohbiana, H. f. and Th. 



^■ar. ji L. ojfinis, Wall. ; L. succulenta, Bl. 



X X Stems iviyular. 



L. TRIGONA, lloxb. var. n swampy sytots all over Burma, var. ji a 



Z. subincisa, AVall. hill form iii Pegu. Martaban and Ava. 



L. subracemosa, lliq. 

 Stems 3-gonous. Calyx quite glabrous. Flowers solitary and axillary, or more 

 usually in spurious racemes. 



var. It L. trignna. Roxb. All parts more succulent, the lloral leaves more ovate. 

 Peduncles thicker and flowers much larger. 



? var. /i L. stipuliiris, Wall. ; L. trialata. Ham. Slender, erect, branched, all 

 parts less succulent. Peduncles filiform. Flowers minute, the floral bracts often 

 very narrow. Probably a distinct species. 



Vaike identifies L trigona of Roxburgh with L. alsinoides of Lamarck ; the 

 descriiition of the latter, however, does not in the least agree with the Indian i)lant. 

 L. stipuliiris. Wall., will take precedence, if it is not specifically different, but I am 

 at present inclined to believe it may be diilerent. 



L. Guii-KiTiiir. 11. f. et Th. var. n in swampy pastures near Rangoon, var. /i 



along rivers in Arakan and Tenasserim. 



Stems 4-gonous. Flowers in poor racemes. Calyx small. 



var. a genuina. Leaves reduced to .scales. Flowers only a line long. 



var. li L. dopatrioides, Kurz. Leaves developed. Flowers nearly twice the size. 



** Robust erect simple or branched herbs, 2-5 feet high. Flowers 5-1 inch long, 

 in leafy-bracted terminal simple or paniclcd racemes. 



L. WALLicni.\NA, H. f. ct Th. Khakycn Hills, Pegu Range and 



Hills cast of Toung-ngoo. 



All parts, also the wliite corolla, quite glabrous. Capsule glabrous. 



