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Leaves densely puberulent ; calyx hirsute; auricles small. 



3. L. puberula. 

 Corolla-tube only 4-8 mm. long. 



Stems mostly simple; flowers in terminal spike-like racemes. 



4. L. spicata. 

 Stems mostly paniculately branched; flowers in loose racemes. 



Stem stout, pubescent; leaves ovate or oblong, dentate. 



5. L. infiata. 

 Stem slender, glabrous; stem-leaves narrow, the basal wider. 



Pedicels mostly longer than the flowers, 2-bracteolate near 



the middle. 6. L. Kalmii. 



Pedicels not longer than flowers, not bracteolate, or only 

 so at the base. 

 Corolla 5-7 mm. long; calyx-tube hemispheric in fruit. 



7. L. Nuttallii. 

 Corolla 9-11 mm long; calyx-tube turbinate. 



8. L. Caiihyi. 



1. Lobelia cardinalis L. Cardinal- flower. M. p. 888. Low grounds. 



Summer. 



2. Lobelia syphilitica L. M. p. 888. Low grounds. Summer and fall. 



3. Lobelia puberula Michx. M. p. 888. Moist, sandy ground. Autumn. 



C/iesier— London Grove, L. L. Smith (B. Sm.). Lancaster— PleasSLnt 

 Grove (Ca.), New Texas (P.). 



iSaiem— Mannington (C), Course Landing (He.), Woodstown (Wa.). 

 Cumberla^id—Ualeyville (C). Cape Ma^/— Petersburg (Pr.), Cape May 

 (U. C. S.) (Te.). Atlantic— Atlantic City (He.). Mo?imo«f/i— Freehold 

 (C). Mercer— Lawrenceville Landing (C), Princeton (Te.). 



New Castle — Frequent. 



4. Lobelia spicata Lam. M. p. 888. Moist or dry, gravelly or sandy soil. 



Summer. 



5. Lobelia inflata L. Indian Tobacco. M. p. 889. Dry, open fields. 



Summer and fall. 



6. Lobelia Kalmii L. M. p. 889. Wet banks or meadows. Summer. 



ia/icasier— Near Lancaster (Ca.), Dillerville Swamp (P.). 



7. Lobelia Nuttallii E. & S. M. p. 889. Sandy swamps. Summer. 



BmcAs— TuUytown, Bristol, Mart. (B. C). Delaware— Tinicwm (Fu.) 

 B. Sm.). 



New Jersey — Pine-barrens, frequent. 



8. Lobelia Canbyi A. Gray. M. p. 889. Wet places. Summer. 



New Jersey — Pine-barrens (C). 



Family 3. CICHORIACEAE Reichenb. Chicory Family. 



Pappus of scales, or of scales and bristles. 



Flowers blue or white; pappus of blunt scales. 1. CicJiorium. 



Flowers yellow. 



Pappus none; achenes 20-30-nerved. 2. Lapsana. 



Pappus of rounded scales, with or without an inner series of bristles. 



3. Adopogon. 

 Pappus, at least some of it, of plumose bristles. 



Plume-branches of the pappus not interwebbed. 



Flowers yellow; plants scapose, the leaves basal. 4. Leontodon. 

 Flowers yellow; plants leafy-stemmed. 5. Picris. 



Plume-branches of the pappus interwebbed. 6. Tragopogon. 



