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SPECIES OF LODELIOIDEAE CULTIVATED IX THE HAWAIIAN 



ISLANDS. 



Lobelia Erinus L., a native of South Africa, is occasionally cultivated as a 

 border plant; while a true Lobelia, it has little in common with our native arbor- 

 escent forms. 



Lobelia Erinus is well known and cultivated for its bhie tiowers. 



Isoioma longiflora Presl; a native of the West Indies, is an exceedingly poi- 

 sonous plant. It is cultivated in Hilo, on Hawaii, where it has spread consider- 

 ably. It can be found all through the pasture lands at lower elevations back of 

 Ililo. It is commonly known as "The Star of Bethlehem." The leaves are 

 lanceolate, .sinuate; the iiedicels very short, corolla white, as long as the leaves. 



