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LOBELIACEJE. (LOBELIA FAMILY.) 
denticulate with glandular teeth; flowers in a 1-sided spike; the 
leafy bracts ovate, acute, serrate, as long as the flower, lobes of the 
calyx scarcely shorter than the corolla , the auricles as long as the hairy 
tube. 1J. — Moist grounds, New Jersey to Ohio and southward. Aug. 
— Corolla bright blue, rather large. 
4. I*, inflata, L. (Indian Tobacco.) Hairy , low, panicled, 
branched above; leaves ovate-lanceolate , unequally toothed, the lower 
obtuse; racemes leafy ; pedicels much shorter than the pointed 
bracts; lobes of the smooth calyx as long as the (small pale blue) corol¬ 
la; auricles none ; pod inflated. @ —Fields, &c., common. July- 
Sept. A virulent poison. 
5. L,. spicata, Lam. (Pale Spiked Lobelia.) Somewhat 
pubescent ; stem slender and very simple; leaves obtuse, slightly 
toothed, those from the root oblong, of the stem oblong-lanceolate ; ra¬ 
ceme spiked and wand-like, elongated; the narrow linear bracts equal 
to the pedicels ; lobes of the smooth calyx awl-thread-form, nearly as 
long as the tube of the corolla; appendages none. lj. (L. Claytoni- 
ana, Michx . L. pallida, Muhh )—Open woods or fields, Massachu¬ 
setts to Penn, and Ohio. Aug. — Stem 1° -3P high, the spike some¬ 
times 1° long. Flowers pale blue, long. 
6. l<. Nuttallii, Rcem. & Sch. (Slender Lobelia.) Stem 
very slender, minutely roughened, mostly simple; root-leaves obovate; 
those of the stem oblong-linear, somewhat denticulate, scattered, 
erect; flowers loosely scattered in a small wand-like raceme; the 
thread-form pedicels longer than the minute bract , shorter than the flow¬ 
er, with minute bractlets near the base; lobes of the calyx short, awl- 
shaped ; appendages none. (2) — Sandy swamps, Long Island and 
New Jersey, and southward. July - Sept. — Stem 1° -2P high, more 
slender and simple than the next: the flowers similar. 
' • l*. Kalutii, L. (Small Lobelia.) Stem slender, branch¬ 
ing, low , smooth; root-leaves oblong-spatulate ; those of the stem linear, 
rather obtuse, spreading; raceme loose, few-flowered; pedicels shorter 
than the linear leaf-like bracts , longer than the flower, with 2 minute 
bractlets above the middle. <$ or 1J. - Damp limestone rocks and banks, 
W. NewLngknd to Michigan along the Great Lakes. - Stem 4' - 
10 high. Corolla long, bright light blue. Pod acute at the base. 
-Stem nearly leafless and scape-like: root-leaves fleshy: lower lip of 
the corolla somewhat hairy. 
»• Li. Dortmanna, L. (Water Lobelia.) Smooth; stem 
simple, naked ; leaves in a tuft at the root, linear, terete and fleshy , 
hollow; flowers few, scattered; pedicels thrice the length of the orate 
bracts. U — In clear water, New England and New York. July — 
Leaves growing under water, appearing like 2 tubes joined: the 
scape 6'- 10' long, bearing 3 or 4 small pale blue drooping blossoms. 
Apex of the pod free from the calyx. 
