■^^^ Lxv. CAMPANULACE.f;, [Isotoma. 



sessile obtuse, obscurely tootbed, a to i in. long. Peduncles in the upper 

 axils 1 to 2 in. long, slender, bearing eacb a small flower. Calvx-lobes 

 lanceolate, longer tban the tube. Corolla-tube slender, 1^ lines long ; lobes 

 obovate, about as long as the tube, equally spreading, but the 2 upper ones 

 rather smaller. Anthers usually glabrous, the 2 lower ones tipped each with 

 a small bristle. Capsule narrow-turbinate, slightly oblique, about 2^ Hues 



A°"f^n ^^'^^ ^^^^^' °^'^^^' ^"^°^^^' ''in^ almost shining.— Za?/mi^ia pusilla, 

 A. DC. Prod. vii. 411 ; Lobelia eleffans, De Vr. in PI. Preiss. i. 396. 



^\^,'^ oV"*^'*' ^"'^° ^'^'"' ^^^ff'^h Drummond, \st Coll. n. 424 and n.Zl; Preiss, 



n, I4d4, l-ido. 



5. I. scapigera, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. 716. A slender, glabrous 

 annual. Leaves eitlier radical and rosulate or on a stem of i to 1 in. long, 

 petiolate, obovate or oblong, slightly toothed, rarely exceeding \ in., and 

 otten much smaller. Scapes or pedicels erect, leafless, slender, 3 to 6 in. 

 long, 1 -flowered. Calyx-lobes linear, narrow or broad, about as long as the 

 tube. Corolla 3 to 4 lines long, nearly regular, but somewhat oblique, the 

 lube either quite entire or at length very shortly slit open on the upper side, 

 the lobes short, obovate-oblong, and spreading, but the limb apparently 

 more campanulate than in the preceding species, and a white spot at the 

 base ot the lower lobes, said to give it a bilabiate look {Old/eld). Anthers 

 glaijrous, the 2 lower ones tipped each with a rigid bristle, surrounded by a 

 tutt ot small ones. Capsule obliquely obovoid, often gibbous, sometimes 

 scarcely 3 lines long and almost as broad, sometimes 5 to 6 lines long and not 

 d lines broad. Seeds very numerous and small, ovoid, ^mooili.— Lobelia sea- 

 j^?^«-« K 13r. Prod. 565; Enchysia scapigera, Presl, Prod. Mon. Lob. 41; 

 A. DC. Prod. vii. 409. ^^ > 



n^L' '^U^^yf ^3,'';, -^'"S George's Sound and adjoining districts, R. Brown, F. Mueller, 

 ^ymwo^rf, 5M Coll. n. G8 ; Tone and Gordon rivers, Oldfwld ; Swan River, Drummond, 

 isC Lou. «. 418 ; eastward to Esperance Bay and Middle Island, Ma.twell. 



^ar. pusilla, R Br. Very small, with single scapes of i to 1 in.- Goose Island Bar, 

 Ji. Brown ; east of Knig George's Sound, Maxwell. 



Lobelia ophiocephala, De Vr. in PI. Preiss. i. 397, from the borders of Lake Kciermnla, 

 eiss, ti 1446 and Lobelia monanthus, De Vr. 1. c. 398, from Swan River, Frem, »• 



Oil. which I nnVP naf coon 0...1 t,..^U„1.1.. tl.- : 



Preiss, n 



1432, which I have not seen, are probably this species. 



6. I. fluviatilis, F. Muell. Herb. A small, prostrate or creeping per- 

 ennial, usually pubescent, with the habit of some species of Pratia. Leaves 

 m the typical form oblong or almost linear, or the lower ones ovate or ob- 

 ovate, mostly 3 to 4 Hnes long, slightly toothed, shortly petiolate or the 

 upper ones sessile. Flowers on axillary pedicels, varying from the length of 

 the leaves to twice as long. Calyx-tube narrow, turbinate, pubescent ; lobes 

 Short, lanceolate. Corolla usually 5 to 6 lines long, but sometimes much 

 smaller, the entire tube longer than the calvx-lobes, the lobes oblong, almost 

 acute, nearly equal but oblique, and the 2 upper separated rather lower doffn- 

 Anthers glabrous, the 2 lower ones tipped each with one rigid broad bristle 

 and several smaller ones. Capsule about 2 lines long. Seeds ovoid, smootb. 

 —Lobelia Jiumatilh, E. Br. Prod. 563; A. DC. Prod. vii. 366. 



V "■ f ■ li^t,^^^' ^*°^' "^ *''' ^^P'""' *■ ^'"<"^'« >• iieaf Bathurst, Ticary ; near Gotd- 

 burn, F. Mueller. . 



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