Lobelia.'l Campanulacecs. 57 



3. Ii. affinis, Wall. Cat. 131 1 (1828). 



L. trigona^ Thw. Enum. 169 (part), non Roxb. C. P. 2981. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 424. 



Stem stout, prostrate, much branched, rooting at the nodes 

 below, more or less sharply trigonous, nearly or quite glabrous; 

 1. ^-i in., broadly ovate, rounded at base, subacute, crenate 

 denticulate, more or less hairy on both sides, especially on 

 veins beneath, petiole distinct, ^-| in. ; ped. as long as or 

 longer than 1., slightly hairy; cal. with many bristly hairs, 

 segm. narrowly linear, much longer than ov., spreading ; seeds 

 distinctly trigonous. 



A common weed in damp places, especially in paddy-fields, up to 

 5000 ft. Fl. Nov.-Feb., June ; pale violet. 



Also in India, Malaya, and S. China. 



Apparently the commonest of the three small Lobelias in Ceylon. It 

 is often very hairy (Z. hirta, Wight MS. in Fl. B. Ind.), but can scarcely 

 be considered more than a variety of L. trigona. 



4. Ii. nicotianaefolia, Heyne in Roth Nov. Plant. 143 (1821). 

 ZS.asiii, S. 



L. aromatica., Moon Cat. 14. L. excelsa, Lesch., Thw. Enum. 170, 

 C. P. 2592. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 427. Wight, 111. t. 135. Wight, Ic. t. 1172 (Z. aroma- 

 tica), and tt. 1 173-4 {L. excelsa). Bot. Mag. t. 5587. 



A very large biennial or perennial herb, stem 4-10 ft. high, 

 erect, stout, simple or slightly branched, cylindrical, glabrous 

 or pubescent; 1. very numerous, alt., nearly sessile, the longest 

 12-18 in., but becoming gradually smaller upwards, the upper- 

 most only about 3 in., and then passing into floral bracts, all 

 linear-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, serrate, crenate-serrate, 

 denticulate or nearly entire, usually glabrous above, glabrous 

 or densely pubescent beneath ; fl. very numerous, large, on 

 long spreading ped., each with a leafy bract, in a dense or 

 lax, simple or branched, erect, tapering, terminal raceme, 

 1-2 ft. long ; cal. glabrous or pubescent, segm, long, linear, 

 acuminate, serrate; cor. glabrous or pubescent outside, i-ig- 

 in. long, much curved, with a sharp hard point in the bud, 

 lobes very long, linear, three usually connate throughout, and 

 all generally remaining connected at apex ; fil. connate into a 

 tube over | in., curved, dilated at base, anth. linear, obtusely 

 pointed, glabrous or with very few hairs on back, the two 

 lower often with a beard or brush of white bristly hairs ; 

 capsule depressed-globose, protruded above rim of adnate 

 cal. -tube, and there opening by 2 valves ; seeds very small, 

 numerous, ovoid, smooth, and shining. 



Var. /3, trichandra. L. trichandra, Wight, Ic. t. 1171. Trim, in 

 Tourn. Bot. xxiii. 171. 



