7ii LXXllI, CAMrANULACKE. 



1. Lobelia trigona, 7?oa6, Fl. Ind. v. 1 (1832) p. 506. Annual, 

 1^-12 in., or sometimes even more; branches ascending, rooting near 

 tlie base, more or less trigonous, glabrous. Leaves subsessile, |-| by 

 Y'^^- in., ovate, acute, crenate-dentate, glabrous, riovvers axillary ; 

 peduncles angular, longer than the leaves, with conspicuous bracts at 

 their base which sometimes appear like stipules. Calyx glabrous; 

 lobes linear, acute, as long as or longer than the tube. Corolla \-\ in. 

 long, blue or violet; lobes ovate, elliptic. Antliers all penicillate at the 

 apex. Capsule ^ by g in., ellipsoid. Seeds ellipsoid, narrowed at both 

 ends, about -Jg- in. long, distinctly trigonous, il. B. I. v. 3, p. 423; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 133 (exclud. syn.) ; Wight, Icon. t. 1170; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 3, p. 56 ; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 162 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 87.— Flowers : Aug.-Oct. 



KoNKAN : Bombay, Cooke], Stocks] ; Neral, IVoodrow] Deccan : Mahableshwar, 

 Cooke]; Kolhapur, IVoodrow]; Pancligaui, Woodrow] S. M. Country: Lond.i, 

 Bhiva] — DisTuiB. More or less throughout India; Ceylon. 



2. Lobelia trialata, Bacli.-Ilam. in Don, Prod. Nep. p. 157. An- 

 nual; stems 6-15 in., often 3-winged, suberect, branched. Leaves 

 subsessile or the lower sometimes shortly petioled, ovate, elliptic or the 

 upper lanceolate, \-\ by g-| in., glabrous, the margins crenate-serrate 

 or dentate, base narrowed. Flowers axillary, solitary ; pedicels slender, 

 usually equalling the leaves, with minute bracts at the base. Calyx 

 glabrous, about \ in. long in flower ; lobes linear, acute, as long as the 

 tube. Corolla ^-| in. long, blue or violet. The 2 lower anthers only 

 penicillate at the apex, the 3 upper naked. Capsules i by g in. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, compress d, not trigonous. Bentham (Fl. Hongkong, p. 197) 

 unites this with Lobelia trigona, but the shape of the seed is sulKcient 

 to separate the 2 species. L. try/ona has moreover all the anthers 

 bearded, while L. trialata has 3 of the anthers naked at the tip. Fl. B. 

 I. V. 3, p. 425; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1808) p. 162.— 

 Flowers : July-No v. 



Not coratnon. Konkan : Bombay, Stocks]; AmbeghiU, Woodrow. Deccan: Ma- 

 hableshwar, Woodrow. — DiSTuiB. India (N. Provinces, W. Peninsula) ; mouiitaina of 

 Ava, Java, Abyssinia. 



3. Lobelia nicotiansefolia, Ileipie, in Both, A'oi'. PL Sp. (1821) 

 p. 143. A very large biennial or perennial herb; stem stout, hollow, 

 4-10 ft. high, branched upwards ; branches cylindric, slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, num<>rous, sessile or nearly so, light green, the lower 

 sometimes reaching 18 by 2-3 in., the uppermost only about 3 by | in. 

 and then passing into floral leaves or bracts, all oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 finely serrulate, usually glabrous above, glabrous or pubescent beneath, 

 tapering at the base; midrib white; main nerves many, sle ider. 

 F'iowers in terminal racemes sometimes more than J ft. long; pedicels 

 pubescent, each supported by a leaf-like lanceolate bract. Calyx-tube 

 pubescent or glabrous ; lobes l in. long, about twice as long as the 

 fcubglobose tube, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, with toothed and cihate 

 margins. Corolla 1-H in. long, much ctu-ved, pubescent or glabrous, 

 white ; lobes long, linear, 3 usually connate throughout. Filaments 

 connate into a tube, ^ in. long, curved, dilated at the base ; anthers ] in. 

 long, dark-purple, linear, obtusely ])ointed, curved, glabrous or with a 

 lew white hairs on the back, the 2 lower often with a bunch of long 



