Lobelia. ] Campanulacee. 175 
3a. L. Ravicans Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. II, p. 330 (1794). 
A creeping herb, with the ends of the stems suberect; 
1. narrowly ovate-lanceolate, sub-entire, up to 1 in. long, 
glabrous; fls. solitary, axillary, on stout pedicels 4-14 in. 
long; corolla 0-9 in. across, pale pinkish-purple, with a green 
spot at the base of the lower lip. 
Once seen at Haragama (1926), also at Hakkinda (1928), no doubt 
an escape from the Peradeniya Gardens, where it occurs as a weed. 
Fils. Apr..-May, August. 
Native of Japan. 
4. L. nicotianefolia Heyne in Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 143 (1821). 
Erect biennial or perennial (?); stem usually simple, 3-5 
ft., glabrous; 1. glabrous; pedicels I in.; fls. white; anth. 
not bearded, usually hairy on back. 
Montane zone; common. Ramboda; Maskeliya; Hantane; Matu- 
rata; Horton Plains; Naminakula. Fl. Mar., June, Dec. 
Also in S. India. 
5- &. aromatica Moon ex Wight Ic. t. 1172 (1850). L. excelsa 
Lesch. ex Roxb. FI. Ind., ed. 2, II, p. 114 (1832); Gamble Fl. Madr. 
p. 737 (1921) non Bonpl. 
Erect biennial (?); stem 6-10 ft., branched, glabrous or 
pubescent; 1. bullate, pubescent beneath; pedicels 1-1} in.; 
fl. mauve; anth. not hairy, usually bearded. 
Upper montane zone; common. Dolosbagie; Bandaravela; N. 
Eliya; Maturata. FI. Feb.—March. 
Also in S. India. 
1a. Isotoma Lindl. 
Herbs; leaves opposite; flowers axillary or in terminal 
racemes; calyx 5-lobed; corolla tube cylindric, shortly split 
at the back; stamens inserted at the top of the tube, fila- 
ments more or less connate; ovary inferior, 2-celled; stigma 
shortly 2-celled; fruit a capsule.—Sp. 8; mostly Australian. 
I. LONGIFLORA Presl. Prodr. Lobel. p. 42. 
Stem about 1 ft. high, erect, sparsely hairy; 1. 4-7 in. long, 
oblanceolate, deeply and distantly toothed, hairy on the 
veins, apex obtuse, mucronate; fls. on short pedicels under 
4 in.; cal. lobes, linear, green; cor.-tube about 3 in. long; 
fls. about 14 in. across; staminal-tube longer than the cor.- 
tube; stamens bearded; stigma flat-topped, directed down- 
wards; capsule oblong. 
A weed by roadsides about Kandy. Fl. May, August. 
A native of the W. Indies. 
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