1. LoBKLiA.] 80. CAMPANULACE.E. 



1. LOBELIA, L. 



Herbs or (non-Indian species) shrnbs with alternate toothed or 

 sub-entire leaves and axillary or subraceniose flowers. Calyx 5-partite. 

 Corolla longitudinally split above, 2-lipped,uppei' lip shorter 2-partite, 

 lower 3-lobed. Staminal-tube free or nearly so, 2 lower or all anthers 

 tipped with bristles. Ovary 2-celled Avith hemispheric placentae. 

 Stigma shortly bifid. Capsule loculicidally 2-valved above. Seeds 

 very many, minute. 



A. Anthers all barbate on the apex :— 



1. Seeds distinctly trigonous:— 



Suberect or ascending, glabrous. Corolla over '17" . . 1. trigona. 



Ytvj slender erect, thinly hairy. Cor. under '17" . , 2. terminal^. 



Procumbent, i)uberulous. Corolla "25" 3. affinis. 



2. Seetis ellipsoiil compressed. Erect 4. trialata. 



B. Two anterior anthers only barbellate :— 



Stems Salate, spreading. Corolla under '.S ' . , . 5. (digera. 

 Stems not 3-alate, creeping. Cor. '3- -5" . . . .6, radieam. 



1. L. trigona, Eoxh. 



A small herb, suberect or Avith many ascending branches 3-12" 

 long, glabrous. L. broadly ovate subsessile creno-denticulate '25- 

 •75" long. Peduncles from the leaf axils but the latter approximated 

 above, usually two to tAvo and a half times as long as their subtending 

 leaves of which only the uppermost are bractiform. Corolla IS-^" 

 long. Capsule '2", base of fruiting hypanthium not tapering acutely 

 into the peduncle. Seeds ellipsoid distinctly 3-gonous. 



Rather common in Chota Magpur in damp places. Ranchi ! Singbhum ! 

 Manbhum, Camp. ! Sirguja, Wood ! Santal Parganas, Gamble ! Probably in all 

 the Northern Districts. Fl., Fr. Oct.-Jan. 



Stems acutely 3-angled, often as much as in trialata, from which, in addition 

 to characters given above, it may be distinguished by the ribbed hypanthium and 

 peduncles mostly towards the top of the stem. 



2. L. terminalis, Clarice. 



A very slender erect herb with thinly hairy stems and branches, in 

 our area only 1-3" high (var. minuta, Clarice) but said to attain 10". 

 Lower leaves ovate dentate under -5" (in our specimens; up to '75", 

 F.B.I.), upper bractiform incised- serrate. Peduncles mostly from the 

 uppermost part of the stem, erect slender some three to five times as 

 long as their subtending leaves or bracts and usually sub-corymbose. 

 Fls. blue, corolla 08"- "16". Capsule rounded at base. Seeds distinctly 

 trigonous. 



Damp ground among grass on wet pastures, Purueah ! Fl., Fr. Oct.-Dec. 



3. L. affinis, Wall. 



A trailing herb with shining slightly angular puberulous branches, 

 broadly ovate petioled leaves •3-1" long and solitary axillary long- 

 peduncled blvie flowers, the peduncles nearly 1" long bvit not usually 

 exceeding the leaves. Hypanthium "12" long hairy, rounded at base 

 with sepals •2-*2o". Corolla as long as sepals, haiiy above. Seeds 

 ellipsoid distinctly trigonous. 



On moist banks. Purneah ! Fl., Fr. Oct.-Jan. 



Petioles from one-third to one-half as long as the crenate and denticulate blades. 



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