276 LOBELIACE.E. (LOBELIA FAMILY.) 



5. L. glandulosa, Walt. Smooth or pubescent; stem mostly simple, 

 nearly leafless above ; leaves thick, linear or linear-lanceolate, glandular-den- 

 ticulate, sessile, the uppermost scattered and bract-like ; racemes 1-sided, 3- 

 9-flowered, the flowers distant; calyx smooth or hirsute, with linear glandular 

 lobes; corolla (8"- 10" long) pale blue. Pine barren swamps. Oct. 11 

 Stein '2 - 4 long. Lower leaves 2'-4' long. 



G. L. Floridana, Chapm. Stem stout (3 -5 high); lowest leaves 

 thick, lanceolate or strap-shaped, sessile by a broad base, denticulate (6' -9' 

 long) ; the others small and distant; raceme many-flowered ; pedicels as long 

 as the linear denticulate bracts ; calyx tube obcouical, in fruit enclosing the 

 lower half of the ovoid capsule, the ovate-lanceolate lobes mostly denticulate , 

 corolla (8" -9" long) blue, villous within, the lower lip reflexed. Wet pine 

 barrens, Florida. June - Sept. 



7. L. brevifolia, Xutt. Stem thick, virgate, angled, smooth or pubes- 

 cent ; leaves short (4"- 12" long), fleshy, oblong-linear, obtuse, toothed, 

 spreading or reflexed; the lowest wedge-shaped; calyx hirsute, the ovate- 

 lanceolate lobes strongly toothed, the 5 appendages obtuse; corolla pale blue. 

 Damp open pine barrens, Florida, Alabama, and westward. Oct. 2/ 

 Stem 1- 1| high. Leaves very numerous. 



->- *- Tube of the corolla less than 4" long. 

 - 1 -*- Stem leaves linear or lanceolate. 



8. L. spicata, Lam. Closely pubescent; stem slender, simple; luwc.-t 

 leaves obovate or oblong, obtuse, denticulate ; the upper ones small, lanceolate, 

 scattered ; flowers small, in a long dense raceme, on short pedicels , corolla 

 pale blue. Dry soil in the middle and upper districts. August -Sept 

 * Stem l-2 high. Corolla 4" -5" long. 



9. L. Nuttallii, H. & S. Stem very slender, mostly simple, roughish ; 

 leaves small, entire ; the lowest clustered, spatulate or obovate ; the others 

 distant, linear ; flowers small, scattered in a long and slender raceme, on fili- 

 form pedicels which are longer than the bracts. Low ground, Georgia, 

 and northward. August-Sept. Stem l-l^high. Corolla 3"-4"long, 

 pale blue. 



10. L. Boykinii, Torr. & Gray. Smooth; stem slender, creeping at 

 the base, sparingly branched above ; leaves small (6" long), subulate, scattered, 

 the lowest scale like ; racemes loosely many-flowered, the filiform pedicels and 

 slender calyx lobes spreading ; corolla (3" -5" long) bright blue. Margins 

 of jiine barren ponds, Florida and Georgia. July - Sept. Stem 2 high. 



11. L. paludosa, Nutt. Smooth: stem mostly simple, nearly leafless ; 

 radical leaves spatulate-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, crenulate ; the others 

 small, linear and remote; racemes slender, loose; bracts minute; corolla 

 small, white or pale blue, the lower lip straight. Pine barren swamps. 

 May - August. ^ Stem 2-4 high. Lowest leaves 3' - 9' long. Corolla 

 long- 



12. L. leptostachys, A. DC. Closely pubescent ; stem slender, simple; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, denticulate; flowers small, crowded in an 

 elongated spike ; appendages of the calyx 10, subulate, as long as the tube. 



