LOBELIACE.E. (LOBELIA FAMILY.) 501 



Order LVII. L.OBEL.IACEAE. Juss. (Lobelia Family). 



Herbs with alternate leaves^ and scattered flowers ; an ir- 

 regular^ m07ioj>etalous^ b-lohed, %li2)j)ed corolla / stamens 5, 

 inserted on ovary ^ free from corolla, hut united to one 

 another hy filaments and anthers, or hy anthers only (syn- 

 genesions). — Caljx-tube adherent to the 2-3-celled, co -ovuled 

 pod ; placeiitre central ; style 1, stigma surrounded by an 

 urn-shaped membrane or a hairy ring ; embryo straight in 

 copious albumen. 



EAUHEXTIA, Mich. Laurentia. 



Calyx 5-fid. Corolla tube entire, straight, limb somewhat 2-lipped, 

 5-fid. Filaments connate at middle and tip. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved 

 at tip —Dwarf herbs. 



Fig. 234. 



E. Miclielii, D.C. .03 to .05, glabrous, 

 tender ; stems erect or ascending, simple or spar- 

 ingly branched. Leaves short-petioled, obovate- 

 oblong, .005 to. 006 long, crenate. Peduncles long, 

 filiform ; flowers .003 long, nodding ; calyx lobes 

 oblong, longer than tube, about half as long as 

 pale-blue corolla. 



Var. integrifolia, Post. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong to ovate-oblong, e/iiire— May— Inundated 

 fields and wet places below Beit-Meri and Brum- 

 manah. 



L. Michelii, DO. 



Yar. integrifolia, 



Post. 



Order LVIII. CAlWCPAIVfUE ACE.*:, Juss. (Bell-Flower Family). 



Perennial, Uennial, or annual herbs, w th alternate 

 lec(A)es, and scattered flowers ; calyx adherent to ovary • 

 corolla bell-shaped,; stellate, or rotate, valvate in bud; sta- 

 me7is free from corolla, as mm%y as its lobes, and (in ours) 

 distinct. — Calyx 3-10-lobed. Corolla (except Podanthum) 

 gamopetalous, inserted on calyx, regular, its lobes alternate 

 with those of calyx. Stamens alternate with corolla lobes. 

 Ovary with 3-8, many-ovuled cells, and central placenta ; style 

 Ij stigmas as many as cells of ovary. Fruit a variously de- 

 hiscent capsule. 



* Parts ofjiower all 8-10 in each row. 

 1. MICHAUXIA. Flowers white, .1 broad, nodding. Tall stout herbs. 



