lobeliace^. (lobelia family.) 501 



Order LYII. L<OBELiIACEAE. Juss. (Lobelia Family). 



Herbs 10 Ith alternate leaves^ and scattered flowers ; an ir- 

 regular^ monopetalous, ^-lobed, %lifped corolla ; stamens 5, 

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

 another hy filaments and anthers^ or by anthers only (syn- 

 gefiesiousj. — Cal jx-tube adherent to the 2-3-celled, qo -ovuled 

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

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

 copious albumen. 



L.AUREWTIA, Mich. Laurentia. 



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

 5-fid. Filaments connate at middle and tip. Capsule 2-celled, 2-vaLve(i 

 at tip— Dwarf herbs. 



Fig. 234. 



Li. Michelii, 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. intei^rifolia, Post. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong to ovate-oblong, entire — May — Inundated 

 fields and wet places below Beit-Meri and JBrum- 

 manah. 



L. Michelii, DC. 



Var. integrifolia, 



Post. 



Order LVIIL CAMPAIVULACEiE, Juss. (Bell-Flower Family). 



Perennial, biennial, or annual herbs, wth alternate 

 lea/oes, and scattered, flowers / calyx adherent to ovary ^ 

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

 mens free from corolla, as m>an,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 placentse; style 

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

 hiscent capsule. 



* Parts of flower all 8-10 in each row. 

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



