426 LXXX. CAMPANULACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) /. [Lobelia. 



obscurely pubescent, green with pink marks, a green gland on each side the central 

 lobe at its base. Two lower filaments hairy. Capsule % by - in., base acute. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, slightly compressed. The lobes of the corolla are subequal, but its structure 

 differs in nowise from that of the section Holopogon, in which Benth. (in Gen. PI. ii. 

 553) appears to include this species. 



SECT. III. Rhyncopetalum. Tall, sometimes very tall, herbs. Leaves 

 2-12 in. Flowers in terminal racemes, the upper leaves reduced bracteiform. 

 Anthers 5, 2 lower usually bearded, 3 upper usually naked. 



* Species of North India. 



9. Zi. colorata, Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 42, not of Sweet ; stem simple 

 above or with a few long ascending branches, raceme lax rhachis subglabrous, 

 cauline leaves linear-lanceolate glabrous beneath. A. DC. Prodr. vii. 380 ; H. f. 

 $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 28. L. purpurascens, Wall. Cat. 1307, not of R. 

 Sr. L. Wallichii, Steud. Rapuntium coloratum, Presl Prodr. Lobel. 24. 



KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 3-5500 ft/, common. 



Erect, 1-3 ft., nearly glabrous. Eadical leaves elliptic, petioled, pilose above at 

 least when young ; cauline 4-5 by in., narrowed at base, gland-crenulate, glabrous 

 or nearly so. Peduncles ^ in. nearly glabrous. Calyx-teeth sublinear, minutely 

 gland-toothed, sometimes ^ in., sometimes even shorter than in the next species. 

 Corolla f in., purple, sometimes white. Anthers sparsely pilose on the backs, 2 lower 

 bearded at the tips. Capsule % in., subglobose, glabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, 

 not margined. 



10. Xi. erecta, H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 28; stem simple above, 

 leaves elliptic or oblong narrowed at both ends pubescent beneath on the 

 nerves, raceme somewhat rigid, rhachis with many deflexed white hairs. 



ALPINE SIKKIM; alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H., C. 13. Clarke. 



Stem 1-3 ft., always simple, somewhat rigid. Leaves 4 by 1 in., subpetioled, 

 obscurely crenate-toothed. Peduncles in., hairy. Calyx-teeth^ in., linear-lanceolate, 

 minutely gland-toothed. Corolla ^-f in., purple. Anthers obscurely pilose on the 

 backs, 2 lower bearded at the tips. Capsule g- in., subglobose, pilose or finally gla- 

 brescent. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, not margined. Closely allied to L. colorata. 



11. Zi. mishmica, Clarke ; stem much branched upwards, upper leaves 

 elliptic subpetioled pilose on both surfaces, racemes elongate leafy pilose. 

 Lobelia sp., Griff. Journ. 39. 



MISHMI MTS. ; at Premsong's, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3446). 



Inflorescence (the only part seen) 15 in., much paniculately branched, branches 

 long-racemed with capsules. Leaves (of inflorescence alone seen) 1 by - in., ob- 

 scurely crenate-dentate (the lower were doubtless much larger). Peduncles \ in., 

 hairy. Calyx-teeth %-jf in., linear-lanceolate, minutely gland-toothed. Corolla 

 purple-red (Griffith). Capsule % in., subglobose, hairy. Seeds ellipsoid, somewhat 

 compressed, minute, not margined. The material is imperfect, but evidently repre- 

 sents a new species. 



12. Xi. pyramidalis, Wall^^ As. Research xiii. 376; stem widely 

 branched upwards glabrous, leaves TTiiear-lanceolate finely serrulate glabrous 

 above, racemes many-flowered dense upwards. Wall. Cat. 1302, and in Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 113 ; Don Prodr. 157 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2387 ; A. DC. 

 Prodr. vii. 381 j H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 29. L. Wallichiana, H.f. 

 $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 29 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 211. 

 Rapuntium pyramidale and Wallichianum, Presl Prodr. Lobel. 23, 24. 



HIMALAYA ; common from Gurwhal. eastward, alt. 3-9000 ft. ; KHASIA MTS. and 

 PEGU. DISTRIB. N. Birma, S. China. 



