LOBELIACE^:. VII. SIPHOCAMPYLUS. 



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FIG. 120. 



about equal in length to the tube of the corolla. Tj . S. Native 

 along with the preceding species. Lobelia glabrata, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 307. t. 270. Branches glabrous. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long, glabrous, pale green, petiolate. Pedi- 

 cels bractless. Calyx and corolla glabrous ; the latter greenish. 

 Segments of corolla falcate. Filaments downy ; anthers gla- 

 brous. Genitals exserted. 



Glabrous Siphocampylus. Shrub. 



26 S. MUTISIA'NUS ; leaves oblong, short-acuminated, nar- 

 rowed and acute at the base, remotely and bluntly toothed, gla- 

 brous, except the nerve and veins beneath, which are hairy ; 

 flowers axillary, pedicellate, shorter than the leaves ; corollas 

 glabrous, much longer than the calycine segments, fj . S. 

 Native of New Granada, on frigid mountains. Lobelia Mutisiana, 

 H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 308. Branches rather 

 hispid. Leaves 6-7 inches long. Petioles hairy. Pedicels 

 bractless. Segments of calyx smooth, irregularly crenated. 

 Corolla greenish, with falcate segments. Column of stamens 

 glabrous ; two lower anthers bearded. 



Mutis's Siphocampylus. Shrub. 



27 S. VOLU'BILIS ; stem twin- 

 ing ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 cordate, sharply toothed, gla- 

 brous above, and clothed with 

 fine down beneath ; flowers 

 axillary, pedicellate ; corolla 

 hairy ; segments of calyx 5-6- 

 times shorter than the tube of 

 the corolla. fj . S. Native on 

 the shady banks of the Orinoco. 

 Lobelia volubilis, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 309. L. cordata, Willd. rel. ex 

 Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 58. Branches glabrous. Leaves 

 cordate at the base. Pedicels 

 downy, bractless. Corollas scar- 

 let. Genitals exserted, glabrous. 

 Anthers bearded (f. 120.). 



Twining Siphocampylus. Shrub twining. 



28 S. BERTERIA'NUS ; leaves remote, on long petioles, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, erosely subcrenated, membranous, quite 

 glabrous ; pedicels solitary, axillary, loose ; stem scandent. I? . 

 w . S. Native of Guadaloupe. L. scandens, Bertero. L. Ber- 

 teriana, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 712. 



Bertero' s Siphocampylus. Shrub cl. 



29 S. SCA'NDENS ; stem scandent ; leaves oblong, obtuse, quite 

 entire, rather fleshy, with revolute edges, glabrous ; racemes ter- 

 minal ; flowers reflexed ; corollas glabrous ; calycine segments 

 linear, slightly denticulated, 5-6 times shorter than the tube of 

 the corolla. Tj . ^,. S. Native of Peru, in cold places between 

 Paramo de Saraguru and the city of Loxa. Lobelia scandens, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 309. Lobelia ob:usifolia, 

 Willd., ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 57. Branches gla- 

 brous. Pedicels furnished with one bractea at the base. Calyx 

 glabrous. Corolla scarlet, with falcate segments. Column of 

 stamens glabrous. Two inferior anthers. bearded. Stigma girded 

 by a pilose ring. 



Climbing Siphocampylus. Shrub cl. 



30 S. DUPLOSERA'TUS (Pohl. pi. bras. 2. p. 114. t. 177.) 

 leaves oblong or cordate at the base, twice serrated, petiolate ; 

 peduncles longer or shorter than the leaves ; genitals exserted. 



Pj . S. Native of Brazil. Lobelia triphylla, Presl, symb. hot. 4. 

 p. 6'2. t. 4. Corollas red or scarlet. 



Doubly-serrated-leaved Siphocampylus. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



31 S. ANDROPOGON ; leaves ovate, glabrous, hardly denticu- 



lated, soft ; flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate ; corolla gla- 

 brous, curved. 1? . S. Native of the province of Quito, on 

 Mount St. Antonio, in shady woods. Lobelia Andropogon, 

 Cav. icon, 6. p, 10. t. 515. Stem glabrous, furrowed. Leaves 

 3 inches long, petiolate. Pedicels shorter than the leaves, 

 villous at the base, bibracteate. Corolla scarlet, having the 

 lower lip rounded, with 3 small acute teeth. Anthers bearded. 

 Bearded-anthered Siphocampylus. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



32 S. ? CIRCIIFOLIUS ; leaves linear-lanceolate, toothed, gla- 

 brous : teeth subulate, distant ; raceme terminal, leafy, t? . S. 

 Native of the Antilles and St. Vincent. Lobelia circiifolia, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 584. no. 12 Plum. spec. vol. 5. t. 116. Stem 

 straight, simple, naked at the base, glabrous. Corolla curved, 

 green or yellowish green. 



Circium-leaved Siphocampylus. Shrub 1 foot. 



33 S. VERTICILLA'TA (Cham, in Linnsea. 7. p. 202.) leaves 

 6-8 in a whorl, almost sessile, narrow-oblong or linear-oblong, 

 sharply and finely serrated, pale beneath ; pedicels axillary, 

 verticillate, shorter than the leaves, but the flowers exceed the 

 le^res ; calycine segments acute, more than 6 times shorter than 

 the corolla ; anthers glabrous on the back, and bearded in front ; 

 stem filled with medulla, erect, simple, densely leafy ; root ob- 

 lique, (j . S. Native of the south of Brazil. Top of stem 

 and ribs of leaves rather hairy, and the peduncles, calyxes, and 

 corollas downy. Corollas red, 2 inches long, curved before ex- 

 pansion. 



Whorled-leaved. Siphocampylus. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



31 S. BETUL^FOLIUS (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 204.) leaves 

 scattered, petiolate, cordately triangular or ovate, acuminated, 

 somewhat doubly and acutely serrated, nerved, and veined ; pe- 

 dicels axillary, solitary, exceeding the leaves; calycine segments 

 narrow, acute, serrulated, more than 6 times shorter than the 

 corolla ; anthers exserted, glabrous on the back, and bearded in 

 front ; stem flexuous, branched, terete, glabrous. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. Nerves of leaves and petioles downy. Corollas 

 red, long. Very like S, scandens. 



Birch-leaved Siphocampylus. Shrub 3 feet. 



35 S. CONVOLVULA'CEA (Cham, in Linnsea. 7. p. 205.) shrubby, 

 climbing, and twining, glabrous ; branches terete, slender ; 

 leaves petiolate, narrow, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, with re- 

 flexed obsoletely denticulated edges ; pedicels axillary, solitary, 

 much longer than the leaves ; ovarium oblong ; teeth of calyx 

 small ; corolla long ; anthers a little exserted, naked on the 

 back. Fj . w . S. Native of Brazil. Corolla red, about 2 

 inches long. Leaves 3 inches long. Very like S. scandens and 

 S. volubilis. 



Convolvulus-like Siphocampylus. Shrub cl. 



36 S. IMBRICA'TA (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 206.) leaves im- 

 bricated, almost sessile, ovate, cordate, hardly acute, serru- 

 lated, with rather reflexed edges, scabrous from hairs' above, 

 shining, flat : paler beneath, and more hairy, and reticulately 

 veined ; pedicels axillary, shorter than the leaves, and are as 

 well as the calyxes hairy ; calycine segments linear, acute, 4 

 times shorter than the corolla ; corollas downy, exceeding the 

 leaves ; anthers exserted, naked on the back ; stem with many 

 prominent cicatrices, occasioned by the falling of the leaves, 

 clothed at bottom with brown stiff hairs, and densely leafy at 

 the top. tj . S. Native of Brazil. Leaves 6 in a whorl, by 

 threes. Corolla red. 



Imbricated-\enved Siphocampylus. Shrub. 



37 S. LYCIOIDES (Cham, in Linnsea. 7. p. 207.) erect, gla- 

 brous ; leaves sessile, erect, narrow-lanceolate, acute, remotely 

 and bluntly serrulated : lower ones somewhat verticillate, by 

 threes, alternate ; racemes leafy, terminal ; floral leaves 6 in a 

 whorl, having the pedicels by threes, verticillate; pedicels erect, 

 a little shorter than the leaves ; segments of the calyx ovate, 



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