LOBELIACE^E. VIII. LOBELIA. 



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lanceolate-linear, toothed ; stem naked at the top, therefore the 

 raceme of flowers is naked and terminal ; bracteas subulate. If. . S. 

 Native of New Spain. Stem striated, glabrous. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, glabrous. Corollas blue. Tube of corolla 3-4 lines long ; 

 segments of the upper lip narrower than those of the lower, and 

 reflexed. Stigma villous. Filaments exserted, and resembling a 

 stork's head. Very like L. urens. 

 Stork's Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



31 L. NUMMULARIOIDES (Cham, in Linneea. 7. p. 209.) gla- 

 brous ; leaves rather fleshy, ovate, cordate, rather reniform, ob- 

 tuse, quite entire, or obsoletely subsinuately crenated, on short 

 petioles, and sessile ; flowers axillary, on long pedicels ; caly- 

 cine segments a little shorter than the corolline tube ; anthers 

 glabrous on the back, all bearded ; fruit globose ; stems pros- 

 trate, radicant, but ascending and floriferous at the apex. if.. S. 

 Native of Brazil, within the tropics, in marshy places. Nearly 

 allied to L. Zeyldnica. Corolla blue or violaceous. 



Moneywort-like Lobelia. PI. prostrate and creeping. 



32 L. RENIFO'RMIS (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 210.) herbaceous, 

 hairy ; stems rather capillary, branched, creeping, rooting ; leaves 

 on short petioles, orbicularly reniform, obsoletely angular, mem- 

 branous, nerved, and reticulately veined, pale green above, and 

 glaucescent beneath ; pedicels terminal and axillary, elongated ; 

 corolla glabrous outside, villous inside, with a broadish tube, 

 and triangular segments ; anthers glabrous on the back ; calycine 

 teeth ovate, acute, much shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 y.. S. Native of Brazil. Plant tufted, creeping. Leaves 

 hairy, ciliated on the edges. Flowers blue. 



Kidney-shaped-leaved Lobelia. PI. creeping. 



33 L. AQUA'TICA (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 211.) a glabrous 

 aquatic herb ; stem erect or floating, flattened in the dry state ; 

 leaves scattered, erect, sessile, narrow-lanceolate, acute, obso- 

 letely serrated, 1-nerved ; pedicels axillary at the tops of the 

 stem, capillary, erect, twice the length of the leaves ; ovarium 

 semi-elliptic, crowned by the calycine segments, which are a 

 little shorter than the tube of the corolla ; anthers all bearded, 

 glabrous on the back, exceeding the corolline tube, but shorter 

 than its segments. "%. . S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of 

 rivers, or in marshes among grasses. Flowers blue. Leaves 

 half an inch long. 



Aquatic Lobelia. PI. to ^ foot. 



34 L. SESSILIFOLIA (Lamb, in Lin. trans. 1 0. p. 260. t. 6.) leaves 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, serrulated, glabrous ; pedicels axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves ; stem erect, leafy, glabrous, very simple. 

 Tf. . H. Native of Kamtschatka. L. Camtschatica, Pall. mss. 

 Habit of A Euphorbia. Leaves of an obscure green. Flowers blue? 



Sessile-leaved Lobelia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



35 L. UMBELLA'TA (Vest, ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 58.) glabrous ; leaves sessile, linear, toothed, dilated and trifid 

 at the apex ; flowers terminal, umbellate ; stem erect. I/ . ? S. 

 Native country unknown. Stem angular. Leaves like those of 

 Chrysanthemum leucdnthemum. Involucrum of umbel short. 

 Corollas blue, nearly an inch long, with the segments of the 

 upper lip linear and reflexed, and of the lower one oblong. 

 Stamens a little shorter than the tube of the corolla. Anthers 

 bearded at the apex. 



Umbellate-RovtereA Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



* * Corollas red, purple or scarlet, rarely yellowish. 



36 L. GRAMI'NEA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 583.) glabrous; leaves 

 linear, ensiform, acute ; racemes long, simple ; stem erect, sim- 

 ple ; bracteas linear, acute, shorter than the flowers. Native of 

 Peru. Leaves 5 inches long, and 2-3 lines broad. Flowers 

 scarlet, on short pedicels, form of those of L. cardinalis. Fila- 

 ments and stamens combined. 



Grassy-leaved Lobelia. PI. 2 feet. 



37 L. PULVERULE'NTA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 212.) leaves ovate, 

 on very short petioles, glabrous above and wrinkled, but clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; corollas campanulate, powdery ; 

 stem shrubby. Jj . S. Native of South America, on the road 

 from Guaranda to Mount Chimborazo. Stem branched, tomen- 

 tose. Leaves obtuse, with subrevolute edges, 3 inches long. 

 Pedicels longer than the leaves, altogether forming a leafy 

 raceme. Corollas white from powdery tomentum outside, and 

 reddish inside, less than an inch long, with equal oblong acute 

 segments. Perhaps a species of Clermonlea. 



Powdery Lobelia. PI. 6 to 8 feet. 



38 L. COBDI'OERA (Cav. icon. 6. p. 14. t. 523.) leaves ovate, 

 acute, half-stem-clasping, villous, denticulated ; pedicels villous, 

 axillary, solitary ; stem villous, furrowed. I/ . F. Native of 

 Chili. Leaves 3 inches long. Calyx villous. Corolla scarlet, 

 lip inch long, with the segments of the upper lip linear, elon- 

 gated, of the lower lip ovate, acute. Genitals glabrous. 



Heart-bearing Lobelia. PI. 3 feet. 



39 L. DECU'RRENS (Cav. icon. 6. p. 13. t. 521.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, biserrated, decurrent, glabrous, approximate ; flowers 

 solitary, axillary, altogether forming a long leafy raceme ; calyx 

 villous, with the segments deeply serrated ; tube of corolla cleft 

 even to the base. Jj . F. Native of Chili, on the banks of the 

 river Claro. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. 86. Stem glabrous. Leaves 

 2 inches long and an inch broad, with 2 small teeth between 

 each large one. Corolla purplish-violet, 1^ inch long; upper 

 lip of 2 linear segments, which are villous at the apex, of the 

 lower acute, and are as well as the anthers pilose. 



Decurrent-leaved Lobelia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 5 to 6 feet. 



40 L. CONGLOBA'TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 585.) leaves oblong-cunei- 

 form, denticulated, shining ; racemes globose, terminal ; seg- 

 ments of calyx fringed; stem simple, filled with medula. If.. S. 

 Native of Martinico and St. Domingo. Lin. spec. 4. 1. 117. Stem 

 thick, naked at the base. Leaves a foot and more long, and 3 

 inches broad, exceeding the corymb of flowers. Flowers very 

 numerous, disposed in a short raceme. Bracteas lanceolate, 

 denticulated, shorter than the flowers. Corollas shorter than 

 the calyx, scarlet, but in the larger variety greenish-red. Per- 

 haps a species of Tiipa. 



Conglobate-racemed Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



41 L. CAVANILLESIA'NA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 43.) 

 glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, ses- 

 sile; pedicels solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves, the whole 

 forming a leafy raceme ; corollas downy. %. S. Native of 

 New Spain, near Acambaro. L. persicifolia, Cav. icon. 6. p. 

 12. t. 518. Stem herbaceous, striated, branched. Serratures 

 of leaves setaceous. Calyx globose. Corolla red ; with the 

 tube nearly an inch long. Probably a species of Tiipa. An- 

 thers bearded with white hairs. 



Cavanilles's Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 3 ft. 



42 LrpERsicirbiJA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 584.) leaves narrow-lan- 

 ceolate, serrated ; pedicels axillary, solitary, shorter than the 

 leaves, the whole forming a leafy raceme. If. . S. Native of 

 Guadaloupe, in marshes. Stem fistular. Leaves numerous. 

 Corolla purplish, glabrous, a little curved, 1| inch long. Per- 

 haps a species of Siphocampylus. 



Peach-leaved Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1| ft. 



43 L. KRAU'SSH (Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. March, 1830. 

 bot. mag. 3012.) leaves sessile, lanceolate, decurrent, sharply- 

 serrated, glabrous ; pedicels axillary, solitary, longer than the 

 leaves, the whole forming a leafy terminal raceme ; calycine seg- 

 ments subulate, a little toothed, spreading, and are as well as 

 the corolla glabrous ; stem herbaceous, glabrous, erect, branched. 

 If. . S. Native of Dominica, where it was collected by Dr. 

 Krauss. Leaves 4^ inches long. Corolla 1 inch long, red, 



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