LOBELIACEjE. VIII. LOBELIA. 



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58 L. CHINE'NSIS (Lour. coch. p. 514.) glabrous ; leaves ses- 

 sile, lanceolate, quite entire ; flowers solitary, terminal ; stem 

 creeping; branches ascending. H. Native of China, about 

 Canton. Flowers pale blue, pedicellate. Segments of the co- 

 rolla lanceolate, unequal. Stigma bifid, revolute. 



China Lobelia. PI. creeping. 



59 L. HEYNEA'NA (Room, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 56.) stem 

 filiform, erect, winged ; leaves subrhomboid, serrated, decur- 

 rent, setosely ciliated at the base ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 length of leaves ; calyxes glabrous. Native of the East Indies. 

 L. decurrens, Roth, nov. pi. spec. mss. The stem is winged 

 from the leaves being decurrent. 



Heyne's Lobelia. PI. | to 1 foot ? 



60 L. ZEYLA'NICA (Lin. spec. 1322.) stems prostrate and 

 creeping, downy ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, somewhat 

 cordate, serrated, acute : lower ones obtuse ; peduncles solitary, 

 1 -flowered, axillary, equal in length to the leaves, villous ; cap- 

 sules rather villous. 2. S. Native of China and the East 

 Indies, in fields. L. nummularifolia, Lam. diet. 3. p. 563.? 

 Seb. thes. 1. p. 37. t. 22. f. 12. Var. ft, hirta, Lin. spec. 935. 

 Plant small. Leaves like those of Veronica chamcedryos, fleshy, 

 beset with a few pellucid hairs ; lower ones crenated ; upper 

 ones serrated. Peduncles downy. Flowers purple. This is a 

 very pretty plant when in blossom. It differs from L. trigona, 

 Roxb. by its petioled more rounded leaves, terete stems, and its 

 pubescence. 



Ceylon Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. PI. creeping. 



61 L. CHENOPODIIFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 1312.) stem branched 

 at the base ; lower leaves roundish-ovate, obtuse, broadly cre- 

 nated : upper ones ovate -lanceolate or deltoid, acuminated, 

 coarsely toothed ; peduncles elongated, terminal, bearing loose 

 racemes of flowers at the apex ; calyeine segments subulate. 

 0. H. Native of the East Indies. ? Flowers small, probably 

 pale blue. 



Goose-foot-leaved Lobelia. PL 1 foot. 



62 L. AFFINIS (Wall. cat. no. 1311.) plant downy, creeping at 

 the base ; leaves ovate, petiolate, membranous, cuneated at the 

 base, slightly denticulated ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; 

 calyx hairy, with linear segments ; stems angular. I/ . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies, in Silhet and Goalpara. Flowers blue. 

 Stems creeping at the base. This species is very like L, Zey- 

 Idnica and L. trigona. 



Jilted Lobelia. PI. \ foot. 



63 L. NUMMOLA'RIA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 589.) stems creeping, 

 filiform ; leaves roundish-cordate, crenated ; peduncles 1-flowered, 

 axillary, a little longer than the leaves. 11 . ? S. Native of 

 Java. Habit of Siblhorpia. Stem rather villous. Leaves small, 

 rather villous beneath, unequal. Petioles 2-3 lines long. Co- 

 rolla 4-5 lines long, longer than the stamens. 



Money-ntort-leaved Lobelia. PI. creeping. 



64 L. ? PU'MILA (Burm. prod. 1. t. 60. f. 3.) glabrous; stems 

 procumbent ; leaves opposite, ovate, quite entire ; panicles ter- 

 minal. Tf.. S. Native of Coromandel. Leaves petiolate. 

 Flowers small. 



Dwarf Lobelia. PI. procumbent. 



65 L. TRIALA'TA (Ham. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 

 157.) leaves roundish-ovate, serrated, glabrous ; petioles dilated, 

 decurrent at the base ; pedicels solitary, axillary, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers somewhat racemose ; segments of the calyx fili- 

 form ; stem ascending, triquetrous, branched, winged, glabrous. 

 7/. F. Native of Nipaul. L. micrantha, Hook. exot. fl. t. 44. 

 Stem hardly a hand high, rooting at the base. Pedicels longer 

 than the leaves. Corollas small, red. Very like L. gratioloides, 

 Roxb., but in that species the leaves are sessile and cordate. 



Three-winged-stemmeA Lobelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. ascending. 



66 L. TRTGONA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 111.) glabrous; leaves 

 subsessile, cordate, coarsely serrated ; pedicels axillary, bibrac- 

 teate, longer than the leaves ; stems creeping at the base, erect 

 parts 3-sided. O- H. Native of the East Indies, delighting 

 in pasture-ground, appearing in the wet season. L. stipularis, 

 Roth. Flowers small, blue. Corolla inserted in the mouth of 

 the calyx. Roth has mistaken the 2 small bracteas on the pedi- 

 cels to be stipulas. 



7V(gwza/-stemmed Lobelia. PI. -j to 1 foot. 



67 L. CAMPANULOIDES (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 331.) leaves 

 on short petioles, lanceolate-oblong, toothed ; pedicels elongated ; 

 stems decumbent. 3l.?H. Native of China and Japan. Ker. 

 bot. reg. 733. L. erinoides, Thunb. jap. p. 326. L. Japonica, 

 Dietr. gsertn. 5. p. 552. Stems nearly simple, elongated, fili- 

 form, glabrous. Leaves almost sessile, glabrous ; obsoletely 

 serrated. Flowers terminal, on elongated branches, white. 



Campanula-like Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 decumbent. 



C8 L. PYRAMIDA'LIS (Wall, in asiat. res. 13. p. 379.) smooth; 

 leaves lanceolate, long-acuminated, serrated : upper ones linear, 

 attenuated ; racemes panicled, leafy ; calyeine segments linear- 

 subulate, about equal in length to the corolla ; steins erect, 

 branched. If. . H. Native of Nipaul, on the mountains at Na- 

 rainhetty. This is the most common and most ornamental plant 

 in Nipaul, where it grows both in low and elevated situations. 

 It is found from the entrance of that country at Bechiaco, up to 

 the mountains that bound the valley to the north, and where it 

 grows at an elevation of at least 8000 feet. It is also found in 

 the hilly country of Silhet. D. Don, in bot. mag. t. 2387. L. 

 stimulans, Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 157. 

 Plant, variable in height, and is often found altogether of a deep 

 purple, but chiefly the floral branches and leaves. Stem pyra- 

 midally branched. Leaves downy beneath. Corollas purplish- 

 violet. Anthers deep blue, pilose. Lobes of stigma hollow 

 beneath. 



Pyramidal Lobelia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1822. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



69 L. EXCE'LSA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 114.) leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminated, denticulated, attenuated at both 

 ends, densely clothe.l with villi, on short petioles ; racemes ter- 

 minal, erect, villous, leafy, dense-flowered ; calyeine segments 

 linear, as long as the tube of the corolla. () H. Native of the 

 Nelligherry mountains, near Coimbetore, where it was collected 

 by Leschenault, and where it is called by the natives Oumari. 

 Leaves 10 inches long, and 1 broad. Petioles marked by the de- 

 current base of the leaf. Flowers large. 



Tall Lobelia. PI. 10 to 12 feet. 



70 L. ROSEA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 118.) plant covered 

 with glaucous short dense villi ; stem panicled ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, ensiforn, acuminated, finely denticulated ; racemes terminal, 

 with unilateral flowers; calyeine segments equalling the tube of 

 the corolla. O- F. Native of Nipaul, in the valley of Noakote. 

 Leaves from 8-12 inches long; floral ones linear-lanceolate, 

 rounded at the base. Flowers numerous, nodding, downy, 

 like those of L. pyramidalis, but larger, of a pale rose- 

 colour. Anthers connected into a long purple incurvated tube, 

 bearded. Filaments downy. Ovarium bi-trilocular. Stigma 

 pubescent. 



/?ose-coloured-flowered Lobelia. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



71 L. NICOTIAN^FOLIA (Heyne, mss. ex Room, et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 47.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, 

 serrated, rather scabrous ; stem erect, angular ; racemes ter- 

 minal, equal, downy ; flowers very numerous. 1.?H. Native 

 of the East Indies, in the vicinity of Bangulore. A stout plant. 

 Leaves a foot long. Racemes angular, above a foot long. Co- 

 rollas downy, showy. Calyx and capsules downy, and the an- 

 thers glabrous. 



