710 



Tobacco-leaved Lobelia. Fl. June, July, 

 to 3 feet. 



3. Species natives of Africa, particularly of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Floivers generally violaceous or blue, rarely white 

 or yellow. 



* Stems erect. Leaves entire. 



72 L. LINEA'RIS (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 35.) 

 leaves linear, quite entire, glabrous; stems erect, terete, striated, 

 glabrous ; pedicels solitary, axillary, much shorter than the 

 leaves. !? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, near Paar- 

 deberg. Ait. hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 356. Stems many from 

 the same root, simple. Flowers blue. 



Z,iWr-leaved Lobelia. Fl. ? Clt. 1 79 1 . Shrub to ft. 



73 L. SETA'CEA (Thunb. phyt. bl. p. 21. act. gorenk. 1811. 

 f. 11. fl. cap. 2. p. 34.) leaves filiform, setaceous, glabrous, quite 

 entire ; pedicels axillary, solitary, length of leaves. % . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers nutant, blue. ? 

 Stems erect, glabrous. 



Setaceous-leaved Lobelia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 

 i foot. 



74 L. SCA'BRA (Thunb. phyt. bl. p. 21. fl. cap. 2. p. 35.) leaves 

 linear, emarginate, scabrous, quite entire ; stems weak, filiform, 

 hairy ; pedicels axillary, solitary, flexuous, longer than the 

 leaves. Tf. . ? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 

 sessile, subsecund. Calyx and corolla hairy. 



Scabrous Lobelia. PI. -| foot. 



75 L. COMMUTA'TA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 36.) lower 

 leaves ovate : superior ones oblong : all sessile, retuse, and 

 emarginate, with revolute margins, beset with a few hairs on 

 the nerve and on the edges ; floriferous branches and stems 

 naked at the apex ; flowers racemose, on short pedicels, reflexed. 

 V . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. ? Stems ascending, 

 beset with a few white bristles. Leaves rather distich. Calyx 

 hispid. Corolla violaceous, with a long white hispid tube. An- 

 thers bearded by white hairs. 



Changed Lobelia. PI. ascending. 



76 L. SIMPLEX (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 35.) 

 leaves linear, villous, sessile, quite entire ; stems simple, erect, 

 smooth ; pedicels solitary, axillary, twice the length of the 

 leaves. Q. or If.. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers blue. Calycine segments linear-lanceolate, villous. 

 Capsule turbinate. 



SVm;>fe-stemmed Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1794. PI. 

 ^ foot. 



77 L. PINIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1318. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 36.) 

 shrubby ; leaves linear-lanceolate, erect, crowded, quite entire, 

 but according to Thunberg they are trigonal ; pedicels terminal, 

 few. jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sides of 

 mountains near Cape Town. Andr. bot. rep. 273. Young 

 branches downy. Segments of calyx linear. Corolla blue. 



Pine-leaved Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub 1^ ft. 



78 L. DEPRE'SSA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 36.) 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, quite entire ; stem 

 branched, denticulated, varicose ; pedicels length of leaves, soli- 

 tary, if.. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems 

 much depressed. Leaves a little decurrent. Flowers deep 

 purple, minute. 



Depressed Lobelia. PI. prostrate. 



79 L. PANICULA'TA (Lin. spec. 1319.) leaves linear, quite en- 

 tire ; stems leafy at the base, and naked at the apex, branched, 

 panicled ; panicle dichotomous. I/ . ? G. Native of Ethiopia. 

 Burm. afr. t. 38. f. 3. Leaves short, sessile. Branches loose, 

 furnished with 2 small opposite leaves under each fork. Flowers 

 small, blue. 



LOBELIACEjE. VIII. LOBELIA. 

 Clt. 1822. PI. 2 Panicled Lobelia. 



PL | to 1 foot. 



* * Stems erect. Leaves serrated or crenated. 



80 L. BELLIDIFOLIA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 47.) 

 leaves ovate, toothed, hairy, or obovate crenated, downy be- 

 neath ; stems hispid at the base, simple, divided into a panicle 

 at the top ; lower pedicels the longest. 1 . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Corollas blue. Leaves of the ramifica- 

 tions of the panicle subulate, smooth. 



Daisy-leaved Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. to 

 i foot. 



81 L. RHIZOPHY'TA (Spreng. nov. prov. 1818. ex Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 5. p. 44.) lower leaves petiolate, obovate, re- 

 pandly toothed, glabrous, rather fleshy : superior ones lanceo- 

 late, sessile, rather decurrent . uppermost ones ciliated, quite 

 entire ; pedicels short, axillary ; capsules cylindrical, glabrous ; 

 stems radicant at the base, and ascending at the apex, trique- 

 trous, glabrous. If . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 2519. Flowers white, marked with blue. It 

 differs from L. bellidifblia in the smoothness of its parts ; and 

 from L. cuneiformis, R. Br. in the decumbent radicant stems. 



Rooting Lobelia. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1800. PI. ascending. 



82 L. TRIQUETRA (Lin. mant. p. 120.) glabrous; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, pinnatifidly toothed, sessile ; racemes terminal ; branches 

 and pedicels trigonal. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 48. L. capitaia, Burm. prod. p. 

 25. Leaves as if they were agglutinated at the base. Racemes 

 erect, pedunculate. Corollas blue. 



Var. /3, combsa ; leaves linear, toothed ; flowers terminal. 

 If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. L. corymbosa, 

 Berg. cap. p. 344. Flowers blue. 



Var. y, alba ; corymbs leafy ; flowers white. I/ . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Triquetrous-stemmed Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



83 L. DECU'MBENS (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2277.) glabrous ; stems 

 decumbent ; leaves obovate, toothed : superior ones dissimilar ; 

 pedicels axillary, shorter than the bracteas, which are linear, 

 quite entire, and decurrent. If. . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. L. bellidifolia, Hortul. Calycine teeth short, 

 spreading, subulate. Flowers blue, smaller than in L. bicolor, 

 with a white or yellowish throat. 



Decumbent Lobelia. Fl. June. Clt. 1820. PI. dec. 



84 L. CINE'REA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 44.) 

 leaves linear, spiny-toothed, clothed with grey tomentum ; 

 flowers almost sessile, forming a terminal raceme. T . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, in Roggeweld. Root fusiform, 

 simple. Stems many from the same root, terete, smooth. 

 Leaves sessile, acute, with thickened margins ; lower ones gla- 

 brous. Calyx tomentose. Corollas white. 



Grey Lobelia. PI. \ foot. 



85 L. TOMENTOSA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 394.) tomentose ; leaves 

 linear, toothed ; peduncles terminal, very, long, 1-2-flowered. 

 1 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems numerous, 

 ascending, simple, having the leaves imbricated at the base. 

 Leaves like those of Coronopis, having 4-6 obtuse teeth on each 

 side, with revolute edges, clothed with hairy tomentum ; pedun- 

 cles clothed with adpressed hairs, bearing 2 small opposite 

 leaves in the middle, or towards the base, and above these 2 

 opposite setaceous ones. Corolla blue or violaceous, half an 

 inch long. Anthers beset with white hairs at the apex. 



Tomentose Lobelia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1821. PI. as- 

 cending. 



86 L. SECU'NDA XLin. fil. suppl. p. 395- Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 

 45.) glabrous; lower leaves oblong, toothed : superior ones lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; peduncles racemose, secund. TJ. . G. Native 



