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of the Cape of Good Hope, in sandy inundated places. The 

 plant can hardly be said to be truly glabrous. There are flori- 

 ferous branches in the axils of nearly all the leaves, and the 

 flowers are all drooping to one side. Stems numerous, filiform, 

 striated and downy, simple. Lower leaves obovate, obsoletely 

 denticulated, obtuse. Pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves. Corollas white, and are as well as the calyx downy 

 outside. 



Secund-fiowered Lobelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. 

 | foot. 



87 L. PA'TULA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 41.) leaves 

 ovate, sinuately toothed, villous ; stems diffuse, spreading, fili- 

 form ; pedicels solitary, axillary, capillary, downy, longer than 

 the leaves, if. , G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 

 petiolate; superior ones lanceolate. In Lin. fil. suppl. p. 395. 

 the plant is said to be glabrous. 



Spreading Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



88 L. FE'RVENS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 46.) leaves sessile, 

 ovate-oblong : upper ones lanceolate : all serrated, glabrous ; 

 pedicels 1 -flowered, much shorter than the leaves in the superior 

 axils. If.. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems 

 erectish, branched a little, glabrous. Flowers blue. 



Fervent Lobelia. PI. foot. 



89 L. BipiDA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 46.) leaves 

 obovate, toothed, glabrous ; stems filiform, downy, bifid or 

 twice bifid at the apex ; flowers terminal, solitary. "If. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on Mount Dockland. Stems 

 erect, simple. Radical leaves subpetiolate, obovate, denticu- 

 lated, hardly downy, a line long, but only a solitary cauline one 

 on each stem, or 2 small alternate ones. Flowers blue. Brae- 

 teas lanceolate in the forks of the stem. 



Z?z/?of-stemmed Lobelia. PI. 1 to 3 inches. 



90 L. DE'BILIS (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 395. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 

 45.) leaves lanceolate, serrated, glabrous; pedicels lateral, longer 

 than the leaves ; stems much branched from the base ; calycine 

 segments linear-subulate, a little shorter than the corolla. O- 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very like L, depressa. 

 Upper leaves nearly linear. Corollas blue, villous outside. 



Weak Lobelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. foot. 



91 L. MINU'TA (Lin. mant. p. 292.) leaves radical, ovate, ob- 

 tuse, hardly crenated ; scapes or pedicels capillary, 1 -flowered, 

 2 inches long ; corolla funnel-shaped. If. . H. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in fissures of rocks on Mount Taffel- 

 berg. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2590. Root throwing out off-sets. 

 Flowers pale blue. Habit of Montia fontana or Bellium mi- 

 nulum. 



Minute Lobelia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1772. PI. 1 inch. 



92 L. MINIMA (Sims, bot. mag. 2077.) stems prostrate; leaves 

 ovate, crenated, petiolate, glabrous; pedicels long, axillary, 1- 

 flowered, furnished with 2-3 linear hairy bracteas below the 

 middle. If, . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 white inside, and red outside, with a yellow throat. 



Least Lobelia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 to 2 

 inches. 



93 L. PUSI'LLA ; leaves roundish, lobed : lobes obtuse ; 

 pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered. If.. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers white. L. minuta, Thunb. prod. 1 . p. 

 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 43. 



Small Lobelia. PI. 1 inch. 



* * * Stems prostrate. Leaves cut or toothed. 



94 L. ERINUS (Lin. spec. 1321. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 39.) 

 leaves toothed ; lower ones obovate, petiolate : superior ones 

 almost sessile, narrow-lanceolate ; peduncles 1 -flowered, longer 

 than the bracteas ; stems spreading. If, . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 901. Rapuntium erlnum, 



Mill, dict.no. 8. Herm. lugdb. 110. t. 110. Stems branched 

 at bottom. Leaves glabrous. Pedicels axillary, solitary, naked, 

 much longer than the leaves. Flowers slender, blue, with a 

 white or yellowish throat. Fruit 3-celled. According to Thun- 

 berg there is a variety of this, having numerous radical stems, 

 which are as well as the leaves villous. 



Erinus Lobelia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1752. PI. foot. 



95 L. ALSINOIDES (Lam. diet. 3. p. 586. no. 29.) plant creep- 

 ing, glabrous ; stems branched ; leaves roundish-oval, toothed ; 

 peduncles long, 1 -flowered, axillary, much longer than the 

 leaves. I/. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stem 

 erect at the top, but radicant at the base. Radical leaves like 

 those of Sibtborpia ; the rest ovate, toothed, and subpetiolate. 



Chick-need- like Lobelia. PI. -j to ^ foot. 



96 L. MUSCOIDES (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 215.) herb small, 

 slender, trailing, quite glabrous ; stems filiform, rooting at the 

 nodi ; leaves roundish, deeply 5-7-cleft, truncate or cuneated at 

 the base : segments elliptic, acute, mucronulate ; pedicels axil- 

 lary, bracteate, erect, much longer than the leaves ; ovarium 

 obconical. If.. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Herb 

 tufted, pale green. Corollas purple. 



Moss-like Lobelia. PI. tufted. 



97 L. MUNDTIA'NA (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 215.) plant trail- 

 ing ; stems filiform, angular ; leaves sessile, decurrent, lanceo- 

 late and elliptic, acute at both ends, with a few acute serratures ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary, on short pedicels ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate, acute, erect, more than one-half shorter than the 

 tube of the corolla ; anthers all bearded, If . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, at Gamka, where it was collected by 

 M. Mundt. Ovarium, calyxes, pedicels, stems, and outside of 

 corolla beset with long spreading white hairs. 



Mundt's Lobelia. PI. trailing. 



98 L. CAMPANULA' TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 588. no. 30.) plant 

 small; leaves linear-lanceolate, toothed ; pedicels very long, 1- 

 flowered ; calyx hairy, a little reflexed. Q. H. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Stem simple, slender, leafy, glabrous. 

 Leaves glabrous, sessile, hardly an inch long. Pedicels filiform, 

 2^ inches long, pilose at the apex, solitary in the axils of the 

 superior leaves. Flowers erect, campanulate, blue. Limb 

 spreading, hardly divided, rather irregular. Calycine segments 

 narrow. 



e//-flowered Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. PI. -1 to 

 \ foot. 



99 L. BRE'YNII (Lam. d"ict. 3. p. 588.) leaves sessile, lanceo- 

 late, toothed, minute, usually unilateral ; flowers almost sessile ; 

 the pedicels are short and alternate; stems procumbent. If.. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Breyn. cent. p. 175. 

 t. 89. Stems long, filiform. Flowers blue. Bracteas much 

 shorter than the flowers. 



Breynius's Lobelia. PI. procumbent. 



100 L. cHAMjEPiTYS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 590.) leaves linear, 

 channelled, numerous, bidentate at the apex, clothed with hairy 

 tomentum ; pedicels very long, naked, axillary and terminal, 

 furnished with narrow acute scales ; stem shrubby. fj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. L. scabra, Spreng. neu. 

 entd. ex syst. Habit of Lavdndula, with the leaves of Ajuja 

 chamcepitys. Stems leafy, slender. Pedicels longer than the 

 stem, 6 inches long. Corollas of a pale violaceous colour, 6 

 lines long, inflated at the base. 



Ground-pine-like Lobelia. PI. ^ to -| foot. 



101 L. ERINOIDES (Lin. mant. p. 291. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 

 39.) leaves petiolate, oblong, toothed, bluntish, glabrous ; pedi- 

 cels axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; stems prostrate or erectish. I/ . or <J . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Rapuntium erinoides, Mill. diet, no 

 9. Herm. lugdb. p. 108. t. 109. Corollas funnel-shaped, an- 



