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LOBELIACE^E. VIII. LOBELIA. 



gular, equal, blue, with spreading segments. Filaments com- 

 bined into a 5-striped, club-shaped tube. Stigma hairy. 



Ermus-like Lobelia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. pros- 

 trate, or |- foot. 



102 L. BICOLOR (Curt. bot. mag. t. 514.) leaves downy, ser- 

 rated : lower ones oblong, nearly sessile: superior ones lanceolate ; 

 pedicels solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves. % G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. enum. 1. p. 218. Co- 

 rollas blue, with a sulphur-coloured throat. Curtis says the 

 leaves are downy and nearly sessile, while Willdenow says they 

 are glabrous and petiolate. 



Two-coloured-Rowered Lobelia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1795. 

 PL foot. 



103 L. ILLICIFOIJA (Ker. in bot. mag. t. 1896.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, deeply and remotely toothed : teeth acute ; pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, much longer than the leaves. !(.. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Lower leaves ovate-spatulate : 

 superior ones lanceolate : all glabrous. Calyx with subulate 

 toothed segments. Corollas resupinate, twice the length of the 

 calyx, pink or flesh-coloured. Anthers almost naked. Barren 

 stems prostrate ; floriferous stems erect. Perhaps a species of 

 Parastr&ntlius. 



Holly-leaved Lobelia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1815. PI. \ to | ft. 



104 L. A'NCEPS (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 395. Thumb, fl. cap. 2. p. 

 41.) radical leaves obovate, crenated, glabrous above, and downy 

 beneath, petiolate : cauline leaves lanceolate, decurrent ; pedi- 

 cels solitary, from the axils of the upper leaves ; stems 2- 

 edged, winged. O- H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Stems simple, smooth. Flowers blue. 



Tno-edged-stemmed Lobelia. Fl.Ju.July. Clt. 1818. PI. | ft. 



105 L. PUBE'SCENS (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 498.) lower leaves 

 ovate : upper ones lanceolate, toothed, hairy ; pedicels axillary, 

 solitary ; stems angular, decumbent, villous. I/ . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Jacq. hort. schoenb. 2. t. 178. L. 

 repens, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 41. L. alyssifblia, 

 Salisb. stirp. rar. 19. t. 10. Flowers blue or white, with a red- 

 dish tube. 



Donny Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1780. PI. to | ft. 



106 L. THERMA'LIS (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 42.) 

 leaves ovate, serrated, attenuated at both ends, acute, glabrous 

 above, and pilose beneath ; pedicels solitary, axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with stri- 

 gose white hairs ; stems decumbent, hairy. 1. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, in the region of the hot springs near 

 Elephants' river. Corolla yellow. 



Hot-spring Lobelia. PL decumbent. 



107 L. LEPTOCA'RPA (Griess. in Linnaea. 5. p. 419.) stem 

 herbaceous, decumbent, branched ; branches flaccid ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, sharply serrated, quite glabrous, with carti- 

 laginous edges ; pedicels axillary, solitary ; capsule elongated, 

 clavate, hispid from bristles, i; . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Branches beset with white hairs. Leaves sessile. 

 Calyx bristly. Corolla downy, white, having the segments 

 bearded at their tips, and ciliated on the margins. Filaments 

 ami style glabrous. 



Slender -fruited Lobelia. PL decumbent. 



108 L. HIRSU'TA (Lin. spec. 1322.) leaves ovate, toothed, or 

 crenated, hairy or woolly ; peduncles lateral, solitary, very long, 

 2-3-flowered ; stem shrubby, hairy, prostrate, or erect. If. . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 37, 

 Rapuntium hirsutum, Mill. diet. no. 9.? Burm. afr. 105. t. 

 40. f. 2. Flowers blue, drooping, small. 



Hairy Lobelia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1759. PL foot. 



109 L. SE'RPENS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 588.) leaves ovate, cre- 

 nated, glabrous; pedicels axillary, solitary, shorter than the 

 leaves ; stems prostrate, a little branched. Tl.,1 Q.? G. Na- 



Pl. | foot. 



FIG. 121. 



live of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems slender, flexuous. 

 Leaves thin, hardly an inch long. Flowers small, blue. 

 Creeping Lobelia. PL prostrate. 



110 L. PVGMKA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 43.) 

 leaves roundish, serrated, hairy ; stems decumbent, hairy, 

 branched; pedicels axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves, 

 hairy. ty . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on Mount 

 Ribeck-Castel. Stems very slender. Petioles capillary, hairy. 

 Corollas white. 



Pygmy Lobelia. PL decumbent. 



111 L. CORONOPIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1322.) leaves lanceolate, 

 toothed ; peduncles long, few-flowered. I/ . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 644. Breyn. cent. t. 88. 

 Stems and petioles hairy. The 3 segments of the lower lip of 

 the corolla obovate, emargtnate. Leaves with 3 or more teeth 

 on each side. Flowers beautiful blue. Stems procumbent. 



Buckhorn-lemed Lobelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1752. PL 

 procumbent. 



112 L. THUNBE'RGII (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 247.) leaves ob- 

 long, dentately pinnatifid, hairy; stem erect, hairy. Tj.. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers beautiful blue. 

 L. coronopifolia, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 40. fl. cap. 2. p. 48. 



Thunberg's Lobelia. FL July, Sept. Clt. 1812. ' 



113 L. CCERU'LEA (Hook. bot. 

 mag. 3701.) stem short, decum- 

 bent at the base, densely leafy ; 

 leaves lanceolate, dentately pin- 

 natifid, downy, attenuated at the 

 base ; peduncles terminal, very 

 long, bearing a few-flowered se- 

 cund racemes at the apex ; seg- 

 ments of the corolla longer than 

 the tube. T . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Pedicels 

 bracteated. Corollas drooping, 

 large, purplish blue ; lower lip 

 of 3 obovate emargined mucro- 

 nate segments, having 3 small 

 yellow raised marks at the base, 

 the upper lip of 2 small bent 

 back segments. Anthers purple, 



fringed at the top. Like L. coronopifolia. (f. 121.). 

 JS/we-flowered Lobelia. PL 1 foot. 



114 L. SI'MSII (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 247.) leaves petiolate. 

 recurved, pinnatifid, with bifurcate lobes ; peduncles elongated, 

 lateral, 2-3-flovvered; stem shrubby. Tj. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. L. pedunculata, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2251. 

 Flowers blue, having the tube purple outside. Calycine seg- 

 ments short. Lower lip furnished with 2 yellow marks at the 

 base. 



Sims' Lobelia. Shrub 1 foot. 



115 L. CRENA V TA (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 40.) 

 leaves lanceolate, crenated, glabrous ; stems herbaceous, fili- 

 form, decumbent ; pedicels capillary, axillary, hardly the length 

 of the leaves, y. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Stems branched a little. Leaves about an inch long : lower ones 

 acute : superior ones smaller and obtuse. Flowers blue ? 



Crenated-leaved Lobelia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1794. PL 

 decumbent. 



4. Species natives of the Isle of France, the Society 

 Islands, and New Zealand. 



116 L. ARBOREA (Forst. prod. no. 308.) stem arboreous; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, serrately toothed ; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. fj . G. Native of the Society 

 Islands. 



