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LOBELIACEjE. VIII. LOBELIA. 



linear-lanceolate, nearly entire. . H. Native of New South 

 Wales. Curt. hot. mag. t. 741. Flowers deep blue. 

 Slender Lobelia. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1801. PI. 2 feet. 



131 L. DENTA TA (Cav. icon. 6. p. 14. t. 522.) plant erect, gla- 

 brous, a little branched ; racemes few-flowered, secund ; calyx 

 one -half shorter than the filaments ; superior lip of corolla a little 

 bearded : middle segment of the lower lip oblong ; lower leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, deeply toothed on the outer side : superior 

 ones lanceolate, toothed. % . G. Native of New South Wales, 

 about Port Jackson. Root fusiform, fibrous. Segments of the 

 calyx subulate. Corolla blue, with a white throat. Two upper 

 segments of the corolla very short. 



Toothed-leaved Lobelia. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 foot. 



132 L. GIBBOSA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 50. t. 71.) glabrous ; 

 stem terete, simple ; racemes secund, many-flowered ; leaves 

 linear, quite entire, rather fleshy; superior lip of corolla beard- 

 less : and with the segments of both lips lanceolate ; capsule 

 gibbous on one side. If. G. Native of New South Wales, 

 about Port Jackson ; and of Van Diemen's Land. Root per- 

 pendicular, almost simple. Racemes very long. Bracteas su- 

 bulate, hardly the length of the pedicels. Corollas blue. An- 

 thers hispid at the apex. 



Gibbous-frwted Lobelia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



133 L. SIMPLICICAU'LIS (R. Br. prod. p. 564.) glabrous; stem 

 quite simple, terete ; raceme secund, few-flowered ; leaves 

 linear, toothed, remote : lower ones lanceolate ; upper lip of 

 corolla bearded, the segments of botli lips acute ; capsules erect, 

 rather gibbous on one side. T.?G. Native of Van Diemen's 

 Land. Flowers blue ? 



Simple-stemmed Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



134 L. BROWNIA'NA (Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 71.) stem 

 terete, a little branched ; raceme secund ; leaves linear, lower 

 ones toothed ; superior lip of corolla ciliated : the segments of 

 both lips acute ; capsules gibbous on one side. I/ . ? G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, within the tropic, on the shore. L. stricta, 

 R. Br. 1. c. Flowers blue. 



Browns Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



135 L. HETEROPHY'LLA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 52. t. 74.) 

 plant smoothish ; stem angular, simple ; raceme secund ; leaves 

 thickish : lower ones dentately pinnatifid : superior ones linear, 

 quite entire ; middle segment of the lower lip of the corolla 

 obcordate, and the lateral ones dimidiate. If.. G. Native of 

 New Holland, in Van Lewin's Land. Root simple, perpen- 

 dicular. Bracteas lanceolate, solitary or twin, shorter than the 

 pedicels. Calyx inflated, with very acute segments. 



Variable-leaved Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



136 L. TENU > IOR(R. Br. in prod. p. 564.) plant rather pilose; 

 stem filiform, divided; branches peduncle-formed, 1 -flowered; 

 lower leaves pinnatifid, of an ovate outline : superior leaves 

 linear, trifid or quite entire ; middle segment of the lower lip 

 of the corolla obcordate : lateral ones dimidiate ; capsule sub- 

 cylindrical. T;.? G. Native of New Holland, on the south 

 coast, within the tropic. Flowers blue ? 



Slender Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. 



137 L. PARVIFOLIA (R. Br. 1. c.) glabrous ; stern subpanicled, 

 terete; branches usually 1 -flowered, peduncle-formed; su- 

 perior lip of corolla beardless : segments of the lower lip ob- 

 long, acutish. i;. ? G. Native of New Holland, on the south 

 coast. 



Small-leaved Lobelia. PI. 1 foot. ? 



6. Species natives of Europe. 



138 L. U'RENS (Lin. spec. 1321.) leaves glabrous: lower ones 

 obovate, denticulated : upper ones sessile, lanceolate, serrated : 

 racemes terminal, secund ; stem erect. () H. Native of 



Spain, France, &c. In Britain, on bushy heaths in Devonshire ; 

 on the slope of Kilmington Hill, 2 miles from Axminster, and 

 between Axminster and Honiton. Curt. fl. lond. 6. t. 63. Bull, 

 herb. t. 9. Smith, engl. hot. t. 953. Rapuntium urens, Mill. diet. 

 no . 4. Moris, hist. 2. p. 467. sect. 5. t. 5. f. 56. Bocc. sic. 20. 

 t. 11. Angles of stem scabrous. Calyx scabrous. Bracteas 

 setaceous, at the base of the pedicels. Corolla purplish-blue, 

 marked with 2 pale spots on the palate ; lower lip dependent : 

 upper lip of 2 narrow segments. The whole plant is milky, like 

 the rest of the species, and if chewed, especially the root, excites 

 a pungent sense of burning on the tongue. 



Stinging Lobelia. Fl. Ju. July. England. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



139 L. SERRULA'TA (Brot. fl. lus. p. 304.) glabrous ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, sharply serrated ; racemes long ; stem erect. 

 Q. H. Native of Gibraltar, in sandy humid places. Bracteas 

 a little longer than the pedicels. Corolla rather roughish. 

 Middle segment of the lower lip narrower than the lateral ones ; 

 segments of the upper lip linear. Flowers blue. Perhaps not 

 distinct from L. urens. 



Serrulated-leaved Lobelia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 1 foot. 



140 L. LAURE'NTIA (Lin. spec. Gouan. monsp. 466. Schreb. in 

 nov. act. a. n. c. p. 480.) leaves oval-lanceolate, crenated ; pedun- 

 cles solitary, 1-flowered, very long; stem branched, prostrate. 

 O-H. Native of Italy, Corsica, and Morocco. Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 

 304. Michel, gen. 18. t. 14. Bocc. nms. p. 35. t. 27. Brac- 

 teas setaceous, in the middle of the pedicels. Flowers blue. 



Var. /3 ; leaves somewhat spatulate. Gouan. 1. c. 

 Laurentian Lobelia. Fl. July. Clt. 1778. PI. prostrate. 



141 L. SALZMANNIA'NA (Presl. symb. bot. p. 31. t. 20.) plant 

 quite glabrous ; stem quite simple, erect, leafy ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, crenated, tapering into the petioles : uppermost ones 

 disposed in aggregate whorles ; pedicels axillary, filiform, bi- 

 bracteate in the middle. 0. H. Native of Corsica, at Ajac- 

 cio by the sea side. L. Laurentia, Salzm. pi. cors. exsic. 

 Flowers blue ? 



Salzmann's Lobelia. PI. |- foot. 



142 L. TENE'LLA (Biv. pi. sic. cent. 1. p. 53.) radical leaves 

 spatulate, repand, glabrous ; cauline leaves setaceous ; stems 

 very simple, 1-flowered, erectish. () H. Native of Portugal, 

 Candia, Sicily, &c. ; on the edges of rivers and rivulets. L. 

 setacea, Smith, fl. graec. t. 221. L. Laurentia, Brot. fl. lus. 1. 

 p. 304. L. minuta, D. C. fl. fr. no. 2871. Lower leaves dis- 

 posed in a rosulate manner. Peduncles radical, furnished with 

 linear bracteas in the middle. Corolla bilabiate, with a white 

 tube, a pale blue limb, and a yellow throat. Lower lip with a 

 white centre ; throat bearded. Anthers red. 



Delicate Lobelia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1821. PI. \ foot. 



143 L. FARSE^TIA (Vand. in Rcem. script, pi. hisp. p. 66. 

 Vittm. suppl. 1. p. 261.) lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, obso- 

 letely toothed ; floral leaves linear. If . H. Native of Portu- 

 gal, in humid places. Stem 2 hands high, many-angled, 

 branched at the base. Leaves glabrous. Calyx gibbous, with 

 linear spreading segments. Corolla pentagonal, blue, the seg- 

 ments oif the lower lip the largest. In the base of the inner part 

 of the limb there are two oblong parallel callosities, as in the 

 genus Dolichos. Style longer than the stamens. Capsule ven- 

 tricose. 



Var. a ; leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, denticulated ; stem 

 leafy, somewhat spicate ; anthers hairy, joined at the apex. 



Var. ft ; stem suffruticose ; leaves cordate, acute, serrated ; 

 flowers axillary, pedunculate. 



Farseti's Lobelia. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



144 L. CORNU'TA (Lin. spec. p. 1319.) leaves ovate, petiolate ; 



