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tlie apex, or terminating in a msmbranous process. Stigma 2- 

 lobed, ciliated outside. Capsule somewhat 5-ribbed, 1 -celled, 

 opening by an orbicular convex, umbonate, deciduous opercu- 

 Inm. Seeds numerous, adnate to parietal placentas. Small, 

 tufted, stemless or caulescent herbs, with the habit of Aretia or 

 Montia. Leaves alternate, linear or spatulate, quite entire, stiff 

 and crowded, or fleshy and remote. Flowers minute, axillary, 

 solitary, white, pedunculate. This genus is easily distinguished 

 from all the other genera of the present order. 



1 L. MONTIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 320. 

 t. 266. f. 2.) stems creeping ; leaves spatulate, rather fleshy ; 

 peduncles axillary ; calycine segments unequal, glabrous, 4 times 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. If. . S. Native of Quito, 

 in humid places on the high plains of Mount Antisana, at the 

 altitude of above 6000 feet. Lobelia limoselloides, Willd. in 

 Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 41. Herb glabrous, with the habit 

 of Montia fontana. 



Monlia-like Lysipomia. PI. procumbent. 



2 L. RENIFORMIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 320. 

 t. 266. f. 1.) stems creeping ; leaves orbicularly reniform, emar- 

 ginate ; flowers axillary ; calycine segments equal, acute, gla- 

 brous, 3 times shorter, than the tube of the corolla, y. . S, 

 Native of South America, near the Cave of Antisana. Herb 

 glabrous, with the habit of Viola palustris. 



/Jenj/brm-leaved Lysopomia. PI. creeping. 



3 L. ARETIOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 321. 

 t. 267. f. 1.) plant tufted; stems short, leafy; leaves crowded 

 in a stellate manner, oblong-spatulate, acute, stiff; peduncles 

 axillary ; segments of the calyx equal, acute, ciliated, one-half 

 shorter than the corolla. If. . S. Native of the Andes of Peru, 

 near Loxa, in Cerro de Vinajacu, at the altitude of about 4000 

 feet. Lobelia glandulosa, Willd. in Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. 

 p. 41. Plant glabrous, with the habit of a species of Aretia. 



Aretia-like Lysipomia. PI. tufted, an inch high. 



4 L. ACAU'LIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 321. 

 t. 267. f. 2.) plant tufted, stemless ; leaves radical, crowded in a 

 stellate manner, linear, obtuse, stiff; peduncles radical ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx unequal, obtuse, glabrous. %. S. Native 

 of South America, on the high plains of Mount Antisana, and 

 roots of Chussulongi, above the altitude of 6000 feet. Lobelia 

 androsacea, Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 41. Plant 

 glabrous, with the habit of Valeriana rigida. 



Stemless Lysipomia. PI. tufted. 



5 L. SUBULA'TA ; leaves radical, crowded in a stellate manner, 

 subulate, mucronate, hairy at the base ; peduncles elongated ; 

 calycine lobes acute. If. . F. Native on the Cordillera of 

 Peru. Peduncles 1 -flowered, an inch long. (v. s. in herb. 

 Lamb.). 



Subulate-\eaveA Lysipomia. PI. 1 inch. 



Cult. The species of Lysipomia are very remarkable little 

 plants, but none of them have been as yet introduced to our 

 gardens ; but should they ever be, we would recommend their 

 being grown in a mixture of loam and peat, in small pots, well 

 drained with sherds. They will be easily increased by di- 

 viding. 



XIV. MONO'PSIS (from /xococ, monos, one, and o\^ic, opsis, 

 a face ; in reference to the flowers being regular, not bilabiate). 

 Salisb. Lobelia speculum, Andr. bot. rep. 664. Specularia, 

 Soland. mss. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular with 5 

 equal spreading linear-acute segments. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 with a terete tube, which is split on one side, allowing the sta- 

 mens and style to escape, and a rotate equal limb ; segments 

 obtuse, mucronate. Anthers cohering. Capsule inferior, 2- 

 celled, many-seeded. A small elegant plant, with prostrate 



branches ; very long, solitary, axillary, 1-flowered, naked pedun- 

 cles ; linear-lanceolate, irregularly toothed, or entire alter- 

 nate leaves ; and showy deep blue flowers, with yellow an- 

 thers. 



1 M. CONSPI'CUA (Salisb.) O- H. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Lobelia speculum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 664. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 1499. 



Conspicuous Monopsis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. 

 prostrate. 



Cult. A little annual plant, worth cultivating in every col. 

 lection, for the sake of its neat, elegant, deep blue flowers. The 

 seeds should be raised in the hot-bed, and the plants, when 

 about an inch above ground, should be planted separately into 

 small pots, filled with a mixture of peat and sand, and others 

 may be planted out into the open border in May, in warm shel- 

 tered situations. 



XV. HIPPOBRO'MA (from JTTTTOC, hippos, a horse, and fipo- 

 po, bromos, poison ; the plant is a very strong poison, and 

 proves fatal to horses that eat it). Lobelia species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Limb of calyx 5-parted ; 

 segments linear, ciliated. Corolla with a very long straight en- 

 tire tube, and a 5-parted nearly equal limb. Stamineous tube 

 exserted beyond the throat of the corolla. Stamens and an- 

 thers connate ; the latter bearded. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 

 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. A herbaceous plant, with 

 short axillary pedicels, runcinate or coarsely toothed leaves, and 

 long white flowers, resembling those of Mirdbilis longiflora. 



1 H. LONGIFLORA ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed ; 

 tube of corolla very long and slender. If. . S. Native of Jamaica 

 and St. Domingo, and others of the West India Islands, on the 

 banks of rivers. Lobelia longiflora, Jacq. amer. 219. ed. pict. p. 

 107. t. 200. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. 1. 27. Lindl. bot. reg. 1. 1200. Ra- 

 puntium longiflorum, Mill. diet. no. 7. Sloan, jam. 158. t. 101. 

 f. 2. Plant hairy. Ovarium turbinate, pentagonal. Tube of 

 anthers 10-furrowed. This is a very poisonous plant. If it be 

 handled, and the hand unawares be applied to the eyes, it brings 

 on an inflammation. The Spanish Americans call it Rebenta 

 Cavallos, because it proves fatal to horses that eat it ; it acts as 

 a violent cathartic. It is well known in St. Domingo under the 

 name of Quedec. 



Long-flowered Hippobroma. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1 752. PI. 

 1 foot. 



Cult. A mixture of peat, loam, and sand suits this plant, and 

 it is easily increased by cuttings, in the same kind of soil, under 

 a hand-glass in heat. 



XVI. CLINTO'NIA (named in honour of the late De Witt 

 Clinton, governor of the State of New York, author of several 

 ingenious treatises on different branches of natural history). 

 Doug, in bot. reg. 1241. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx adhering to the 

 ovarium, with a 5-lobed equal limb. Corolla bilabiate, with 

 hardly any tube ; lower lip cuneated, 3-lobed ; superior one 

 straight, bipartite. Stamens combined into an incurved tube : 

 anthers cohering ; the 2 lower ones bearded at the apex. Ova- 

 rium silique-formed, triangular, twisted, 1-celled, with 2 parietal 

 placentas. Capsule dry, chartaceous, many-seeded, opening by 

 3 thong-formed valves. Herbaceous, procumbent, glabrous 

 plants, with small linear-lanceolate leaves : and axillary, solitary, 

 almost sessile blue flowers. 



1 C. E'LEGANS (Dougl. 1. c.) glabrous ; root annual ; stem 

 procumbent, branched, rather angular ; leaves sessile, ovate, 3- 

 veined ; flowers solitary, axillary, sessile ; ovarium sessile, long, 

 acuminated. () H. Native of North America, on the banks 



