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LOBELIACE.S. XVI. CLINTONIA. XVII. CYPHIA. XVIII. CANONANTHUS. 



oi" the Columbia river. Flowers blue ; the lower lip having a 

 large white streak on the base. Stigma girded by a papillose 

 beard. Two lower anthers alone bearded. 



Elegant Clintonia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1827. PI. | ft, 



2 C. BERGIA'NA (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 217.) glabrous ; root 

 perennial, creeping ; stems erect or decumbent, branched, trian- 

 gular at bottom ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, remotely den- 

 ticulated, sessile: lower ones ovate; flowers axillary, almost 

 sessile, at the tops of the branches ; ovarium elongated. "It. S. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, near Hangkliph, where it 

 was collected by Mundt. Capsule elongated, crowned by the 

 segments of the calyx, which are spreading, fleshy, and stellately 

 disposed ; anthers all bearded. Corolla pale blue. 



Bergius's Clintonia. PI. decumbent. 



3 C. PUSILLA ; we have not been able to see the work in 

 which this plant is described, as it has not yet been received in 

 this country. 0. H. Native of Chili. L. pusilla, Poepp. 

 pi. chil. exsic. 3. no. 171. syn. pi. amer. austr. misc. diar. 731. 

 Flowers blue. 



Small Clintonia. PI. decumbent. 



XVII. CY'PHIA (from KV^OC, kyphos, curved; in reference 

 to the stigma being gibbous). Berg. fl. cap. p. 173. Lobelia 

 species, Thunb. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, 5-cleft. 

 Corolla bilabiate ; segments easily separated to the base, spread- 

 ing at the apex. Filaments hairy, cohering ; anthers free, 

 bearded. Stigma drooping, hollow, gibbous. Capsule 2-celled, 

 many-seeded. Herbaceous plants, natives of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, with alternate, undivided, pinnate, and pinnatifid leaves ; 

 and blue or red flowers. 



1 C. VOLO'BILIS (Willd. spec. 1. p. 952.) glabrous ; leaves en- 

 tire and toothed, linear; stem twining. . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lobelia volubilis, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 396. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 38. Stems filiform, twining contrary to the 

 sun. Leaves often trifid at the apex : the lateral segments 

 short. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate. Corolla ringent 

 or bilabiate. 



Var. a, vulgdtior (Cham, in Linnaea. 7. p. 224.) flowers nearly 

 an inch long ; genitals half an inch, one-half shorter than the 

 tube ; segments of corolla narrow-lanceolate. 



Var. p, intermedia (Cham. 1. c.) flowers 9 lines long; throat 

 of corolla more bearded ; segments of corolla more elliptic ; 

 genitals shorter than the corolline tube. 



Var. y, parviflora (Cham. 1. c.) flowers not half an inch long; 

 genitals exceeding the corolline tube ; filaments villous. Per- 

 haps a proper species. 



Twining Cyphia. Fl. ? Clt. 1795. PI. twining. 



2 C. DIGITA'TA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 953.) glabrous ; leaves di- 

 gitate ; stem twining. I/. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Lobelia Cyphia, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. Lobelia digitata, 

 Thunb. in act. gor. and fl. cap. 2. p. 50. Root bulbous, escu- 

 lent, fleshy. Stems filiform, simple. Leaves sessile, digitately 

 pinnate ; segments linear. Pedicels filiform, purplish, striated, 

 length of leaves or bracteas. Corolla monopetalous, ringent or 

 bilabiate : upper lip bipartite : lower ones tripartite, pale blue. 

 Capsule roundish, angular. 



Digitate-leaved Cyphia. PI. twining. 



3 C. BULBOSA (Berg. fl. cap. 172.) glabrous ; leaves digitate; 

 leaflets pinnatifid ; stem erect. I/ . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, on hills. Cyphia Capensis, Gmel. syst. 5. p. 370. 

 Lobelia bulbosa, Lin. spec. 1319. Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. 

 cap. 2. p. 49. Lobelia Cyphia, Gmel. syst. 5. p. 357. Burm. 

 afr. 99. t. 38. f. 1. Root fibrous, descending, terminating in a 

 bulb. Stems usually simple, rarely branched. Lower leaves 



pinnatifid, with unequal lanceolate lobes ; the upper ones often 

 simple, ex Thunb. Flowers pale blue. ? 



#/6ow*-rooted Cyphia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1791. PI. 

 foot. 



4 C. CARDA'MINES (Willd. spec. 1. p. 953.) villous ; leaves 

 pinnate, with ovate, toothed leaflets ; scape erect, y.. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, in sandy places on the out- 

 skirts of Cape Town. Lobelia Cardamines, Thunb. prod. 1 p. 

 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 49. Stem scape-formed, simple. Leaves 

 radical, pinnatifid; ultimate leaflets 3-lobed. Flowers racemose, 

 on very short pedicels. 



Lady's-smock-like Cyphia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PL ^ ft. 



5 C. SERRA'TA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 809.) leaves radical, ob- 

 long, attenuated at the base, sessile, crenately serrated, quite 

 glabrous, as well as the scape, which is scaly ; flowers racemose ; 

 segments of the calyx reflexed, serrated. If.. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Serrated-leaved Cyphia. PI. f foot. ? 



6 C. iNcisA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 953.) villous; leaves deeply 

 subpinnatifid ; scapes erect. 0. TJ..G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, on hills on the outskirts of Cape Town. Lobelia 

 incisa, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 50. Root descend- 

 ing. Stem scape-formed, simple, furrowed. Leaves radical, 

 petiolate. Flowers racemose, on very short pedicels. Corolla 

 bilabiate, very pale red. 



CuMeaved Cyphia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. | ft. 



7 C. PHYTEU'MA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 953.) leaves oblong, cre- 

 nated; scape erect. . If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Ker. bot. reg. t. 625. Lobelia Phyteuma, Lin. spec, 

 p. 1319. Thunb. prod. 1. p. 39. fl. cap. 2. p. 47. Lobelia nudi- 

 caulis, Lam. diet. 3. p. 591. no. 41. Stem scape-formed, stri- 

 ated, glabrous. Leaves radical, attenuated at the base, or on 

 short petioles, obtuse, villous. Flowers pink, spicate, alter- 

 nate. Bracteas ovate, acute, toothed, reflexed ; upper ones 

 ciliated. 



Phyteuma-like Cyphia. Fl. Feb. Clt. 1822. PI. 1 to 1| 

 foot. 



8 C. ? PINNA'TA (Rrem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 477.) stem 

 shrubby, erect, branched at top ; leaves pinnate, smooth : leaflets 

 very narrow, capillary. 17 . G. Native of the Canary Islands. 

 Lobelia pinnata, Lam. diet. 3. p. 591. no. 44. Shrub milky. 

 Leaves like those of Ipomce'a Quamoclit. Branches very leafy. 

 Leaves shining; leaflets 1|- inch long. 



Pinnate Cyphia. Shrub 3 feet. 



9 C. BOTRYS (Willd. rel. ex Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 477.) leaves bipinnatifidly jagged ; stem furrowed. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. There is a smoother and broader 

 leaved variety of this, with larger pinnatifid bructeas, which are 

 about the length of the flowers. 



Racemed Cyphia. PI. 1 foot. ? 



Cult. The species of this genus thrive well in an equal mix- 

 ture of loam, peat, and sand ; and cuttings of them root readily 

 under a hand-glass. Some of the species have large tuberous 

 roots ; these must be kept quite dry when not in a growing state, 

 or they will rot. These tuberous-rooted kinds may be increased 

 just as the stems begin to push out from the root, by cutting oft' 

 as many of the shoots as are wanted, and planting them in a small 

 pot, in the same kind of soil recommended for the species, keep- 

 ing them dry till the wound has healed, but never covering them 

 with glass ; they will soon form tubers of themselves, and the 

 old plant will make fresh shoots. 



XVIII. CANONA'NTHUS (from Kavonms, kanonicos, re- 

 gular, and avdoe, anthos, a flower ; the flowers are regular, like 

 those of Campanulacece, not bilabiate, as in the rest of the Lobe- 

 liaceous genera). Lobelia species, Cav. icon. 6. p. 11. t. 517. 



