ORDER 71. LOBELIACE^E. 477 



Penn. to Ga. and La. St. 12 30' high, scarcely furrowed. Lvs. covered with a 

 short, downy or silky pubescence, 1 to 2' in length and half as wide. Fls. 

 twice larger than in No. 7, on very short pedicels, each solitary in the axil of an 

 ovate-lanceolate bract, forming a one-sided raceme, leafy below. Cal. iiairy at 

 base. Cor. of a bright purplish blue. Jl. 



8 L. amcena MX. Erect, simple, glabrous (rarely a little pubescent); Ivs. lanceo- 

 late, attenuated at each end, the lower petiolate, repand-denticulate ; fls. large, 

 secund ; calyx-tube abrupt at base, very short, lobes subulate nearly as long as 

 the corolla. Ditches and damp soils, Va. to Ga. Sts. 1 to 3f high, with numer- 

 ous fls. of a bright blue. Lvs. 2 to 3' (4 to 6', Nutt.) long. Corolla about 10" long. 

 Differs from No. 7 in its pointed, smooth Ivs., sepals without auricles, &c. Pedicels 

 very short. Sept., Oct. 



9 L. spicata Lam. Puberulent ; st. erect, simple ; Ivs. ollong, sessile, mostly c&- 

 tuse, obscurely denticulate, radical ones spatulate ; fls. (small) usually crowded, in 

 a long, slender raceme ; pedicels as long as the flowers, or entire, subulate bracts ; 

 sep. subulate, as long as the tube of the corolla. If Fields and prairies, Can. and 

 U. S. St. H to 2f high, somewhat grooved, few-leaved, ending in a spike-like 

 raceme 6 to 10' long. Cor. palo blue, 3 to 4" long, the palate bidentate. Jl. 

 Sept. Differs from No. 6 in its slender pedicels, absence of auricles, &c. (L. 

 Claytonia MX.) With a loose fewer-flowered raceme, it is the same as L. 

 pallida Muhl. 



10 L. inflata L. INDIAN TOBACCO. St. hairy, branched, erect ; Ivs. ovate-lanceo- 

 late, sessile, serrate, pilous ; caps, inflated. (f) In fields and woods, Can. and U. 

 S. Root fibrous. Stem erect, very rough, angular, simple, becoming branched 

 in proportion to the luxuriance of the growth, 10 15' high. Leaves elliptical, 

 sessile, hairy and veiny. Flowers in leafy spikes, axillary, peduncled. Corolla 

 small, pale blue, leaving an oval, turgid capsule in the calyx. Jl. Sept. This 

 plant is much renowned in Pharmacy. See remarks under the order. 



11 L. Boykinii Torr. & Gr. St. glabrous, branched, branches erect, virgate; Ivs- 

 linear, erect, glandular-denticulate; fls. on slender, flattened pedicels in long, 

 loose racemes ; caL turbinate, with lance-linear, acuminate segm. Wet soils, Ga. 

 and Flo. We merely saw this species in the herbarium of Dr. Curtis. 



12 L. Nuttallii DC. Glabrous ; st. erect, very slender, almost filiform, subsim- 

 ple ; Ivs. few and remote, subentire, radical linear-spatulate, cauline, rather acute j 

 fls. few, remote; pedicels as long as the corolla; calyx-tube almost none: An ex- 

 ceedingly slender plant, around sandy swamps, L. Isl. to Car., 1 to 2f high, often 

 branched. Lvs. 6 to 12" by 1 to 1". Pedicels 3 to 10" long, blue as well as 

 the flowers. JL, Aug. 



13 L. Kalmii L. Glabrous ; st. slender, erect ; radical Ivs. spatulate, stem Ivs. 

 linear-lanceolate, obtuse . rac. lax, few-flowered, leafy ; pedicels longer tiian the 

 flower, minutely bracteolate; cal. tube obovate. A small and delicate species, in- 

 sphagnous or rocky banks "of streams, Me. (Miss Towle), to Niagara and Wis. St.. 

 6 to 12' high, commonly simple. Lvs. sessile, T long and 1 to 2 1 ' wide, upper ones 

 entire, lower with remote, minute teeth. Fls. remote, axillary to bracts. Cor. 

 pale blue, the 3 lower segments obovate. Aug. 



14 L. paludosa Nutt. Lvs. linear-spatulate, thickish, obtuse, petiolate ; scape 

 with a few small, linear bracts, simple; fls. loosely racemed, pedicels about as 

 long as the calyx segments. In bogs Del to Fla. and La. Scapes 2 to 3f. Lvs. 

 faw, near the base, 5 to 10' long, 5 or 6'' wide, slightly glandular-crenate. Fls. 

 pale blue, rather larger than No. 13 (6" long). Apr. Jn. 



15 L. Dortmanna L. Lvs. submerged, tufted, linear, entire, hollow with 2 longi- 

 tudinal cells, short, obtuse ; scape simple, nearly naked ; fls. in a terminal raceme, 

 remote, pedicellate, nodding. U A curious aquatic, growing in ponds, N. States 

 to Ga., the flowers only rising above the water. St. erect, hollow, long, bearing 

 above the surface a raceme of 3 or 4 remote, pedicillate flowers. Lvs. radical, 

 erect, recurved at the top, 2' long. Fls. pale blue. Caps, half free, lipped with 

 the style.. JL 



