B M MIO 



yello 



LOASA 



lots outside fsew Grenada 

 R H 1894 p 2 J 

 BB Petals b)ick >(.d 

 lateritia, Gill Without stinging hairs stein scarcelj- 

 any Ivs opposite long petioled pmnatisett segmcntb 

 rotund t i u teh II 1 j p 1 ii 1 s t ti I fl 1 t 

 min I 

 thi 



LOBELIA 



935 



Chi 



LOBfiLIA (Matthias von Lobel or L Obel 1538-1616 

 a Hemibh botanist and authoi Latinized Lob hui,) 

 Jvo?;eZi )cf(C (by some combined with the (^ n j t ncew) 

 More thin ''00 herbs (or sometimes sul shrubs in the 

 tropic ) rf -nide h tri) ution m tempente ai i trnpicil 



and acute near the top of the stem and mostly sharp 



angle t the 1 fls K-K in across on slender pedicels 



! 1 t 1 I o -n th a lighter center the cal>x lobes awl 



I 1 s long as the corolla tube 3 lower 



I I rge and spreading & Afi B M 



1 1 f the commonest of all annu il ed^in^ 



t r p h season effects In oui hot 



! jming in midsummer but 



ter and occasional cutting 



Seeds 



iry V 

 gne 11 1111 lilt 1 \piil£ 

 May lor lis alone rather tl 

 for edgings the seeds ma-^ 

 started later or e^en sown ii 

 open ground For d hi t r 

 m edgings howe\ t 



better to start ti i 

 the fall lift the i t i 



^ >^ 



the 



flow 



forms 



Is or 

 ly or 



pot 1 I 



first 



sown 1 1 II 



The 1 I 1 



countrj 1 J t 

 forms ot L f I 

 states if given 

 Washington tl 

 able to withstai tl 



btcolor 1 

 oardmalis 7 

 Ca anillei 

 compacta 1 a 

 erecta 1 a 



Femllei 14 



filgens 9 



Gerardi 11 



glanduloaa 6 



A Plant a 



INDEX 



Goldelse 1 b 

 Golden Quee 



heterophvll i 

 hybnda 10 

 Kalmii 5 

 Kermesma ] 

 Ia\iflora H 

 Lindleyana 



r nm 4 

 R\ou 1 

 speeiosa 1 c 

 splendens 8 

 syphilitica 6 

 temuor 4 

 tiieolor 1 c 

 Tupa 14 



Nansemana 



1 [or so tt eated) Ion and difftiie 

 gtowmg 

 B Bea)ds o> I j t iftt, on o ly the tuo lower anthers 

 1 Erlnus I / II i Hort sometimes not 



Labill L \i Ir i bicoloi Sims) 



f igs. 1307-b. I' 1 1 nailing annual or per- 



ennial, mufh u-'^l !"!■ ^. Limits. Glabrous or slightly 

 hairy below. 6-12 in. higli: Irs. variable, the lower ones 

 obtuse and obovate or spatulate and crenate-toothed, 

 the upper ones oblanceolate or oblong (becoming linear 



Lobelia Unnns is exceedingly variable 

 fall into three groups 



(a) I ' J ! I \ r compicta or erficta, 



densi T 1 -n close edgings 



sub\ The mist popular 



beddi The name oe ta 



IS oft 



slender ^i I i 1 til 



blue V ir pilmila Veiydwai: 



(b) To; It, on m color of f 1 

 and GoLi else w ith \ 11 i h 

 ^^ ith 111 I I It t 



(O ( ' 



Tahiti 



Ho e pifi 



toni^na Light blue with I 

 \ ai Koyal Purple 1 

 Large fld light azure 1 I 

 tricolor Fls blue or pink 



3 R H 18'5 



I t rms ^^r 

 LiuUeyana Rnsp 



Ith 



ots 



BB -Btfu r 01 I HIS on all the anthers The three fol 



1 wmg species are probably not m tl e ^mii trade 



although they are known i I i 1 he 



names sometimes otcur 1 it tl I 1 \ 



represent are prol al ly f ii II 1 iit 



the descri] tions will enal le tl I 1 tin 



guish whether th*^ species oceui 



2 gricihs Andr Afoot rlesshigh slender decum 



bent it the base glabious lower Ivs ovate and deeply 



cut the upper ones narrower and pinnatihd (becoming 



linear and entire at the top of the stem) . fls. M-% m. 

 across, blue with a whitish ej-e, the middle lower lobe 

 strongly obovate, the 2 upper lobes small and curved and 

 usually hairy: fl.-cluster long and open, more or less 

 1-sided: seed angled, not winged. Austral. B.M. 741. 



