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ends and 3-5 in. long. Flowers i-i>4 in. long, scarlet, very 

 showy, in terminal, usually numerous racemes. New Bruns- 

 wick to Florida, and westward. August. Fig. 629. 



630. Great Lobelia. Lobelia syphilitica. Shorter than No. 

 629, and with smaller, blue or blue and white flowers. In 

 moist places. Maine and Ontario to Georgia and westward. 

 August. A still lower plant, L. puberula, is covered with 

 slightly sticky hairs and is found in moist sandy places from 

 southern New Jersey to Florida, and westward. 



631. Pale Lobelia. Lobelia spicata. An erect, wand-like, un- 

 branched perennial, i}^-3 ft. high. Leaves, at least the upper 

 ones, stalkless, oblong or lance-oblong. 13^-3 in. long, 

 slightly wavy-margined. Flowers pale blue, about ^ in. long, 

 in a dense terminal elongated cluster that may be i ft. long. 

 In dry places. Nova Scotia to No. Carolina, and westward. 

 July. Fig. 631. - 



632. Indian Tobacco. Lobelia inflata. An annual, almost 

 weedy, much branched and densely hairy plant, 1-3 ft. high. 

 Leaves essentially stalkless, oval or lance-oval, 13^-2 in. 

 long, minutely toothed. Flowers about % in. long, blue, in 

 numerous, but not dense flower clusters. Fruit a much en- 

 larged, veiny pod, about 34 i"- ^o"R- In dry fields and thickets. 

 Labrador to Georgia and westward. July-October. Fig. 632. 



633. Brook Lobelia. Lobelia Kalmii. A smooth, usually 

 branched, slender perennial 6-15 in. high. Leaves linear or 



