Vol. III.] 



BELLFLOWER FAMILY 



6. Lobelia puberula Michx. Downy Lobelia. 

 (Fig. 3505. ) 



Lobelia puberula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 152. 1803. 



Perennial, densely and finely puherulent all over, 

 slightly viscid; stem simple, or rarely with a few 

 branches, stout or slender, leafy, i-3 high. Leaves 

 oval, oblong, ovate, or obovate, rather thick, the lower 

 petioled, all obtuse or the uppermost acute, denticu- 

 late or crenate- dentate, the teeth often glandular; 

 flowers blue, "-\o" long, in long spike-like racemes; 

 lower bracts, or sometimes all of them, foliaceous, 

 glandular; pedicels very short; calyx hirsute or pubes-. 

 cent, its lobes narrowly lanceolate, elongated, usually 

 with small short rounded auricles at the sinuses; cor- 

 olla-tube about 5" long, \ ,f -x%" thick, the lobes of 

 its larger lip broadly ovate, glabrous; larger anthers 

 minutely bearded. 



In moist sandy soil, southern New Jersey to Florida, west 

 to Illinois, Kansas and Texas. Ascends to 3500 ft. in North 

 Carolina. Aug.-Oct. 



7. Lobelia glandulosa Walt. Glandular 

 Lobelia. (Fig. 3506.) 

 Lobelia glandulosa Walt. Fl. Car. 218. 1788. 



Perennial; stem slender, leafy below, nearly naked 

 above, simple, glabrous, or sparingly pubescent, i-4 

 high. Leaves elongated-linear to narrowly lanceolate, 

 thick, glabrous, strongly glandular-dentate, the lower 

 petioled, obtuse, often 7' long and 4" wide, the upper 

 sessile,acutish, shorter; flowers racemose-spicate, secund, 

 often few and distant, blue, nearly \' long; bracts nar- 

 row, glandular; peduncles very short, sometimes with a 

 pair of glands near the base; calyx-tube often densely 

 hirsute, its lobes subulate, the sinuses not appendaged; 

 corolla-tube 5 // -6 // long, i // -i^ // thick, about twice as 

 long as the" calyx-lobes; larger lip of the corolla pubes- 

 cent within at the base, its lobes ovate, acutish; anthers 

 all bearded at the tip. 



In swamps near the coast, southern Virginia to Florida. 

 July-Sept. 



8. Lobelia spicata Lam. Pale Spiked 

 Lobelia. (Fig. 3507.) 



Lobelia spicata Lam. Encycl. 3: 587. 1789. 



Perennial or biennial, puberulent; stem strict, sim- 

 ple, leafy, i-4 high. Leaves thickish, pale green, 

 repand-dentate, crenulate, or entire, the basal ones 

 commonly tufted, broadly oblong, oval, or obovate, 

 very obtuse, narrowed into short petioles, i / -^% / 

 long; i / -2 / wide; stem leaves sessile, oblong, lanceo- 

 late, or spatulate, obtuse, the uppermost gradually 

 smaller and acutish; flowers pale blue, 4 // ~5 // long, 

 densely or distantly racemose-spicate, the inflores- 

 cence sometimes 2 long; bracts linear, entire; pedi- 

 cels very short, ascending; calyx-tube turbinate, usu- 

 ally glabrous, shorter than its subulate spreading 

 lobes, the sinuses usually not at all appendaged; cor- 

 olla-tube about 2y 2 " long and \" thick. 



In dry, mostly sandy soil, or in meadows, Ontario to the 

 Northwest Territory, south to North Carolina, Louisiana 

 and Arkansas. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. June-Aug. 



Lobelia spicata hirtella A.^Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part 1, 6. 1878. 

 Rough or roughish; bracts and calyx-lobes hirsute or ciliate. Manitoba to the Northwest 

 Territory, south to Michigan and Kansas. 



Lobelia spicata parviflora A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: Part 1, 6. 1878. 

 Glabrous or nearly so; stem low, very slender; flowers only about 3'' long; calyx-lobes^broadly 

 subulate. In a swamp at Lancaster, Pa. 



