CAMPANULACEAE. 



[Vol. III. 



g. Lobelia leptostachys A. DC. Spiked 

 Lobelia. (Fig. 3508.) 



Lobelia leplostachys A. DC. Prodr. 7: 376. 1839. 



Similar to the preceding species; stem usually 

 stouter, puberulent or glabrous, 2-4 high. Basal 

 leaves oval or obovate, obtuse; stem leaves spatu- 

 late, oblong, or lanceolate, obtuse, sometimes 

 slightly scabrous, denticulate or entire, or the up- 

 permost narrower and acute; spike-like raceme 

 elongated, usually dense; bracts linear, glabrous; 

 pedicels very short; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, 

 nearly as long as the corolla-tube, the sinuses with 

 subulate deflexed auricles; flowers blue, 4 // ~5 // 

 long. 



. In dry soil, Virginia to Ohio and Illinois, Georgia 

 and Kansas. June-Aug. 



10. Lobelia inflata L. Indian 

 Tobacco. Wild Tobacco. (Fig. 3509.) 



Lobelia inflata L,. Sp. PI. 931. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent or hirsute, very acrid; 

 stem leafy, commonly paniculately branched, 

 i-3 high. Leaves thin, repand-dentate or 

 denticulate, the lower oval or obovate, ob- 

 tuse, i / -2^ / long, narrowed into short peti- 

 oles, the upper sessile, oval, oblong, ovate, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, or the uppermost 

 acute; flowers light blue, 2"-^" long, usu- 

 ally distant in somewhat spike-like racemes; 

 lower bracts foliaceous, the upper subulate; 

 pedicels 2 // ~5 // long in fruit; calyx glabrous 

 or nearly so, its subulate lobes about as long 

 as the corolla; capsule inflated, 3 // -4 // long, 

 finely transversely veined between the ribs. 



In fields and thickets, usually in dry soil, Labra- 

 dor to the Northwest Territory, Georgia, Nebraska 

 and Arkansas. Called also Gag-root, Puke -weed, Asthma-weed and Bladder-pod Lobelia. July-Nov. 



11. Lobelia Kalmii L. Brook or 

 Kalm's Lobelia. (Fig. 3510.) 



Lobelia Kalmii L. Sp. PI. 930. 1753. 



Perennial by short offsets, glabrous through- 

 out, or sparingly pubescent below; stem leafy, 

 erect, paniculately branched, rarely simple, 

 slender, 6 / -2o / high. Lower and basal leaves 

 spatulate, obtuse, narrowed into short petioles, 

 sparingly repand-denticulate, or entire, 6 // -i2 // 

 long, i^ / -2^ / wide; upper leaves sessile, usu- 

 ally longer and narrower, linear, linear-oblong, 

 or narrowly spatulate, the uppermost acute; 

 flowers light blue, 4 // ~5 // long,in loose racemes; 

 lower bracts linear-lanceolate, the upper subu- 

 late; pedicels nearly filiform, 4 // -i2 // long, 

 usually 2-glandular or 2-bracteolate near the 

 middle; calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate, longer 

 than the turbinate tube, the sinuses not appen- 

 daged; capsule wholly inferior, not inflated, 

 campanulate or subglobose, about 2 ff long. 



On wet banks, and in wet meadows, Nova Scotia 

 to New Jersey, west to Ontario, the Northwest Ter- 

 ritory, Ohio and Michigan. Juty-Sept. 



