LOBELIA FAMILY. LobeUaceae. 



A still smaller-flowered species, bearing 

 Pore Spiked 



Lobelia ver ^ lon sllm s P lkes of P ale blue-violet 



Lobelia spicata flowers with a usually smooth short calyx. 

 Pale blue~ The stem simple and leafy, the light green 



vlolet leaves nearly toothless, lance-shaped (ab- 



July-August . . . 



ruptly so at the base of the plant), or 



oblong, obtuse, but the upper ones nearly linear. 1-4 

 feet high. In dry sandy soil from Me. , south to N. Car. , 

 and southwest. The var. pariflora is a low form with 

 lavender-white flowers J inch long, the calyx-lobes awl- 

 shaped. Swamps, Lancaster, Pa. The var. hirtella is a 

 rough, hairy form. 111., Mich., west. 



A small species generally found beside 

 Kalm's Lobelia 



Lobelia Kalmii brooks, or on wet banks, with slender 

 Light blue- branching stem, and narrow, blunt-tipped 

 violet leaves sparingly toothed or toothless ; the 



upper ones linear. The light blue-violet 

 flowers less than -J inch long and scattered 

 loosely over the spikes. The fruit-capsule not inflated 

 (as Lobelia inflatd), but small, and top-shaped or nearly 

 globular. 6-18 inches high. On wet meadows and wet 

 river-banks. Me., south to N. J., and west to s. Dak. 

 Indian Tobacco ^ G commonest species ; growing every- 

 Lobelia inflata where in dry or wet soil, within the wood 

 Light blue- or out on the meadow. An annual with a 

 violet simple or branching slightly hairy stem. 



July-October The thin light green leaves oval pointed, 

 and sparingly wavy-toothed, the uppermost very small, 

 narrow, and acute. The tiny flowers scarcely \ inch 

 long, varying in color from light blue-violet to pale lilac 

 and even white. The calyx smooth, the inflated, prolate- 

 spheroidal fruit-capsule about -^ inch long. Very acrid 

 and poisonous to taste, and commonly used in medicine. 

 Me., south to Ga., and west to Ark. and Neb. 



An aquatic species, smooth, slender, and 

 Water Lobelia s i m pi e stemmed. Leaves all submerged, 

 Lobelia -,-, 11 -i , T 



Dortmanna thick, linear hollow, and tufted at the 



base of the stem. Flowers in a loose termi- 

 nal spike, light violet, J inch long. 6-18 inches high. 

 Borders of ponds. N. Eng. to Pa., and northwestward, 



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