BLUEBELL FAMILY. 749 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 632; ed. 3,279. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 11. i878. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 :252. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 446. 



MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA. 



Louisianiaii area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, Arkansas, and Cali- 

 fornia. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Exposed light soil. Fields, pastures. Baldwin and 

 Mobile counties. Flowers purplish blue; March to May. Frequent. Winter annual, 

 4 to 8 inches high. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Peruviae collibus arenosis ad Cercado, Cantae et Chancay 

 Provincias." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Legouzia perfoliata (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 :309. 



PEKFOLIATE VENUS'S LOOKING GLASS. 



Campanula perfoliata L. Sp. PI. 1 : 169. 1753. 



C. amplexicaulis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 108. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 :262. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 308. Chap. Fl. 257. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 11. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 252. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 447. 



MEXICO, CHILE. 



Allegheriiau to Louisianian area. Ontario, British Columbia, Oregon, California, 

 Utah ; New England south to Florida, and through the Gulf States to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry sandy or gravelly ground, cultivated and waste 

 places. Flowers purplish blue; April to June. Common. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia. 7 ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LOBELIA L. Sp. PL 2 : 929. 1753. LOBELIA. 



About 225 species, temperate and warmer regions both hemispheres. Largely 

 American to Chile, Asia, South Africa. North America, 23; Atlantic, 20. 



Lobelia cardinalis L. Sp. PL 2 : 930. 1753. CARDINAL FLOWER. 



E1L Sk. 1 : 268. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 305. Chap. Fl. 254. Gray, Syu. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 3. 

 Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 :251. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario; New 

 England west to Minnesota, south to Missouri, Texas, and from Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich, shaded, swampy banks. Morgan, Cullinau, and 

 Mobile counties. Flowers crimson; August, September. Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia/' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lobelia brevifolia Nutt. ; DC. Prodr. 7, pt. 2 : 377. 1839. SHORT-LEAP LOBELIA. 



Chap. Fl. 254. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 3. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low, damp pine barrens; springy places. Mobile and 

 Baldwin counties. Flowers azure; September, October. Not rare. Ten to 20 inches 

 high. Perennial. 



Type locality: " In Alabama Americae bor." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lobelia syphilitica L. Sp. PL 2 : 931. 1753. LARGE BLUE-FLOWERED LOBELIA. 



Ell. Sk. 1:266. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 306. Chap. FL 254. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 4. 



Allegheniaii to Carolinian area. Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Dakota, south 

 to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, and from New Jersey along the mountains 

 to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp borders of streams. Clay County, Elders, 1,000 

 feet altitude. Talladega County, RiddelFs Mill, banks of Talladega Creek. Flowers 

 sky-blue; August, September. Infrequent. Perennial. 



type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Lobelia puberula Michx. FL Bor. Am. 2 : 152. 1803. DOWNY LOBELIA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 267. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 306. Chap. FL 254. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 4. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 251. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp sandy ground, low borders of 

 thickets. Lee County, Auburn ( Kaker <f- Earle). Talladega County, Renfroe Valley, 

 about 600 feet. Montgomery, Clarke, Monroe, Baldwin, and Mobile Counties. Flowers 

 cerulean blue; August to October. Common. Most frequent in the pine barrens. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : u Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



