126 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [cL. V. 



2. Ph. spicdtiim. Spiked Rampion. Flowers in an oblong cylindri- 

 cal spike ; root-leaves oblong, heart-shaped at the base, stalked, 

 somewhat doubly serrate ; upper leaves and bracteas narrow lance- 

 olate, short, sessile. Perennial : flowers in July : discovered in 



Sussex, in 1825, by the Kev. Ralph Price, but is probably not in- 

 digenous. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2598. Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 101. 340. 



23. JASI'ONE. SHEEP'S-BIT. 



Calyx superior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute, 

 permanent segments. Corolla wheel-shaped, deeply divided 

 into five lance-shaped, equal segments. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 short ; anthers oblong, united at the base. Germen roundish. 

 Style cylindrical, longer than the stamens ; stigma cleft. Cap- 

 sule roundish, with five angles, imperfectly two-celled, opening 

 by a round pore at the top. Seeds numerous, oblong, minute, 

 attached to a globular stalked receptacle. Name doubtful. 



108. 



1. J. montdna. Common Sheep' s-bit. Root tapering : stems 



about eight inches high, generally branched : leaves sessile, ob- 

 long, rough : flowers purplish-blue, in round terminal tufts, each 

 tuft surrounded by egg-shaped bracteas. Annual : flowers in 

 June and July : grows in dry pastures : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xiii. pi. 882. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 297. 341. 



24. LOBEXIA. LOBELIA. 



Calyx superior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five small, 

 nearly regular, permanent segments. Corolla of one petal, ir- 

 regular: tube cylindrical, split along the upper side: limb 

 deeply divided into five lance-shaped segments, the two upper 

 small, forming the upper lip, the others more spreading and 

 forming the lower lip. Filaments awl-shaped, as long as the 

 tube, united at the top ; anthers united into a cylinder. Ger- 

 men pointed. Style cylindrical, as long as the stamens ; stig- 

 ma knobbed, hairy. Capsule elliptical, angular, with two or 

 three cells, and as many valves, open at the top: partitions 

 contrary to the valves. Seeds numerous, minute, covering a 

 conical receptacle. Named after Matthias Lobel. 109. 



1. L. Dortmdnna. Water Lobelia. Leaves linear, entire, with 



two longitudinal cells ; stem nearly leafless. Leaves numerous, 



mostly from the root : stem solitary, erect, hollow, slightly leafy, 

 terminating in a loose cluster of pale-blue, drooping flowers. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in July : grows near the margins of lakes, the 

 flowers rising above the water : very common in the Highlands 

 and Hebrides. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 140. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 298. 



342. 



2. L. urens. Acrid Lobelia. Stem nearly erect ; lower leaves 

 roundish, crenate ; upper lance-shaped, serrate ; clusters terminal. 



Stem about a foot high, branched, leafy, roughish : flowers 



pale purplish- blue, downy. Perennial : flowers in August and 

 September : grows on bushy heaths in Devonshire : very rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 953. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 299. 343. 



