Campanulacece L obelia. 273 



between them. The flowers are some shade of blue or blue 

 and white combined, or wholly white. They are all from the 

 Cape of Grood Hope. 



Fig. 157. Lobelia Erinus. (J nat. size.) 



L. cardinalis, splendens and fulgens are Mexican perennial 

 species of erect habit from 2 to 4 feet high, bearing terminal 

 spikes of scarlet velvety flowers. The leaves are lanceolate 

 and slightly toothed and often tinged with red. There are 

 many hybrid varieties or simple variations of these magnificent 

 plants in cultivation, but unfortunately they are somewhat 

 tender. L. amoena is another North American species, having 

 blue flowers in a one-sided spike. L. Tupa and L. ignescens 

 are sometimes separated with some other species under the 

 name of Tupa, on account of the persistent 5-lobed deflected 

 corolla, the segments of which are joined at the tip. They are 

 handsome herbaceous plants 3 or 4 feet high with bright 

 scarlet flowers. The former is a Chilian and the latter a 

 Mexican species ; both are tender, and very rarely seen except 

 in botanical gardens. 



