586 LOBELIACEAE 



2. L. cardinalis L. In moist soil: N. B. to Fla., the N. W. Terr., 



Kan. and Tex. 

 Throughout the range, except in the pine-barrens. 



3. L. syphilitica L. In moist soil: Me. to Ont. and S. Dak., Ga., 



La. and Kan. 



Throughout the range, except in New Jersey south of the " fall 

 line," there very rare and only along the northern edge of the 

 coastal plain. 



4. L. puberula Michx. In moist sandy soil: S. N. J. to Fla., 



west to 111., Kan. and Tex. 



N. J. Mercer, Monmouth and Middlesex counties, thence in- 

 creasing southward, but not in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Known only from Chester Co. 



Tertiary, common, except on Beacon Hill, there wanting: Cre- 

 taceous, common: Older Formations, rare and local near the 

 coastal plain in Pa. 172-220 days. About sea level. 



5. L. spicata Lam. In dry, mostly sandy soil, or in meadows: 



N. S. and Ont. to the N. W. Terr., N. C, La. and Ark. 



Common throughout the range except in the pine-barrens, there 

 wanting; very rare in the region adjacent to the barrens. 



6. L. infiata L. In fields and thickets: Lab. to the N. W. Terr., 



Ga., Md., Ark. and Kan. 



Throughout the range, but rare in the pine-barrens; often a 

 weed . 



7. L. Kalmii L. On wet banks and in wet meadows: N. S. to 



N. J., west to Ont., the N. W. Terr., Ohio, Mich, and Iowa. 



Conn. Litchfield Co., increasing northwestward. 



N. Y. Known only from Westchester and Columbia counties. 



N. J. Warren and Sussex counties, unknown elsewhere. 



Pa. Northampton and Monroe Cos. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, most common on 

 limestone and northward. 138-189 days. 570-1,200 ft. 



8. L. Nuttallii R. & S. In wet meadows, and in sandy soil: L. I. 



to Pa., Fla. and Ga. 



N. Y. The south side of L. I. 



N. J. Middlesex Co., increasing and common southward, especially 



in the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Known only from Bucks and Delaware counties. 



Tertiary, common: Cretaceous, less common: Older Formations, 

 rare and local. 169-220 days. About sea level. 



