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Campanulaceae; Goodeniaceae 



obtusa Kegel; G. lanceolata var. ussuriensis (Rupr. & Maxim.) 

 Regel; C. lanceolata var. ussuriensis (Rupr. & Maxim.) Trautv. 



Baa-sobu. Closely allied to the preceding species but the 



plant smaller; tubers shorter, not narrowed at the end; stems 

 more slender, often spreading-pilose at base; leaves usually 

 ovate, sometimes ovate-elliptic, 2-4.5 cm. long, 1.2-2.5 cm. 

 wide, obtuse or subacute, usually prominendy white-pilose 



especially on the glaucescent lower surface, rarely nearly gla- 

 brous; calyx-segments 1-1.5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide; corolla 

 2-2.5 cm. long, deep purple inside on upper half, spotted on 



lower half; fruit 1-1.3 cm. across; seeds lustrous, wingless. 



Aug. Woods in mountains and lowlands; Hokkaido, Hon- 

 shu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, Manchuria, Ussuri, and 



Amur. 



9. LOBELIA L. Mizo-kakushi Zoku 



Shrubs or herbs; leaves alternate; flowers axillary, sometimes forming a terminal raceme, pedicelled, usually without brac- 

 teoles; calyx-tube adnate Co the ovary, the segments 5, sometimes unequal; corolla oblique or incurved, the tube dorsally split 

 to the base, the limb bilabiate or 1-labiate, the 2 upper lobes smaller, erect or spreading; stamens usually free from the corolla, 

 forming a tube around the style, the anthers at least parrially united with a tuft of hairs at the apex; ovary inferior or sub- 

 superior, 2-locular, many-ovuled; stigma shallowly 2-lobed; capsules loculicidal, apically dehiscent, 2-valved. About 200 



species, nearly cosmopolitan. 



lA. Stems rather stout, 50-100 cm. long, densely many-leaved; flowers 3—3.5 cm. long, in dense narrow terminal racemes. 



1. L. sessili folia 

 IB. Stems slender, 30-40 cm. long, rather loosely few-leaved; flowers 5-12 mm. long, axillary or in loose racemes. 



2A. Stems long-creeping, branched at base, ascending; flowers solitary in leaf-axils, the pedicels 1.5-3 cm. long, the corolla 1-1.2 cm. 



long; capsules obconical-clavate, 5-7 mm. long, deflexed after anthesis 2. L. chinensis 



2B. Stems erect, rarely creeping; flowers in loose terminal racemes, the pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, the corolla 5-6 mm. long; capsules obo- 

 void-globose, 2.5-3 mm. long, not deflexed after anthesis 3. L. hancei 



1. Lobelia sessilifolia Lamb. L. camtschatica Pall, ex 



Spreng.; Rapuntium \amtschaticum Presl Sawagikyo. 



Glabrous perennial; rhizomes short, thick, creeping; stems 

 stout, terete, erect, simple, 50-100 cm. long, densely many- 

 leaved; median leaves lanceolate, 4-7 cm. long, 5-15 mm. 

 wide, gradually attenuate to a minute obtuse point, shallow- 

 toothed, sessile, the upper leaves gradually smaller, becoming 

 bracteate; flower spikes terminal, densely many-flowered, the 

 pedicels 5-12 mm. long; corolla bilabiate, lobed to the 

 middle, the lower lip 3-lobed, the lobes loosely long-pubescent 

 on margin; capsules 8-10 mm. long; seeds flat, ovate, smooth, 



lustrous, about 1.5 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Wet places in 



lowlands and mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyu- 

 shu. Kuriles, Sakhalin, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria, and 



e. Siberia. 



2. Lobelia chinensis Lour. L. radicans Thunb.; Rapun- 

 tium chinense (Lour.) Presl Mizo-kakushi, Aze-mushiro. 



Glabrous perennial; stems slender, long-creeping, branched at 

 base, the branches usually simple, ascending, 3-15 cm. long; 

 leaves in 2 series, subsessile, lanceolate, 1-2 (-2.5) cm. long, 

 2-4 (-7) mm. wide, obtuse, with a few obsolete teeth on each 

 side; flowers solitary or paired, axillary, erect, white to rose- 

 purple, deflexed after anthesis, the pedicels 1.5-3 cm. long; 

 corolla glabrous, 1-1.2 cm. long, 5-lobed, 2 upper and 3 lower; 

 capsules obconical-clavate, 5-7 mm. long; seeds broadly ovate, 



about 0.2 mm. long, smooth, punctulate, reddish brown. 



June-Oct. Wet places especially around paddy fields in low- 

 lands; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; cotnmon. 



Ryukyus, Formosa, China, Korea, India, and Malaysia. 



3. Lobelia hancei Hara. L. chinensis sensu auct. Japon., 

 non Lour.; L. trigona sensu auct. Japon., non Roxb.; L. 



chinensis var. cantonensis E. Wimm. ex Danguy Tachi- 



Mizo-KAKusHi. Glabrous (annual?) herb; stems erect, soft, 

 rather slender, slighdy branched or simple; leaves scattered, 

 broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1-2 cm. long, 3-6 mm. 

 wide, obtuse to acute, obsoletely mucronate-toothed, sessile; 

 flowers few on upper part of stem, forming a loose terminal 

 raceme, the bracts leaflike, the pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, ebracte- 

 olate; corolla 5-6 mm. long, bluish purple, 5-lobed; capsules 

 obovoid-globose, 2.5-3 mm. long, rounded at base; seeds light 

 brown, smooth, ellipsoidal, obtusely 3-angled, about 0.4 mm. 



long. Aug.-Oct. Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, China, 



and Indochina. 



Lobelia inSata L. Plant spreading-pubescent; leaves ob- 

 long, 3-6 cm. long, obtusely toothed; racemes about 10-flow- 

 ered, the pedicels 3-6 mm. long; calyx inflated after anthesis; 

 corolla 7-10 mm. long, blue-purple or pinkish. Cultivated and 

 often naturalized in our area. Introduced from N. Amer- 



Fam. 193. GOODENIACEAE Kusa-tobera Ka Goodenia Family 



Herbs or subshrubs, rarely prickly; leaves alternate or opposite; stipules absent; flowers solitary or in panicles, bisexual, zy- 

 gomorphic; calyx tubular, adnate to or rarely free from the ovary, 5-lobed; corolla gamopetalous, 2- or rarely 1-labiate, 5-lobed, 

 the lobes valvate or often induplicate-valvate; stamens 5, free or barely inserted on the corolla-tube, alternate with the lobes, the 

 anthers 2-locular, sometimes adherent around the style, the stigma covered with a cup-shaped or bilabiate indusium; ovary 



inferior, 1- or 2(-4)-locular; ovules solitary or few in each locule; seeds small, flat, the endosperm copious. About 12 genera, 



with about 300 species, chiefly Australian, few widely distributed in the Tropics. 



