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ORDER CLXXV.— LOBELIACEiE, Juss.— Liudl. Nat. Syst. p. 235. 



Herbs and shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 20 genera. Of these, Spreng. 

 syst. enumerates for S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies, about 68 

 species ; for S. Africa, 34 ; for N. Holland, and the South Sea Islands 

 20 ; for N. America 12; for Europe 7 ; for the Mascarenhas Islands 3 ; 

 for Japan 2 ; for China and for Kamtschatka 1 . In the E. Indies have 

 been found 1 species of Piddingtonia ; and, according to Spreng. and Wall. 

 Cat. and MSS. 14 of Lobelia, mostly mountain-plants, from the Himalayas 

 down to Ceylon and the Peninsula of Malacca. 



" All dangerous or suspicious, in consequence of the excessive acridity of 

 their milk." {Lindl.) 

 Pratia, Gaudich, {G. Don's Mill diet. 3, p. 699.) 



J. radicans, G. Don. (o. c. p. 700; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 102. — Lo- 

 belia radicans, IVilld. spec. 1, p. 948 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 507 ; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. Ill; not Thunb.) % -^^ China. Fl. smallish, rose-coloured, 

 sweet-scented, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 2. Careyana, (L. radicans var. major, Carey, MSS.) © Native place 

 uncertain. Fl. small, white, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 

 Piddingtonia, Alph. DC. 



\. begonifolin, Alph. DC. (Pratia begonifolia, Lindl.; — B. Reg. 16. t. 

 1373;— G. Dons Mill. diet. 3, p. 699.— Lobelia begonifolia, Wall. ; 

 Roxb. fl. ind. ; ed. Carey, 2. p. 1 15. — L. obliqua, Bueh.; — D. Don. pr. 

 ft. nep. p. 158.) %. Katmandu. Fl. smallish, purplish, C. S. 

 TuPA, G. Don. {Mill. diet. 3, p. 700.) 



l.Feuillei, G. Don. {I. c— Lobelia Tupa, L. ;—B. M. 52, t. 2552; — 



B. Keg. 19. t. 1612,) <2f. Chili. Peru. A very poisonous species. 

 Even the smell of the flowers will cause vomiting according to Feuil- 

 lee, and the milk of it, if by any accident it touches the eyes, occasions 

 blindness, Fl. large, reddish- scarlet. Has been introduced into H. 



C. G. Fl. ? 



Lobelia, L. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 704.) 



l.persicifolia, Lam. {Diet. 3, p. 584 ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 707.) '2/. Guade- 

 loupe. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. } 



2. zeylaniea, L. {G. Don. Mill. diet. 3, p. 709; — Roxb. fl. ind.; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. 113.) %. China. Ceylon. Khassya Mountains. Fl. small, 

 purple, C. S. 



3. triangulata, Roxb. {H. B. p. 16. — L. trigona, Roxb. ft. ind.; p. 

 506; ed. Carey, 2, p. \\\ ,—G. Don's Mill. diet. 3. p. 709.— L. 

 stipularis. Roth.) © Peninsula of India. Prome. Bengal, (Serampore.) 

 Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Kemaon. Fl. small, blue, R. and C. S. ; 

 fr. C. S. 



4. eurostos, (Lobelia robusta. Wall. MSS. ; — not Grah.) L. © Munipore, 

 Fl. 1837. large, white, Jan. and Feb. ; fr. H. S. 



