FLOWERING BRANCHES resembling peduncles, but bearing two or three 
small leaves, placed in the upper axille, three to four or more inches 
long, and bearing one flower at their extremity, the upper ones shorter, 
less leafy, and forming a very loose raceme at the end of the branches. 
Catyx cylindrical and nearly straight at the time of flowering, but at 
the maturity of the seed it becomes almost as oblique as in Lobelia 
gibbosa, it is slightly downy, ten-nerved, the divisions of the limb 
about the length of the tube when in flower. Corotua of a rich blue, 
two-lipped, the middle division of the lower lip broader than long, 
usually slightly emarginate with a small point, lateral divisions very 
oblique, semi-ovate, the upper lip of two very small erect divisions. 
All the anthers bearded. Capsute obliquely turbinate. 
Poputak aND GeocrapHicaL Norice. This, by far the most 
elegant of the herbaceous Lobelias in cultivation, is said to have 
been found in various parts of Southern Australia, but the only wild 
specimens we have seen, were gathered by Baron Charles von 
Hiigel, in the neighbourhood of the Swan River. We had at first 
considered them as belonging to the Lobelia tenuior of Brown, not- 
withstanding that the latter was described from specimens from tro- 
pical Australia. An examination however, of more advanced speci- 
mens, shows some decided differences in the form of the capsules 
from that described by Brown, as well as the taller stature and more 
divided leaves. On the other hand, the Lobelia heterophylla of La- 
billardiére, to which this has been referred, is a very different species 
both in habit and foliage, and there appears little doubt that the pre- 
sent one is entirely new. It appears to be confined to South Western 
Australia, for the specimens received from Van Diemen’s Land, and 
figured in the Botanical Register, t. 2014 are probably the true Lo- 
belia heterophylla or some other allied species, of which there are 
several in various parts of Australia. - G. B. 
IntTRopUCTION; WHERE GRowN; Couture. Our drawing was 
made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society of London, where the 
specimens were raised from seeds received from Swan River by Cap- 
tain Mangles, and presented by him to the Society. It remains in 
flower in great beauty for several months, and grows very freely, either 
singly or in beds; requiring only winter protection from frost. It con- 
tinues to flower a long pi after being gathered and placed in a room. 
ERIVATION OF THE NAMEs. 
Loser, in honour of stills Lobel, Physician and Botanist to James I. and 
author of several Works. Ramosa, branched, from the habit of the plant, in 
tradistinction to'th iy tenis ok Ei 
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