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clothed when young with a loose flocculent white tomentum ; involucre tumid and orbicular 
at base, en contracted above sh an acumination. 
Gardens August-September. 
is ides the above the Spiny- -leaved Sow-thistle (S. as’per, L.) is 
orl met with; it has prickly toothed leaves, aaa dit the stem 
it by conspicuous rounded auricles; and smooth, nerved akenes. il 
A seam species (S. arven’sis, L.) with very large Geers | is sparingly 
introduced along the sea-coast. 
Orper XLI. LOBELIA’CEA. (Losers Fairy.) 
Herbs with milky juice, alternate leaves, and scattered flowers (i. e. not heads). Calyx-tube 
more or less ead erg to the ova ry. Corelta fubaler, irregularly 5- lobed, slit longitud 
nally, — wa quite to the base on one sides Sta by 
thers. or less completely by their filaments ; Aad hi ie corolla, uke 
rous nga fles hy aie The plants of this family are gener 
1. LOBE’LIA, LE. Loserza. 
[Named in honor of Maithias de Lobel,—a Flemish Botanist.] 
Calyx 5-lobed ; the sinuses sometimes with an appendage ; tube s 
taumid. C oral Lng the tube ¢ veuarie cs or 1-form, cleft on oe 
upper side n to the base _ aacwiind bilabiate—the upper lip 
mostly seater aie erect—the lower one broader, spreadi ing, 3-cleft or a 
toothed. Anthers coherent in a Mie. —the 2 lower 
— Pod 2-celled, many-seeded, pening: at the “ty ga rn 
ose-spicate, of various colors—usually blue or red. 
1 L, infla’ta, L. Stem erect, hirsute, pani ‘culately branched ; nt 
subsessile, lance-ovate, crenate-dentate, ‘pilose ; ; racemes lea wers 
small, axillary ; ing. ie atom Ser the segmen wet as long as the 
corolla, the sinuses not appen capsule ovoid or oval, inflated. 
TED Logetia. Hye-bright. Tilian Tobacco. 
Root annual or biennial. Stem 9-18 inches high, sometimes han te or slightly winged . 
_ by the decurrence of the leaves, often yery hairy ; branches axi Leaws 1~3 in- 
ches long, more or less ovate, unequally sinuate-dentate or crenate. stants e-fourth 
to half an inch long. lue, rathe Wey -satambee in and mem. 
suas, sao, Seeds minute, clliptic-oblong, rough wit 
- Pasiars, rouse, &c. : Canada to South Carolina. Fl. July ~September. Fr, Au- 
‘apetcese ssi acrid plant,—possessing emetic, cathartic, and nar- 
cotic properties ; and is 2 ee notorious for the pore adie! of it by a 
t £ been of camel die piyallans 
eee ften observable at th <2 
however, help doubting the correctness of the opinion ; for the horse 18 
hie ee herbage [rom 
that which is not so; and have never aba Merv intgeetng 0. 
