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5. L. lobelioides, Wall. 



Adscending, smooth ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, tapering down- 

 wards, petioled, those at the base of the stem and branches opposite, 

 the rest alternate, scarcely dotted ; raceme terminal, slender \ peduncles 

 spreading, scattered, clavate, with short, linear bractes ; stamina free, 

 much longer than the corolla ; capsule round, smooth, larger than 

 the calyx, five-valved. 



Root consisting of many capillary reddish fibres ; stem slender, one 

 or two feet long, slightly angular, with a few short scattered branch- 

 es. — Leaves entire, from half an inch to an inch long, with a very 

 few glandular specks, of a pale sub-glaucous green. — Petioles short, 

 linear. — Raceme terminal, erect, from eight to ten inches long, leaf- 

 less, with alternate, whitish flowers. — Peduncles scattered, clavate, 

 angular, smooth, three-fourths of an inch long, becoming more 

 Spreading and lengthening as the fruit advances to maturity, with 

 a linear, acute, gland-striped bracte at the base, scarcely measuring 

 half its own length. — Calyx shorter than the corolla ; lacinicz lanceo- 

 late, acute, gland-striped, membrane-margined — Corolla glandular 

 at the base; segments lanceolate, acute, marked with a few linear, 

 purple spots. — Filaments free, subulate, naked, almost twice as long 



as the corolla, spreading ; anthers oblong, with a few glands Style 



columnar, as long as the stamina ; stigma minute, round. — Capsule 

 yellowish, almost twice as large as the calyx. Seeds minute nu- 



merous. — N. W. 



MENYANTHES. Schreb. Gen. N. 263. 



Calyx five-parted. Corol monopetalous, five-parted. Capsule 

 superior, one-celled. Seeds many, inserted on parietal receptacles. 



1. M. cristata, R. Corom. 2. N. 105. 



Petioles viviparous. Leaves round-cordate, repand. Nectary 

 triple j stigma two-cleft. 



