Lobelia. PENTANDRIA MONOGYKIA, III 



nearly equalling bracte ; their apex incurved, adscending. — Calyclhe 

 lacinuz linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, spreading, two-thirds 

 shoiter than the tube of the corolla, which is cylindrical, about au 

 inch long, pubescent, cleft longitudinally. — Limbus unilateral, almost 

 equalling the lube, five-cleft ; the intermediate three lacinise longi- 

 tudinally cohering into an ovate, acute lamina •„ the outer ones more 

 deeply sepaiated, linear, distinct. — Column of the filaments erect „ 

 smooth ; anthers purple, connected into an oblong tube, whose apes 

 is hairy downwards.— Capsule large, round, pubescent, nerved, two 

 celled. 



2 4 L. trigona, R. 



Annual, base creeping, erect parts three-sided. Leaves sessile, 

 cordate, seirate. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, one- 

 flowered. 



A small, annual, ramous plant which delights in wet pasture ground, 

 and appeals duiing the wet and cold seasons. 



Stems near the root creeping, above erect, ramous, three-sided s 

 smooth, the whole plant is from six to twelve inches high.— Leases 

 sub-sessile, cordate, grossly serrate, smooth. — Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, erect, length of the leaves or longer, two-bracted at the 

 base.— Flowers small, blue. — Carol inserted in the mouth of the 

 calyx. 



Addition bu N. W. 



This is the same as L. stipulatis, Roth, in Syst. Veg. iv. 67, who 

 has mistaken the two above-mentioned small opposite recurved 

 divaricate bractes at the base of the peduncle, within the axils of 

 the leaves, for a pair of stipules. 



3. L. radicans, Willd. Spec. i. 948. 



Annual, cieeping, smooth. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, remotely 



