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Okd. XLVIII. LOBELIACEiE Juss. 



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Cdljjx-tuhe cohering more or less with the ovary, S^obed, 

 lobes persistent. Corolla mostly irregular, 5-lobed; estivation 

 somewhat valvular. Stamens 5, free from the corolla : anthers 

 cohering, 2-cellecl, usually dissimilar, the two lower ones mu- 

 cronate or bearded, three upper naked or bearded. Ovary 

 1— 2-celled. Style 1, glabrous, with a ring of hairs below the 

 bifid or simple stigma. Fruit dry, more or less inferior, the 

 free part usually opening between the dissepiments at the apex 

 by 2 valves, or rarely baccate. Albumen fleshy : embryo straight. 

 Herbaceous or suffruticose. Leaves alternate, ivithout stipules - 

 Lactescent and bitter. The genus Tujm, and particularly 

 J. Feuilliei from Chile, is poisonous. 



Lobelia Linn. Lobelia. 



Cor. irregular, 2.1ipped, cleft longitudinally on the upper 

 side ; upper lip smaller and erect, lower spreading 3-cleft. 

 Anthers united, two lower ones bearded at the apex. Cajjsule 



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caps2iles too form a curious oval head, with the persistent calyces, 

 each cal^x spreading in a stellate manner, 



2. P. spicdtwn L. (spiked R,) ; head of flowers oblong, of j ^^^ 

 fruit elongated cylindrical, radical leaves cordate-oblon<T petio- I 1' i 



sessile, bracteas linear, stigmas 2. Borrer in E. B. S. t. 2598. d/ 







late^ somewhat doubly serrate, upper ones linear-lanceolate 



ssile, bracteas linear, stigmas 2. Borrer in E. B. S. t. 2598. p- 



Woods, thickets, hedges, and fields recently cleared of woods in \ P 

 several stations about Mayfield and Waldron, Sussex. Warbleton. 

 -v . Gj 7. — Formerly cultivated, and the root eaten as a salad or 



boiled. Is our plant not an escape from gardens? Much taller than ' \f^ 



the last species. Spike oi flowers 2 — 4 inches long greenish-white, \\\^, 



Upper part of the stem almost bare of leaves. j f'l H 



3. Jasione Linn. Sheep s-bit. lio^^"^' 



Cor. rotate, in 5 deep narrow segments. Anthe7\s united at 

 their base. Stigma club-shaped. Caps. 2-celIed, opening at the 

 top by minute teeth, {Flowers collected into a head, within a 

 many -leaved involucre.) — '^sivaQ: laanovfj-i some plant used in 

 medicine, supposed by some to be a Convolvidus, from laojiat, 

 lado/xaL, to heal. 



1. J. montdna L. (annual S., or Scabious) \ leaves linear waved 

 hispid, peduncles solitary elongated, root annual or biennial. 

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Dry heathy pastures, in a light gravelly or' heathy soil. Q ox $ ^ 

 6 — 9. — Stem 6 — 10 inches high, branched. Floivers bright blue, in 

 terminal, dense, hemispherical heads. Cal. small, superior, 5-toothed. 



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