PLATE DLIII. 



LOBELIA ASSURGENS 



ssurgent Lobelia. 



CLASS V. ORDER I. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. 



One Pointal. 





GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx quinquefidus, Corolla monopetala, ir- 



regularis. Anther ae 

 infera, 2- seu 3-locularis. 



Capsula 



Empalement five-cleft. Blossom of one petal. 



irregular. Anthers cohering, 

 below, with 2 or 3 partitions. 



Seed-vessel 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Lobelia foliis lanceolatis serratis, inferne den- 

 ticulatis decurrentibus, racemis compositis 

 terminalibus. 



Lobelia with leaves lance-shaped, serrate, 

 toothed towards the base, and running down 



the stem ; the racemes compound and ter- 

 minal. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . A blossom spread open . 



2. The chives spread open. 



3. The seed-bud and pointal. 



curious species of Lobel 



grows to the he.ght of 5 or 6 feet. The plant is at present so scarce as 



not to be enumerated in the 



lished. 



Specimens were communicated by A B Lambert e« f "r™*"' ° een betore pub- 



us ma, the plant i, now abon, five feet htehlh "' T? f" *" * B ° 7 '° n - " to " '* 



lon 8i .hat i, beganm biossom i. J* «,ti 1 " ^ * *" "* * "**' 



or five raceme, flowenn, a, ^^jTl^L^^T^ l ° the «* of November, four 



noddin 



soras gradually opening 

 more than a foot long. 

 be perennial. 



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