﻿PLATE DII. 



LOBELIA SURINAMENSIS ; Var.jlorerubro. 



Surinam Lobelia ; Hed-jiowered Variety, 



CLASS V. ORDER I. 

 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointed. 



ESS£NTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, 5-fida, irre- II Empalement 5-cleft. 

 gularis. Anther* cohaerentes. Capsula ]| gular, 5-cleft. 



infera, 2- seu 3-locularis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



obelia caule suffruticoso : foRis oblangis, ij Lobelia with a shrubby stem : leaves oblong, 



glabris, serratis : floribus axillaribus, pe- smooth, and sawed : flowers axillary, pe- 



dunculatis : corollis laete rubris, pentago- J dunculated : blossoms of a bright red co- 



nis, curvatis, tubulosis, supra basin im- I lour, five-sided, curved, and tubular, in- 



pressis. it dented just above the base. 



Habitat in Surinamo. II Native of Surinam. 



REFERENCE TO THE VLi 



1. The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. The chives spread open. 



4. The seed-bud and pointal. 



5. Seed-bud cut transversely. 



A fine living specimen of this elegant variety of the Lobelia Surinamensis was communicated to to* 

 author by A. B. Lambert, esq. who received it amongst a large collection of hot-house plants presented 

 to him by Lord Seaforth, and collected by that nobleman in the West Indies whilst Governor of the 

 Island of ^arbadoes. The plant from which this figure was delineated was near four feet high, |ji 

 numerous branches terminated by buds and flowers, whose brilliance enlivening the gloomy month o 

 November, may justly rank it as one of the greatest ornaments of the hot-stove. 



