PLATE CCCCXLIV. 
LOBELIA HIRSUTA. 
Hairy Lobelia. 
CLASS XIX. ORDER VI. 
-  SYNGENESLA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers simple. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx 5-fidus, Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Cur 5-cleft. Blossom, 1-petalled, irregular. Cap- 
Capsula infera 2- seu 3-locularis. sule beneath, 2 or 3 celled. 
See Pl, CCLXXIII. Vol. IV. Lobelia pinifolia. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Loszx1a foliis hirsutis, inferioribus oblongis, |; Losgxra with hairy leaves; the lower ones are 
dentatis, hirsutis; floribus albis, solitariis ax-_ oblong, toothed and hirsute: flowers white, 
illaribus ; pedunculis elongatis ; stigmatibus and grow singly from the base of the leaves: 
obtusis, pilosis; caule fruticosa, pilosa, foot-stalks lengthened : summits blunt, and 
potent. & hairy : Stem shrubby, hairy, and spreading. 
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REFERENCE TO A HE PLATE. 
1. The flower and chives spread open and magnified. 
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, 
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Tue Lobelias are an extensive family, but in a very confused state at present ; not many of them having 
__ been described, and almost all that have been figured are blue flowers, a scarce colour in most genera, al- 
_ though so prevalent in this, and most probably to the attraction of this colour is chiefly owing the notice 
already taken of them : for, as beautiful little annuals, they have an irresistible claim to our attention. Our 
present subject does not pos-ess the charm of colour, but from its lively white flowers and constant succes 
sion of bloom it is well deserving a place in the green-house. Our figure represents an entire plant, 
ae from the Cape ron of Messrs. Middlemist and Wood, near Shepherd’s Bush on the Edgware 
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