PLATE CCLXXIII. 



LOBELIA PINIFOLIA. 



Pme-leaved Lobelia. 



CLASS XIX. ORDER VL 

 SYNGENESIA MONOGAMIA. Tips united. Flowers fimple. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quinque- 

 dentatum, mininum, geraiinl circumna- 

 tum, marcefcens; deiiticulis lubaequalibus. 



Corolla monopetala, irregularis ; tubus cylin- 

 draceus, calyce longior, fuperne longitudi- 

 naliter divifus; Hmbus quinquepardtus; 

 laciniis lanceolatis, quarum luperiores dune 

 minores, magis reflexse. profundius divifae, 

 conftituentis labium fuperius; tres reliquse 

 inff-riores magis patentes,faepius niajores. 



Stamina. Filameuta quinque, fubulata, longi- 

 tudine tubi petali. Antherse connat?e in 

 cylindrum oblongum, bafi quinquefariam 

 dehifcentem. 



PiSTiLLUM. Germen acuminatum, inferum. 

 Stylus cylindraceus, longitudiue ftaminum. 

 Stigma obtufum, hirpidum. 



Pericakpium. Caplula ovata, biloculariis, apice 

 dehilceiis, cintla calyce. 



Semina plurima, minima. 



Empalememt. Cup one leaf, five-toolhed, very 

 fmall, growing round the fted-bud, witlier- 

 ing; toothlets nearly equal. 



Blossom one petal, irregular; tube cylindric 

 longer than the cup, divided longitudinally 

 above; border five-parted; fegments lance- 

 fliaped, of which the two upper ones are 

 fmaller, more reflexed, deeper divided and 

 form the upper lip; the three other lower 

 ones fpread more, and often are larger. 



Chives. Five threads, awl Ihaped, the length 

 of the tube of the petal. Tips joined to- 

 gether forming an oblong cylinder, fplitting 

 into five divifions at the bafe. 



Pointal. Seed. bud tapered, beneath. Shaft 

 cylindrical the length of the chives. Sum- 

 mit blunt, hairy. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule egg-fliaped, two celled, 

 fplitling at top, girt by the cup. 



Seeds numerous, fmall. 



Lobelia foliis lanceolato-linearibus, confertis, in- 

 tegerrimis; denticulis calycinis longiffi- 

 rais; floribus caeruleis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Lobelia with leaves between lance and linear- 

 fliaped, crowded together, and quite en- 

 tire ; toothlets of the cup very long; flow- 



blue. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



The Empalement. 



A BlolTom fpiead open, with the chives in their place. 



A half ripe feed-pod. 



The Pointal, with the fummit detached and magnified. 



A lipe feedveflel, cut tranfverfely. 



About the year 1 "86, this plant was fent by Mr. F. Maffon, to the royal gardens at Kew; as we find 

 it in the catalogue of that collection. Neverthelefs a fingle plant of it was not to be found in any of 

 our botanic gardens, for tliel'e few years back; until the recent introduction of it, by Mr. Nivcn, to 

 the Hibbertian Collection in 1 7S9. It is a very delicate ihrub ; grows to the height of eighteen inclies ; 

 branching but little, and producing moftly two flowers at the termination of each branch. It may 

 be increafed by cutlings, or from the feed, which ripens in this country'; bat, like moft of the fpecies 

 of this genus, it is not a long lived plant. It approves moft of a light fandy peat, with a fmall mix- 

 ture of loam; and to be kept in rather a fmall pot, in proportion to the general fize nfed for plants 

 of the fame bignefs. Flowers in July. 



