Pratia.] lxxx. campanulacej;. (0. B. Clarke.) 423 



Leaves j-^ in. diam., denticulate. Peduncles |-1^ in., distant, none from the upper 

 ?,xils. Calyx-teeth J in., linear. Corolla green with pink marlts. Anthers 5, nearly- 

 black; 2 surmounted by 1 bristle each, 3 puberulous. Berri/ ^ in., shortly ellipsoid, 

 finally smooth, black. Seeds compressed, ellipsoid, smooth. 



2. P. montana, Hassh. Cat. Bogor. 106 ; glabrous, branches long, leaves 

 petioled lanceolate tapering at both ends. Lobelia montana, Reinw. ; Blume 

 Bijd. 728 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 886. Speirema montanum, H. f. Sr T. in Jowi-n. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 27. Piddingtonia patens and montana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bai. ii. 

 573. 



. Tempeeate Himalaya, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; from Nipal to Mishmi, common. Uppee 

 Assam ; Patkoy Mts., Griffith. — Distrib. Java. 



A tall, rambling herb. Leaves 4^ by 1^ in., finely serrate. Peduncles 1-2 in., 

 often 1 from every axil, nearly to the ends of the branches. Calyx-teeth ^-^ in., linear. 

 Corolla green with purple marks, hairy within. Anthers 5, yellow ; 2 surmounted by 

 several bristles, 3 puberulous. Berry ^-J in., globose, black-purple, Seeds com- 

 pressed, ellipsoid, smooth. 



2. I.OBEZ.ZA, Linn. 



Herbs, often tall, or (non-Indian species) shrubs. Leaves alternate, toothed, 

 rarely subentire. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, sometimes siibracemose. 

 Calyx superior, limb 6- partite. Corolla oblique, 2-lipped; upper lip 2-partite, 

 lower 3-lobed. Staminal tube free or nearly so ; anthers tipped with bristles, 3 

 upper naked. Ovary inferior, 2-ceUed ; placentse hemispheric ; ovules nume- 

 rous; stigma shortly bifid. Cajisule loculicidally 2-valved within the calyx- 

 teeth. Seeds very many, minute, ellipsoid, compressed or trigonous. — Species 

 200, rare in Europe and W. Asia. 



L. chmopodifolia. Wall. Cat, 1312 (i. Cliffortiana, Linn. Hort. Cliff, t. 2"; DC. 

 Prodr. vii. S72), cultivated from Eoxburgh's time in the Calcutta Botanic Garden, is 

 not indigenous in India. 



Sect. I. Holopo^on, BcTith. in Gen. PI. ii. 652 (char, narrowed to the 

 Indian species). Small herbs. Leaves \-\^ in. CoroKa small ; lobes unequal. 

 Anthers all barbate on the apex nearly equally. 



t Seeds distinctly trigonous. 



1. Ii. trig^ona, Roxh. Fl. Ind. i. 606; glabrous, leaves ovate subsessile, 

 pedicels mostly longer than the leaves. A.BC.Pi-odr.y'n.iGQ; Wightlc.t. 1170; 

 Jf. f. Sf T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 27, partly ; Dale. ^ Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 133, excl. 

 syn. L. triangulata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 16. L. stipularis. Roth Nov. Sp. 144 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1309. L. gratioloides, Roxb. ; A. DC. I. c. 387. Lotelia sp., G7-iff. 

 Ifotvi. i\. 281. 



The Dbcoan and Oetion, alt. 0-6000 ft., common. Assam, Simons. Bengal ; 

 Dacca, Clarke. Mbegui, Griffith, n. 429. Pegu, M'Lelland. 



Annual ; branches 6-12 in., ascending, rooting only near the base, more or less 

 3-angled. Leaves J-| in. diam., denticulate. Corolla ^-J in. Capsule ^ by ^ in., 

 ellipsoid, not tapering acutely to the pedicel. Seeds ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, 

 distinctly trigonous.-r-Eoth says that his L. stipularis was Heyne's L. eeylanica, of 

 which the authentic examples, both at Kow and the British Museum, are L. trigona ; 

 and Wallich (Cat. 1309) agrees. But Eoth's description of L. stipularis fits the Ceylon 

 plant called- below L. zeylanica, var. Walkeri ;. and it is quite possible that Heyne may 

 have sent this to Both. Benth. (Fl. Hongk. 196) unites with L. trigona (doubtingly) 

 Jj. chinensis, Lour., which is its nearest ally, but has narrower leaves and more divari- 

 cate branches. 



