Lobelia.] lxxx. campanulace^. (C. J3. Clai'kc.) 425 



tt Seeds ellipsoid, more or less compressed. - 



6. Ii. trialata, Ham. in Don Prodr. 157 ; glabrous, stem suberect 

 branched, leaves subsessile ovate or elliptic, pedicels mostly equalling the leaves, 

 seeds obtuse compressed. A. DC. Prodr. vii. 300. L. micrautha. Hook. Exot. 

 Fl. i. t. 44, not of Kunth. L. subincisa, Wall. Cat. 1310; A. DC. I.e. 367. 

 L. arenarioides, A. DC. I.e. L. subracemosa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 676. L. 

 trigona, U. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 27, partly ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 1877,_pt. ii. 211, not of Ro.xh. L. umbrosa, Hochst. ; Hemsl. in Olio. Fl. Trop. . 

 Afr. iii. 46S. Rapuntium trialatum and ai'enarioides, I'rcsl Prodr. Label. 13, 

 17. 



NoRTHEEN India ; from Chumba and Bombay to Bhotan and Pegu, alt. 0-5000 ft., 

 very common. — Disthie. Mts. of Ava, Java, Abyssinia. 



Stems 6-15 in., trigonous, often trialate. Leaves J-1 in., subrhomboidal, narrowed 

 at the base, the lower sometimes petioled, crenate or denticulate. Corolla J in. 

 Capsule 1—^ in., miich narrowed into the pedicel. — This has been much confused with 

 L. trigona, Eoxb., from which it essentially differs in the seeds ; it can be generally 

 recognised by the capsules being lanceolate-triangular (not ovate) at the base. 



Vae. lamiifolia ; leaves Incise-dentate somewhat petioled. — Deccan, Wight. — This 

 was marked L. trialata by Wight, and it appears to be a Deccan form of that species; 

 but from the deeply incised leaves it looks very different and resembles the allied 

 Tropical African species. 



7. Zi. zeylanica, Linn. Sp. PI. 1323, not of Wall. ; stems elongate, 

 leaves oblong or narrowly i-homboid narrowed at the base sessile subdecurrent, 

 pedicels about as long as the leaves, seeds obtuse scarcely compressed. L. 

 decurrens, Moth iVoj). Sp. 145. L. Heyniana, Poem. ^- Sch. Syst. v. 50. L. 

 dicbotoma, Miq. Fl. Lnd. Bat. ii. 576. L. tiigOna, Thivaites Enum. 169, chiefly. 

 L. alata, Heyne in Herb. Bottler. L. Seboe, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 386. 



Malaeae ; from Bombay to Travancore, Ceylox, apparently common. 



Stems weak, usually elongate, 9-15 in., little branched, bialale or_somewhat 

 trigonous. Leaves Ij by j- in., denticulate or crenate. Corolla ^-^ in. Capsule J by 

 ^ in., base not acute. — Linnaeus' excellent specimen of this species is named X. zeyla- 

 nica by his own hand ; but the name has been altered (erroneously) hy Sir J. E. 

 Smith to L. aticeps, an Australian species. The stems, leaves and calyx-teeth are 

 glabrous or obscurely ciliate ; but in a fine specimen collected by Beddome in Travan- 

 core, the leaves glisten- with needle-like hairs beneath. A. DC. says that his X. Sebte, 

 from Ceylon, is not L. zeylanica, Linn.; but the picture (Seba Thes. t. 22, fig. 12), 

 which is the only authority for the species, suits some of the examples of i. zeylanica 

 as well as can be expected. 



Var. Walkeri; leaves petioled ovate glabrous. — Ceylon, Waller, Wight. — This 

 looks distinct from L. zeylanica, but the flowers and seeds are exactly similar. 



Sect. II. Zsolobus. Small herbs. Corolla 2-lipped, lobes nearly equal 

 in length. Anthers 5, 2 lower bearded on the apex, 3 upper naked. 



8. Xi. radicans, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 330 ; procumbent, gla- 

 brous, leaves linear- or oblong-lanceolate remotely toothed or subentire, pedicels 

 equalling or longer than the leaves. Po.vb. Hort. Beng. 16, and Fl. Lnd.i. 507 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1308. L. campanuloides, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 331. L. 

 csespitosa, Blume Bijd. 729 ; A. DC. Pi-odr. vii. 366. Eapuntium csespitosum, 

 radicans and campanuloides, Presl Prodr. I^obd. 13, 14. Isolobus campanu- 

 loides and radicans, A. DC. I. c. 353. I. Roxbui'ghianus, A. DC. I. c. 353 ; 

 H.f. ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 27. Pratia radicans «nrfThunbergii, Q. Don, 

 Gen. Syst. iii. 700. 



Khasia Mts ; alt. 3-5000 ft. — Disteib. Java, S. China, Japan. 



Leaves ^-l by ^{ in., sessile, often bifarious. Corolla ^| in., tube glabrous or 



