374 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



LOBELIACEAE. LOBELIA FAMILY. 



LOBELIA L. 



Lobelia cardinalis L. (cardinal). 

 Cardinal-flower. 



Frequent. Open or shaded wet places. July — Sept. 

 One of our most brilliant flowers, and often succeeds well 

 in cultivation. The plant is sometimes used medicinally. 



Lobelia siphilitica L. (syphilitic). 

 Great Blue Lobelia. 



Moist grassland or borders of streams. Orange (Eames), 

 Oxford (Harger), and occasional westward and northward, 

 becoming frequent or common in Litchfield County. July — 

 Sept. 



The plant is sometimes used medicinally. 



Lobelia spicata Lam. (spiked). 



Frequent to common. Fields and meadows. June — Aug. 



Lobelia Kalmii L. 



Swamps and on wet ledges. Goshen (J. P. Brace, 1822), 

 Litchfield and Norfolk (Bissell), New Milford (C. K. Averill 

 & E. H. Austin), becoming frequent in the limestone district 

 of northwestern Connecticut. July — Oct. 



Lobelia inflata L. (inflated). 

 Indian Tobacco. 



Common. Woods, fields, roadsides and cultivated ground. 

 July — Oct. 



The leaves, tops and seeds are medicinal, the leaves and 

 tops officinal. Somewhat poisonous, resembling tobacco in 

 in its action. 



Lobelia Dortmanna L. 

 Water Lobelia. 



In ponds and lakes. Rare in most districts : Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps), Canaan (J. H. Barbour), Litchfield (L. 

 M. Underwood), Middlebury (Harger), Ridgefield (Eames), 

 Monroe (PL C. Beardslee), Mansfield (Weatherby), Thomp- 

 son (R. W. Woodward & Weatherby), Killingly (Weatherby 

 & Bissell), Salem (W. A. Setchell), Griswold (E. F. Burle- 



