138 LOBELIA FEAYANA.—DR. FEAY'S LOBELIA. 
considerable repute among his contemporaries and successors. 
Gilibert, a French author, who, in 1798, published a history of 
the plants of Europe, especially refers to Lobel in terms of re- 
spect. He was Flemish by birth, having been born at Lille, but 
settled in England, “where,” says one author, “he published 
several learned botanical treatises.” He was appointed botanist 
and physician to King James the rst of England, and died in 
London in 1616, 
It appears, however, that the species which were originally 
used to commemorate Lobel have been removed to another 
genus, Scevola,; and others, which had been placed in the genus 
subsequent to its original formation, were left to bear the honors 
of the old family-name. Great numbers of species once Lobelias 
have been removed to other genera, but it is still formidable in 
number, perhaps not less than two hundred being still considered 
as true Lobelias. They are scattered over most parts of the 
world, many of them being found on the American continent. 
Dr. Gray, in his “Synoptical Flora of North America,” enumer- 
ates twenty-three, besides many marked varieties worthy of dis- 
tinctive botanical names; and it is very remarkable, considering 
how widely the species are scattered over the world, that not 
one has been discovered, as yet, on the Pacific coast. Some 
species grow as far west as the Rocky Mountains. New species, 
however, are still being discovered, several having been found 
of late years, and the present one, Lodelia Feayana, is among the 
most recent of these modern discoveries. Dr. Gray received it 
from South and East Florida, through Dr. Feay, Dr. E. Palmer 
and Mrs. Mary Treat; and from the last named the plants were 
obtained, which, on the grounds of the Bussey Institute, enabled 
our drawing to be made, It is said to be remarkably effective 
among the early spring flowers of this flowery land, and when 
generally introduced to garden culture, will no doubt be as great 
a favorite as its African relative, the common blue Lobelia, which, 
in so many respects, it resembles. One of the greatest differ- 
ences will be noted in the lip, which, in our species, is of three 
