918 LXVIII. CAMPANULACE^. [Lobelia. 



Hook. Fl. Tasm. i. 237 ; L. deeumbens, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2277 ; L. rhizophyta, 

 Schulfc. ; Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2519 ; L. alata, Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. i. 51 t. 72 ; 

 E. Br. Prod. 562 ; De Vriese in PI. Preiss. i. 395 ; L. cxmeifurtnis, Labill. PI. 

 Nov. Holl. i. 51 t. 73 ; L. uncinata and L. stricta, De Vr. in PI. Preiss. i. 396. 



Hab.: Port Curtis, M'Gillivray ; islands of Moreton Bay and the coast generally. 



The species is also in New Zealand , South Africa, and extratropical South America. 



1: Ii. membranacea (leaves very thin), R. Br. Prod. 563 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 129. Glabroas, with long procumbent filiform sterns, often rooting at 

 the lower nodes. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate-cordate or orbicular, thin and 

 membranous, mostly sinuate-toothed rarely much exceeding ^in. diameter, a few 

 of the uppermost more sessile and ovate. Flowers on long filiform axillary 

 pedicels. Calyx-tube turbinate, the lobes small and narrow. Corolla 4 to 5 

 lines long, the lower lobes oblong, the upper ones narrower, more acute and 

 incurved. Upper anthers hirsute on the back without terminal tufts, lower ones 

 with a single small bristle or point on each. Capsule obovate-turbinate, straight, 

 about 2 lines long. Seeds very small, brown, ovate, very finely punctate. — A. 

 DO. Prod. vii. 365. 



Hab.: Bustard Bay, Banks and Solander (with particularly large and thin leaves) ; Port 

 Curtis, M'Gillivray ; Eoobingham Bay, Dallacfiy ; Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller; Barron and 

 other northern rivers. 



8. I., stenophylla (slender-leaved), Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 130. Glabrous 

 Stems from a creeping base very slender, ascending and often above 1ft. long- 

 Leaves sessile or nearly so, linear or linear-lanceolate, minutely and remotely 

 toothed or entire, often above lin. long. Pedicels axillary, usually more than 

 twice as long as the leaves. Calyx-lobes as long as or longer than the turbinate 

 tube. Corolla about 4 lines long, the lobes nearly of an equal length, the 8 

 lower obovate-oblong, the 2 upper narrower, more acute, and curved upwards. 

 Anthers glabrous, without terminal tufts, but the 2 lower tipped each with a 

 small bristle. Capsule obovate, 2 to 2^ lines long, scarcely oblique. 



Hab.: Burnett Elver, F. v. Mueller; Iloekhampton, O'Shanesy; Broadsound, Herb. F. v. 

 Mueller; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, Backhouse, F. v. Mueller; throughout the colony. 



9. !•. quadrangularis (4-angled), R. Br. Prod. 563 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 180. A glabrous or rarely pubescent perennial, the stems much- 

 branched, prostrate (or ascending?), angular. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate or 

 orbicular, prominently toothed, rather thin, rarely exceeding -^in. Pedicels 

 axillary, long and slender. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, about as long as the narrow 

 turbinate tube. Corolla about 3 lines long, the lower lobes oblong, the 2 upper 

 ones rather shorter, narrower and acute. Anthers glabrous or minutely 

 pubescent on the back, without terminal tufts, but the lower ones tipped with 2 

 or 3 very small bristles. Capsule obovate-oblong, slightly oblique, about. 8 lines 

 long. Seeds very small and numerous, brown, glossy, ovate, compressed. — A. 

 DC. Prod. vii. 365 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 182. 



Hab.: Barron Eiver and other tropical localities. 



10. Ii. dioica (dioecious), B. Br. Prod. 565: Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 130. A 

 slender much-branched annual of 3 to 6in., glabrous or sprinkled with a few 

 short spreading hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong or lanceolate, bordered by a few 

 small teeth or entire, 3 to 6 lines long, the floral ones gradually smaller. 

 Flowers dioecious, on very slender pedicels in the axils of the upper leaves and 

 much longer than them, forming a terminal leafy raceme, numerous and 

 crowded at the ends of the branches in the males, fewer and more distant in the 

 females. Calyx-lobes linear, about \ line long, the males without any tube, the 

 females with an adnate tube of about \ line. Corolla about Inline long, the 



