Campanulacee—L obelia. B7% 
between them. The flowers are some shade of blue or blue 
and white combined, or wholly white. They are all from the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Fig. 157, Lobelia Erinus. (4 nat. size.) 
L. cardindlis, spléndens and fuilgens are Mexican perennial 
species of erect habit from 2 to 4 feet high, bearing terminal 
spikes of scarlet velvety flowers. The leaves are lanceolate 
and slightly toothed and often tinged with red. There are 
many hybrid varieties or simple variations of these magnificent 
plants in cultivation, but unfortunately they are somewhat 
tender. JL. aména is another North American species, having 
blue flowers in a one-sided spike. JL. Tiupa and L. ignéscens 
are sometimes separated with some other species under the 
name of Tixpa, on account of the persistent 5-lobed deflected 
corolla, the segments of which are joined at the tip. They are 
handsome herbaceous plants 3 or 4 feet high with bright 
scarlet flowers. The former is a Chilian and the latter a. 
Mexican species; both are tender, and very rarely seen except 
in botanical gardens. 
