;386 LOBELIACEiE. 



leaves 18"'-6"', pedicels 2'", corolla l"'-li"', capsule 2'" long— Hab. Trinidad I, Lockh., dr., 

 commoa ia savannahs and gardens. 



4. TDPA, G. Don. 



Character of Lobelia, but corolla 1-lipped, cleft to the base on the anterior (superior by tor- 

 sion) side.— Stout perennial herbs or shrubs; stem dmjile, leafy towards the hose; flowers 



large, racemose. ,.,,,. 



In the West Indian species the stem is herbaceous, the leaves glabrous, the pedicels bi- 

 bracteolate above and often adnate at the base to the bract, the corolla with linear lobes, 5- 

 fid, or the 3 middle lobes usually connected higher up to the disk developed, and the stigma 

 broadly 2-lameUate or 2-globose. 

 * 2 anthers bearded at the top, 3 unth a fflabrons summit ,- leaves subsessile or peHoled. 



5. T. acuminata, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate, pointleted, serrulate vrith bluntish 

 teeth, subsessile ; raceme lax, glabrous .- pedicels elongated, longer than the linear bract ; 

 calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes lanceolate-acuminate ; corolla twice as long as the calyx- 

 lobes, glabrous, arcuate, dilated at the base ; filaments and connectives hairy : 2 anthers 

 densely bearded, the rest glabrous at the rounded summit. —Fuss. Fl. 3. t. 36 : the leaves 

 narrower than in our plant.— Lobelia, Sw.—V-il high; leaves 5"-12" long, 0.1" broad ; 

 corolla 8'" long, whitish or psde-purple.— Hab. Jamaica !, Fd., M'Nab, in mountain-woods, 

 Portland, S. Marys ; [Haiti]. 



6. T. ensifolia, A. DC. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate with spinuli- 

 form teeth, subsessile ; raceme elongated, puberulous : pedicels nearly as long as the elon- 

 gated linear bract, incurved ; cidyx-tube hemispherical : lobes shortly subulate ; corolla pu- 

 berulous, straightish, dilated at the base ; filaments glabrous : 3 anthers densely bearded at 

 the summit, the rest glabrous.— S/. t. 95./. 2.-3' high ; leaves 8"-4" long, 6'" broad; ra- 

 ceme 6"-12", pedicels 6"'-8"', corolla 9'" long, yellowish-white (S.).— Hab. Jamaica I, At., 

 Pd., in woods, near the coast oif Port Antonio, Mount Diable ; [Haiti !]. 



7. T. caudata, Gr. (b. sp.). Leaves linear, caudate-acuminate, tapering into the 

 petiole, pinnatifid-dentate with numerous, unequal, linear, spreading teeth, entire at both 

 ends ; raceme short, unilateral, puberulous : pedicels as long as the flower, which is ex- 

 ceeded by the flexuose bract ; calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes linear, recurved, ^-J as long 

 as the incurved puberulous corolla ; filaments glabrous : 2 anthers densely bearded at the 

 summit, the rest, glabrous.— 1' high ; leaves 6"-8"long: the lamina 4'" broad, its longer 

 teeth 2'" long; corolla 6"'-8"' long, greenish-white. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., M'Nab.,S. 

 George. 



8. T. flavescens, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, shortly acuminate, serrate with 

 cartilaginous, incurved, spinuliform teeth, broadly sessile, lowest approximate, canline de- 

 crescent ; raceme elongated, compact, glabrous : pedicels as long as the flower, cemuous, 

 exceeded by the large, oblong-lanceolate, serrate bract; calyx-tube convex-flattish : lobes 

 much longer, lanceolate-acuminate, serrulate ; corolla twice as long as the calyx-lobes, gla- 

 brous, arcuate ; filaments glabrous : 2 anthers densely bearded at the summit, the rest gla- 

 brous. — Lobelia conglobata, Sieb. sec. A. DC. — li' high ; lower leaves 5"-6" long, 10™- 

 12'" broad ; raceme 6"-8", calyx-lobes 4™ long ; corolla pale.^-HAB. Dominica!, Imr., in 

 the Couliabon mountains ; [Martinique]. 



9. T. nSartagon, Gr. {n. sp.). Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, serrulate with 

 cartilaginous teeth, lowest rosulate, canline distant from the raceme, which is long, spread- 

 ing, puberulous ; pedicels longer than the large flowers, exceeding the oblong-lanceolate, 

 serriiate tract, bibracteolate with oblong-linear, serrulate bractlets, noddirig-incuroed below 

 the summit ; calyx-tube hemispherical : lobes broadly lanceolate-acuminate, serrulate ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx-lobes, puberulous, incurved; filaments and connectives ciliate- 

 puberulous : 2 anthers shortly bearded, the rest glabrous at the obliquely truncate summit. 

 — A showy plant, li'-2' high, in foliage resembling the preceding ; rosular leaves 6"-4" 

 long, S^'-iO"' broad ; bracts li"-2" long, 6"'-4"' broad, bractlets 6"'-4"' long ; raceme 6"- 

 15' , pedicels 3"-2", calyx-lobes 6'" long ; coroUa purple ; anthers 5'" long, longer than in the 

 preceding.— Hab. Jamaica 1, Pd., Al., M'Nab, in mountain-woods, on the peaks of the Blue 

 Mountains, on Mount Diable, near Moueague. 



