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** 3 anthers bearded at the top, 3 hairy above, or glabrescent ; leaves deourrent ; raceme 



unilateral, nodding. 



10. T. assurgens, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, tapering and decur- 

 rent at the base, serrulate with pointed spreading teeth ; raceme pubescent, elongated, nod- 

 ding at the top, unilateral : bracts lanceolate-linear, or linear serrulate or suhentire ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx-lobes, pubescent, falcate from the middle ; filaments ciliate-pu- 

 bescent : 2 anthers shortly bearded above, 3 hairy above, hut devoid of a terminal beard. — 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3138.— Lobelia, L., Sw. L. robusta, Grah.! (Tupa, J. ZIC.).— 3'-4' high; 

 leaves 12"-6" long, 2V'-2" broad ; bracts of variable length, often equalling the flower, or 

 shorter than the pedicel : the latter recurved, usually 2" long ; calyx-lobes 6"'-4"' long ; 

 corolla dull-purple. — Hab. Jamaica!, M'iViui, Son, Pd., March, in high mountains. Port 

 Koyal, Blue Mountains ■„ [Cuba I, Haiti]. 



11. T. conglobata, .4. DO. leaves lanceolate-oblong, shortly pointleted, gradually 

 tapering into the narrowly decurrent petiole, serrulate with mncronate teeth; raceme pube- 

 ruUms, glabrescent, short, often compact, nodding-unilateral : bracts linear ; calyx-tube tur- 

 binate-hemispherical : lobes lanceolate-linear, serrulate ; corolla twice as long as the calyx- 

 lobes, glabrescent, falcate from the middle ; filaments ciliate ; connectives hairy or glabres- 

 cent : 2 anthers long-bearded : the hairs rigid, often exceeding the glabrous summit of the 

 other anthers.— Lobelia, Lam. — Inferior leaves 15"-12" long, 3"- 2" broad; calyx-lobes 

 6"'-S"' long ; corolla white (,M.) ; the anther-beard longer than in the other species. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Fd., Al., March, Wullschl., in moist mountain-woods, Manchester, S. Anns. 



*** All anthers bearded at the summit. 

 + Leaves aubsessile ; raceme elongated. 



12. T. digitalifolia, Gr. [n. sp.). Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate with some- 

 what distant, spinuliform, Mcanxjii-accMffl^esi teeth; raceme elongates, glabrous : pedicels 

 nearly as long as the linear, entire brjct, spreading, bibracteolate at the middle ; calyx-tube 

 turbinate-hemispherical : lobes lanceolate-acuminate, entire; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx-lobes, glabrous, falcate above ; filaments glabrous : anthers all bearded at the sum- 

 mit. — Leaves 5"-8" long, 9"'-=T^"' broad ; raceme 1' long; pedicels 1" long, incurved at the 

 top: bractlets setaceous; calyx -tube 4'", lobes 6"Mong; corolla 10"'-12"' long, pale. — 

 Hab. Dominica !, Imr, 



13. T. cirsiifolia, A. DC. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, serrate with spreading subu- 

 , late-spinuliform teeth, approximate near the middle of the stem ; raceme glabrous : pedicels 



bibracteolate above the middle, nearly as long as the lanceolate-linear serrulate bract, infe- 

 rior exceeded by the \xaiA,; calyx-tube hemispherical: lobes liTiear, from a subulate base, 

 Bubentire, spreading ; corolla twice as long as the. calyxJobes, glabrous, falcate above ; fila- 

 ments glabrous : anthers all densely bearded at the summit. — Bot. Mag. t. 2137. — Lobelia, 

 Lam. L. racemosa, ^ms (Tupa, J, DC.).— 3'-5' high; leaves 6"-8" long, 12'" broad, 

 superior narrower, distant ; pedicels 1" long : bractlets setaceous ; calyx-tubes 2'", lobes 5'" 

 long ; corolla 10'" long, greenish. — Hab. S. Kitts, S. Vincent !, Guild. 



14. T. infesta, 6r. (n. sp.). Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate udth some- 

 what distant, spreading, subulate-spinuliform teeth, approximate below, distant from the 

 elongated, glabrescent raceme ; pedicels longer than the highly adnate, linear, seiTulale 

 bract, bibracteolate below the middle ; calyx-tube hemispherical ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrulate, spreading ; corolla thrice as long as the calyx-lobes, glabrous, falcate 

 above; filaments glabrous: anthers all densely bearded at the summit. — Habit of 7. ensi- 



folia; leaves 4"-6'' long, 6"'-7"' broad ; pedicels 9"'-10''' long, incurved : bracts inserted 

 2'" above their base, 4"'-6"' long, inferior longer : bractlets setaceous ; calyx-tube 2'", lobes 

 3'" long ; corolla 8"'-9"' long, greenish. — Hab. S. Kitts !, Sis., Grenada {Ms.), a noxious 

 weed in cocoa-plantations. 



tt Leaves petioled ; raceme leafy. 



15. T. persicifolia, A. DC. Stem leafy to the summit ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate 

 at both ends, petioled, serrate with mucronate teeth ; raceme leafy, glabrous : pedicels 

 elongated, slender, bibracteolate near the base, distinct from the floral leaf, which often equals 

 the flower; calyx-tube turbinate-hemispherical: lobes subulate-linear, subentire; corolla 



