476 Oedeb 11.— LOBELIACEJE. 



1. LOBETIA, L. (In honor of Matthias de Lohel, physician and 

 botanist to James I.) Corolla tubular, irregular, cleft nearly to the base 

 on the upper side, upper lip of 2 separate lobes, lower 3-lobed ; stamens 

 with the anthers united above into a cdrved tube ; stigma 2-lobed ; cap- 

 sule opening at the summit ; seeds minute. — Herbaceous plants, with 

 the fls. axillary and solitary, or in terminal, bracted racemes. 



T Covolla bvight red or scarlet, large Nob. 1, 2 



T Corolla blue, often pale, or variegated with white. (*) 



* Calyx lobes aurioulate at base and often denticulate, (a) 



a Leaves acute or somewhat acuminate Nos. 8— fi 



a Leaves obtuse or scarcely acute Nos. 6, 7 



* Calyx lobes not auricled, entire, (b) 



b Leaves cauline, — denticulate. Stem simple Nos. 6, 9 



— denticulate. Stem brancbing.lJos. 10, 11 

 — entire. Stem very slender.. . .Nos. 12, 18 



b Leaves radical or nearly so. Stem naked Nos. 14, 15 



1 L. cardin^lia L. Caedinal Floweh. St. simple, glabrous; Ivs. oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, slightly toothed, acute at each end, sessile ; fls. in a terminal, bracted, 

 secund raceme ; stam. longer than the corolla. — A tall species frequent in mea- 

 dows and along streams, Can. to Car.TV. to 111. St. 2 to 4f high, often quite glab- 

 rous as well as the whole plant. Lvs. 2 to 4' by 8 to 15", usually denticulate. 

 Fls. on short pedicels, few or numerous, in a superb, nodding raceme. Bracts 

 linear-subulate, much shorter than the flowers. Cor. deep scarlet, near 2' in 

 length. Jl., Aug. f — A variety from Potsdam, N. T., has the leaves all entire. 

 Another var. from Mass. has white corollas with more narrow segments. 



2 L. fulgens "Willd. Mexican Cabdinal Flower. St. erect, simple, pu- 

 bescent ; lvs. pubescent, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, subentire and revolute at 

 edge ; raceme many-flowered ; stam. the length of the corolla. — Cultivated. Even 

 superior in size and splendor to No. 1. Stems 3 to 5f high, racemes 2 to 3f long. 

 f Mexico. (Banks of the Mississippi, Pursh. Probably an error.) 



3 L. syphilitica L. Blue Cardinal Flower. St. erect, simple ; lvs. oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, unequally serrate, somewhat hirsute; rac. leafy; 

 oal. hispidly ciliate, with the sinuses reflexed. — if A showy plant, in wet mea- 

 dows and along streams, TJ. S. and Can., more common in the W. States. Stem 

 erect, 2 — if high, simple, angular, with short hairs. Lvs. lanceolate, broader at 

 base, acute at each end, somewhat erosely dentate, pilous. Pis. large, (1' long) on 

 short peduncles, each solitary in the axil of an ovate-lanceolate bract. Cor. bright 

 blue or purplish. Caps, half superior. July. 



4 L. glanduldsa "Walt. Pubescent or nearly glabrous, simple ; lvs. linear-lance- 

 olaie, rather acute, sessile, glandular-denticulate ; fls. few, rather large ; cal. tube 

 short, hispid or pubescent, lobes lanceolate, cordate or somewhat auriculate at 

 base, mostly denticulate, half as long as tins stamens, which are hut half the length 

 of the corolla. — y In damp barrens, Va. to Fla. and La. Sts. 18' to 2f high. Lvs. 

 1 to 3' long. Fls. 9" long, blue. Pbdicels 2 to 3''- Varies much in pubescence. 

 Sept., Oct. 



5 L. Ludoviciana. Hispidly pubescent, strict, erect, simple ; hs. smaU, crowded, 

 oblong-linear, sessile, strongly dentictdate; fls. subsessile; cal. truncate at base, 

 densely hispid, segm. ovate-aoumiuate, half the length of the coroHa, demeii/ fan- 

 hriaie-tooihed. — La. (Hale). A plant widely different from the foregoing. Height 

 1 to 2f Lvs. less than 1' long, 1 to 2" wide, aU similar (radical not seen). Cor. 

 blue, 8 to 9" long, hispid. 



6 Ii. Iteptostachys A. DO. Olahrous; st. erect, virgate, simple; lvs. oblong- 

 lanceolate, minutely-denticulate, sessile ; fls. subsessile, small, not secund in a long, 

 slender spike, cal. segm. lanceolate-acuminate, longer than the tube of the corolla; 

 bracts lanoe-linear, denticulate, longer than the pedicels. — Prairies, "W. States to 

 La. St. 1 to 2f high. Lvs. 1 to 2' by 4 to 8". Rac. 6 to 12" in length, the 

 bracts and sepals rather conspicuous. Fls. light-blue, about 4" long. Much re- 

 sembles L. spioata. Jl. 



7 L. pubdrula Mx. Soft puberulent; st. erect, simple; lvs. ovate-oblong or 

 elliptical, obtuse, sessile, repand-denticulate; rac. spicaie, secund; Jls. large; cal. 

 ciliate, the segments shorter than the tube of the corolla. — if Wet groun(fi, Ohio, 



