LOBELIA KALMII, 



ft. GRACILIS. 



KALM'S LOBELIA. (The slender variety.) 



Monadelphia Pentandria, Linn. Lobeliaceae, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-cleft. Corolla monopetalous, irregular, on the upper side cleft nearly to its base. 

 Stamina united into a tube. Stigma 2-lobed ; involucrate, involucrum bearded. 

 Capsule inferior or semi-superior, 2 or 3-celled ; opening at the summit. Seeds minute, 

 scabrous. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Slender, erect, often simple, but frequently branched; radical leaves spathulate, stem 

 leaves linear, very slightly denticulate ; flowers racemous, alternate, remote, pedicel- 

 lated ; pedicels longer than the flowers. B. 

 Variety /8. Stem scabrous, pedicels shorter than the flowers. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Lobelia Kalmii, Muhlenbergian Herbarium, Muhl. Cat. and Willd. 

 Lobelia gracilis, Nuttall, Gen. Am. PI. 



