412 ORDER LXIX. — LOBELIACKjB. 



Var. Claytoxia'na, (Mich.) Stem erect, pubescent. Leaves se?sile, 

 oblong, serrulate ; radical ones entire. Flowers in crowded spikes. 

 Stamens longer than the tube of the corolla. — Blue. If. July — Sept. 

 Near Columbia. L. spicata, Lam. 



8. L. Boykin'ii, (T. & G.) Stem glabrous, branching ; branches erect, 

 >irgate. Leaves narrow-linear, erect, glandular-denticulate; racemes 

 lax, elongated; pedicels slender, flattened. Calyx turbinate; lobes 

 narrow, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. — Blue. Wet places. Geo. and 

 Flor. 



4. L. Dortman'na, (L.) Stem erect, simple, nearly naked ; cauline 

 leaves minute ; radical leaves in a tuft, terete, fleshy, consisting of two 

 tubes. Flowers 3 — 4, in a terminal raceme, nodding. — Pale blue. %. 

 July — Sept. Ponds and swamps. Geo. and northward. 9 — 18 inches. 



Water Gladiole. 



5. L. paludo'sa, (Nutt.) Stem erect, smooth, nearly naked ; small 

 stems from each root, fistulous. Leaves smooth, fleshy, crenulate ; rad- 

 ical ones linear-oblong, crowded, obtuse ; cauline ones linear. Flowers few, 

 remote, with minute bracts. — Pale blue. 2£. Swamps. Geo. and 

 northward. 2 feet. Marsh Lobelia. 



6. L. leptosta'chys, (D. C.) Stem erect. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 denticulate, sessile ; racemes elongated ; bracts linear-lanceolate, den- 

 tate ; lobes of the calyx narrow, linear; lower lip of the corolla pilose. 

 — Blue. %. Geo. and Car. 1—2 feet. 



7. L. breviko'lia, (Nutt.) Stem erect, simple, glabrous. Leaves scat- 

 tered, dentate, oblong-linear, smooth ; lower ones narrowed into a short 

 petiole. Flowers in spicate racemes ; pedicels much shorter than the 

 linear dentate bracts ; tube of the calyx short, pilose; lobes lanceo- 

 late. Corolla much longer than the lobes of the calyx. — Blue. 2£. Ala. 



8. L. glandulo'sa, (Walt.) Stem erect, glabrous, leafy near the base. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, somewhat amplexicaul and ciliate at 

 the base. Flowers in racemes ; pedicels bracteate. Calyx hairy ; seg- 

 ments dentate ; margin of the corolla hairy. — Blue. U- Sept. — Oct. 

 Damp pine-barrens. Common. 



9. L. infla'ta, (L ) Stem erect, branching, hirsute. Leaves oval-lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, serrate. Flowers in paniculate racemes. Calyx inflated, 

 glabrous. Corolla small. Stamens about as long as the tube of the co- 

 rolla. — Pale blue. 2£. July — Sept. Upper country of Car. and Geo. 



The seeds of this species are used in large quantities in the Botanico- 

 medical practice, as an emetic. 



10. L. syphilitica, (L.) Stem erect, hirsute, angled, nearly glabrous 

 near the base. Leaves oval-lanceolate, sessile, large, crenulate ; lower 

 ones nearly glabrous. Flowers in leafy racemes. Calyx hispid, with 

 reflexed margins. Corolla large. — Blue. %. July — Sept. Moun- 

 tains. 2—3 feet. 



1 1. L. puber'ula, (Mich.) Stem erect, slightly angled, silky, pubes 

 cent. Leaves sessile ; the lower ones obovate, obtuse, serrulate ; the 

 upper ones lanceolate, finely serrulate, with a silky luster. Flowers in 

 racemes, on short pedicels, all turning to one side ; segments of the 

 calyx villous, lanceolate, ciliate. — Blue. 2£. Sept. — Oct. Wet soils. 

 Common. 2 — 3 feet. 



12. L. amox'na, (Mich.) Stem erect, simple, pubescent, angled near the 





