HYDROLEArE.I' LOHKLIACEX. 129 



Gems 11. DIAPENSIA. 



Calt/x 5-|>arte(l, brnclealc, fringed. Corolla :?alvcr loriu, 



witli a slioit tuLx.'. Sttm creeping witli sliort assurgent 



branchesi. 



I. D. Barbvlata. lAaves lanceolate, cuneate, acute, pubescent at the 

 base, 11 'od. /"/ourrs at the extremiiics of the branches soU- 



tary. - 



While. 4« June — Aug. Mountains. 



Order LXX. LOBELIACE.E. 



Cali/x 4-5-cleft. Corolla irregular, inserted into the calyx, 

 S-cIel'l. iStamens 5, inserted into tlic calyx, alternate with 

 the lobes of the corolla. Anthers cohering. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled. Ovula numerous. Styles simple. Stisma siirroun- 

 ded by a cup-like fringe. Capsule 2-3-relled, many seeded, 

 dehiscing at the apc^x. Herbaceous plants, with alternate 

 leaves. 



Genus I. LOBELIA. 



Calyx 4-.5-cleft. Corolla irregular, cleft on the upper side 

 nearly to the base. Stamens united into a tube. Stig?na 

 2-Iol)ed. Capsule sometimes attached to the calyx. Seeds 

 minute, scabrous. 



1. L. Kalmit. •'^/<^m erect, slender, radical leaves, spatulafc, ovate or near- 

 ly orbicular, pulnscent ; caulinc leaves, linear, nearly, subulate, i^oucrs in 



terminal rr . small, scattered, on short peduncles. Calyx 4-cleft, with 



subulati- !•• Corolla with a 3-< left border; the lateral segments sub- 



ulatr, r( fli ' ' , -,t 3-cleft. Anthers cohorinir into a tube, 



villous at II .JUS C«7>.Wf 2-valvcd, 2-cclled, surroun- 



ded by tilt L.uyx. 



Blue. 4- Mfiy — Aug. Damp soils. Common. 



2. L. Paluda. Stem slender, glabrous, sliiihtly angled. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, cuneate, denticulate, the upper ones small, the lower ones 2 inches long. 

 F/ouT« in ran nifs, remote. Cnli/x f^uvj]]. Anthers cxsencd. 



Blue. 4- Through the sunmier. Damp soils. 



3. L. Ci.AVTOXiAXA. Slivi erect, pubescent. 7>otr« sessile, oblong, ser- 

 rulate, radi- :r ones entire. Flovxrs in crowded spikes. Stamens longer 

 than the tube of the curulla. 



Biue. %. July — Sept. Near Columbia. 



4. L. G' Stem erect, glabrous, leafy near the base. Leaves li- 

 ne«r-lanci , somewhat amplexicaule and ciliate at the base. 

 FLirers\n rMtrnies; pedicels bracteate. Ca/yx hairy, segments dentate, mar- 

 gin of the corolla hairy. 



Blue. %. Sept.- Oct. Damp pine barrens. Common. 



5. L. Ixri.ATA. Sirm erect, branching, hirsute. Leaves oval-lanceolate, 

 seamir, orrn'r. Fh.trrrs in paniculate racemes. CoJyx inflated, glabrous. 

 CoroU'i Stamens about as long as the tube ot the corolla. 



^^ 4- July — Sept. Upper country of Car. &, (ieo. 



The wdsof thisBpeciee, are used in large quantities, in the Bolanico 

 Medical pT~ - - , ^tic. 



6. L. Si: . ' "I erect, hirsute, angled, nearly glabrous near the 



