96 CAMPANULACEAE 
the ncaa ape dog ie at least above; anthers united mint tube, 2 or all 5 with a tuft 
of hairs at the ces usually larger than the other two. Ova ary 2-celled, the 2 placentae 
many-ovuled ; oe -lobed or -cleft. Capsule toculietiiatly 2-valved. [Name i in honor 
of Matthias de L’ Obel, a Flemish botanist of the Sixteenth Century. ] 
A genus of about 250 species of wide geographic distribution. ti species, Lobelia dortmanna L 
Corolla red, 25-50 mm. long. 1. L. cardinalis graminea. 
Corolla blue, violet or whitish, 10-20 mm. lon 
Plant aquatic; leaves all in a basal sn 2. L. dortmanna. 
Plant not aquatic; stems leafy. 
Corolla- tube 2.5-4 mm. long, conspicuously cleft dorsally; slender ernie Canada and adjacent 
nited States. . L. kalmii. 
eta g ube 10-18 mm. long, a cleft dorsally at the apex; coarse perennials southern California and 
acent Lower Californ 4. L. dunnit serrata. 
1. Lobelia cardinalis subsp. graminea van) McVaugh. Western Cardinal 
ass ower. Fig. 512 
Lobelia graminea Lam. Encycl. 3: 
Lobelia splendens Willd. Hort. Berol. a rg "1809. 
ae ‘gaes Pax, Paxton’s Mag. Bot. 6: 247. 1839 
subsp. graminea eae in Wioodueni & Schery, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 27: 347. 1940. 
Perennial by offsets, with fibrous roots and stout, simple, erect stems often p urplish below 
glabrous or sparsely hirsutulous. ab eaves i see igi yrs ‘taper ing toa wed petiole, 5-10 
omewhat on the broa 
s few wered, 
a Pol bre rae i not ves; pedic els ending, the ieee usually exceeding the calyx, the 
upper gra ee Bawah calyx: lobes ‘a 0 subi late, 6-8 mm. long, much longer than the tube; 
corolla crimson, 2. ong, the tube split to near the “ws igang Sir bieich anthers ex- 
serted, 4-5 pe lo ong; ohn ig aei pt ribbed, sie t 
Moist shady slopes, and creek banks, Up onoran and \ arid Tran n Zon nes; nih Valley region, Inyo 
n abrie 
(Paxton) McVaugh (op. cit. 349). For a complete account of varieties, see N. Am ny Fi, 32A: 80-82. 1942. tee 
variety pseudosplendens is an essentially glabrous plant having narrow, finely one leaves and a rather 
short inflorescence. It ~aakenprt cones a. and ip - the mountains of the Death Valley region south to 
Los Angeles and San Diego alifornia, and in wer California, eastward o ‘Nee western Texas, 
and eh bantaa: also Oaxaca. Compe md variety, els pat characterized by greater stature, wider leaves, an 
ample, many- flowered erent and a short pubescence throughout, seems to occur more sparingly. It has 
been collected in San Bernardino sand San Diego Counties, California, and ranges through western Texas and 
Mexico to Guatemala ears anders 
2. Lobelia dortmanna L. Water Lobelia or Water Gladiole. Fig. 5127. 
Lobelia dortmanna L. Sp. Pl. 929. 1753, 
Dortmanna lacustris G. Don, Gen. Hist. Pl, 3: 715. 1834. 
Rapuntium dortmanna Prost: Prodr. Mon. Lob. 18. 1836. 
Glabrous, simple, rarely binges aquatic herbs 20-35 cm. high, immersed except for the 
-pauubagen with whi roots and erect stems bearing scattered fleshy bracts about 5 mm. long. 
Leaves several to many in a basal Sito fleshy, linear, mostly obtuse at apex, 2-5 cm. long; in- 
fone aie loosely racemose, 7 5—6-flowered, ihe icels more or less horizontal in anthesis 
bout 10 m ract 2-3 mi ; cal 
se of lo m. 
or not at all reflexed, with 3 narrowly ovate lobes longer than the recurved, linear, upper 
anther-tube eray or black, vei 3 larger anthers more densely bearded than the other 2 Encuke 
pendant, obconic, 6-12 mm. lon 
Ponds and tae margins, We ad Transition and Boreal pos British Columbia south to Jefferson sa 
Tire and eastward to Newfoundland and northeastern Pennsylvania; also in Europe. Type locality: Europe 
uly— 
= oe kalmii L. Brook or Kalm’s Lobelia. Fig. 5128. 
Lobelia kalmit Sp. Pi. 9. 1753. 
Rapuntium fami Presl, Prod Mon. — 23. 1836. 
Lobelia falcata Raf. New FI. 2: 18. 
Lobelia Aa var. Dales i ist N.Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 378. 1900. 
Plants perennial, slender, simple or diffusely branched, glabrous or slightly pubescent at base. 
1.5-3.5 dm. high or som ome tufted from a preeee mat. Basal leaves when present spat 
— 0.5 cm. wide, 1. 5“em.- loi nent — s few, thin, subentire to rab! narrowly to 
the tube dor oie cl lt: 2.5-4 mm. long; lobes of the upper lip lanceolate, curved upward, about 
equaling the tube in length ; fescied lip longer than the upper, the 3 lobes ovate, naiculate anther- 
